Overview
In this role, you will shape Guardian’s most critical customer-facing digital experiences. This position requires extensive hands-on technical experience building scalable, performant web applications in a modern cloud environment, working collaboratively with engineers, product, UI/UX, business leaders and data to create best-in-class experiences for our customers.
What you will get to do:
- Be Creative - have the freedom to innovate, modernize and create technical solutions to solve complex business problems
- Be Collaborative - work with technical and non-technical teams alike to bring solutions to life
- Be Precise - understand the business goals and strategy to empower you to create the right solutions
- Be Awesome - launch products that you can be proud of
What you bring to the table:
- 6+ years of experience leading engineering teams, delivering resilient, highly performant, public-facing customer web experiences that have had demonstrative business impact
- Highly proficient in Javascript/Typescript (Node/React/Next/NestJS/Jest)
- Extensive experience in API development best practices (REST/GraphQL) and integration with third-party systems
- Experience with Redis, micro-frontends and micro-services desirable
- Mastery of web fundamentals, including vanilla Javascript, HTML, CSS, and web core vitals performance tuning
- Experience developing complex applications in an Agile environment as part of a team of engineers, designers, product experts, marketers, and strategists
- Experience with modern web application development, including build tools, testing, CI/CD and AWS
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Working knowledge of security best practices, e.g.: OWASP, dealing with PII data
- Excitement, energy, and strong people skills including excellent written and verbal communication
- BA/BS degree in computer science or relevant work experience
Location:
- Three days a week at a Guardian location in New York, NY, Holmdel, NJ or Bethlehem, PA.
Salary Range:
$116,350.00 - $191,155.00The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.
Our Promise
At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
Inspire Well-Being
As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Accommodations
Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected].
Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday.
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What We Do
Who we are
Guardian makes a difference in the lives of people when they need us most. With over 160 years of stability and fiscal integrity, we are a trusted resource to generations of families and business owners, inspiring well-being and helping build financial confidence.
Today, we stand behind 29 million consumers, helping them prepare and plan for a bright future for themselves and their families. We help business owners care for their employees. And we help people recover and thrive in times of unexpected loss.
As a modern mutual insurance company, we believe in driving value beyond dividends. We invest in our colleagues and are building a progressive, innovative and inclusive culture. We uplift individuals and communities through thoughtful social and environmental programs.
What we stand for
In 1860, a community of immigrants joined together to insure and protect their businesses and families. They were guided by powerful ideals that we’ve continued to stand behind and evolved throughout the years: we do the right thing, we believe people count, we courageously shape the future together, and we go above and beyond for the people we serve.
Guardian employees embrace and live by these values every day. They remind us to put people at the heart of all we do so that we can help protect what matters most to you. Want to help bring these values to life? Join us for a rewarding career and the opportunity to shape the future.
Disclosures:
Financial information concerning Guardian as of December 31, 2022, on a statutory basis: Admitted assets = $76.0 billion; liabilities = $67.2 billion (including $55.0 billion of reserves); and surplus = $8.8 billion. Dividends are not guaranteed. They are declared annually by Guardian’s Board of Directors.
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