Sr UI Software Developer

Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future.

We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future.  We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.

Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action.  We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

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Get to Know the Opportunity:

Prefer Candidates Local to Windsor, CT office.

The Voya Enterprise Digital Technologies team is looking for a Software Developer that can help build our newest and engaging websites and platforms.  As the Sr UI Software Developer, you will work with a team of UI Developers in developing new features as part of an engaging and fast paced work environment.  This position requires a deep understanding of JavaScript, both vanilla and Angular framework. We are architecting all new web platforms, and designing our pages using modern web components, including the usage of Lit-Element.  You will work alongside Backend Developers which are implementing new microservices architectures in a collaborative environment.

This individual is responsible for leveraging technology to enable the organization's future-state business capabilities, which can enable or alter business processes or practices that, in turn, drive the organization's targeted business outcomes. 
 

The individual in this role develops deliverables that are valuable to the business, including business capabilities, business requirements and workflow.

The Contributions You'll Make:

• Develop coding standards and best practices for new UI Development.
• Assist in the development of software application architecture.
• Analyze, code, test, debug, maintain, and document software components in accordance with our software architecture
• Collaborate closely with designer, engineering and product teams to create the best experience for our customers.
• Support other Frontend Developers in their usage of the pattern library, manage releases of the component library.
• Work with our developer community on enhancements to the component and pattern library, review PRs and publish new releases.

Minimum Knowledge & Experience:

• Minimum of 4-6 years of Javascript experience.
• Minimum 4-6 years of knowledge of many of our front end technologies including: Angular2, Polymer, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
• Basic understanding of Typescript.
• Understanding of building new web experiences with Web Component standards.  Bonus points if you can create native Web Components or use a library like LitElement
• Experience with Responsive Design and Mobile web.
• Develop with Accessibility in mind to meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
• Automated Testing- Accessibility, Regression, Component, Unit, System • Dependency Management, package managers, etc.
• Experience with creating component libraries or design systems for large scale re-use and deployment.
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues
• Familiarity with front-end build tools, such as Grunt and Gulp.js
• Good understanding of SCRUM/agile methodology
• Excellent communication skills, and ability to lead and influence team members and adjacent teams

Preferred Knowledge & Experience:

• Exposure to java frameworks like spring, spring boot etc is a plus.
• Hybrid Mobile development experience a plus
• Understanding Dev-Ops and experience is a plus
• Cloud/Pivotal and/or RedHat OpenShift platform experience is a plus
• Financial Services Industry experience is a plus

Application Requirements

Applicants should try to provide the following when applying:

• Links to example sites/applications they have developed.
• GitHub.com profile for analysis of code quality or open source contribution.

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Compensation Pay Disclosure:

Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities.

The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Be Well. Stay Well.

Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.

What We Offer

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year

Learn more about Voya benefits (download PDF)

Critical Skills

At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:

• Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
• Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
• Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
• Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
• Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

Learn more about Critical Skills

Equal Employment Opportunity

Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.