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Senior Full Stack Developer

TIAA


Job Location:

Iselin, NJ - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 8 September 2026 (19 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 6 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Senior Full Stack Developer
Location: Iselin NJ 08830 / New York NY 10017 (Hybrid)
Duration: 6 Months
Client: Financial Services


Job Description Summary
The Senior Java Full Stack Developer is responsible for leading the design development and delivery of complex software solutions within the Portfolio Management Technology organization. This role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership guiding development teams on best practices while translating business and functional requirements into scalable production-grade applications. A working understanding of Asset Management and Fixed Income securities is important to succeed in this role as the systems built directly support portfolio managers traders and other investment professionals.

Job Description
The Senior Java Full Stack Developer will serve as a technical anchor on the team taking ownership of both individual contributions and the quality of work delivered by the broader development group.

Key Responsibilities and Duties
  • Designing building and testing software solutions across multiple technologies in alignment with established SDLC standards and architectural guidelines. This includes full stack development spanning backend Java/Spring services RESTful APIs and modern front-end frameworks such as React or Angular.
  • Translating business functional and technical requirements into well-structured maintainable software components. The developer is expected to engage directly with stakeholders including senior investment professionals such as portfolio managers and traders to clarify requirements and communicate technical tradeoffs clearly.
  • Leading and overseeing the configuration customization and enhancement of applications including diagnosing issues and driving resolution across environments. Monitoring development work to ensure delivered software meets established functional goals and quality standards.
  • Providing technical coaching code reviews and mentorship to junior and mid-level developers helping to elevate team capabilities and enforce consistent development standards.
  • Participating actively in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning backlog grooming and retrospectives. Maintaining a well-prioritized product backlog and providing accurate effort estimates to support on-time within-budget delivery.
  • Creating and maintaining comprehensive technical documentation in accordance with SDLC and organizational standards.
  • Leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as Amazon Q GitHub Copilot or Kiro to accelerate delivery and improve code quality and encouraging adoption of these tools across the team.
Educational Requirements
  • Bachelors Degree Required
Work Experience
  • 5 Years Required 7 Years Preferred in software development with demonstrated experience in a lead or senior individual contributor role.
Physical Requirements
  • Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work
Career Level
8IC
Additional Information for posting
Required Qualifications/Skills:
  • Strong Java and Spring Framework development experience with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on programming in production environments. This includes Spring Boot Spring MVC and Spring Security as applicable.
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience building Microservices and RESTful APIs using Java or Python deployed as AWS Lambda functions or containerized workloads.
  • Proficiency with relational database technologies including PostgreSQL Oracle or comparable RDBMS platforms with the ability to write complex queries joins and both DML and DDL statements.
  • Experience with containerization using Docker version control using Git/GitHub and CI/CD pipeline management using tools such as Jenkins or CloudBees.
  • Working knowledge of core AWS services including EC2 RDS S3 IAM VPC CloudWatch and KMS with an understanding of cloud networking fundamentals and secure infrastructure operations.
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience using GitLab for source control and code review workflows Jira for Agile project and issue tracking and Terraform for infrastructure as code.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with senior investment professionals including portfolio managers and traders translating technical concepts into business-relevant language.
Preferred Qualifications/Skills:
  • 5 years of experience working within Asset Management technology with familiarity with portfolio management systems order management systems or related platforms.
  • 3 years of experience supporting Fixed Income securities or portfolio management workflows with an understanding of instruments such as bonds derivatives or structured products.
  • Experience with front-end development using React or Angular contributing to full stack delivery across the user interface and backend services.
  • Familiarity with additional AWS services such as ELB EKS Glacier or other managed services relevant to scalable financial systems.
  • A demonstrated ability to research emerging technologies and lead proof-of-concept initiatives bringing innovation into the development process in a structured and risk-aware manner.
  • Comfort working with a broad range of open source technologies and cloud-native services.

Required Experience:

Senior IC


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