Full stack Engineer with Backend Focus-IN

The Senior Software Developer programs and configures software to meet TIAA business needs. Under moderate supervision this job identifies and analyzes business software needs writes code to optimize the performance and efficiency of the organizations IT platform/infrastructure and conducts testing to ensure programs are functioning properly.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Interprets written business requirements and technical specification documents to design and develop technical solutions that meet business needs in financial industry.
• Collaborates with IT and Business partners to design develop and troubleshoot end to end technical solutions.
• Performs coding to written technical specifications.
• Tests the resulting coding components in accordance with company standards and as defined in approved testing plans.
• Investigates analyzes and documents reported defects raising issues as appropriate.
• Analyzes run time profiles to debug errors that may exist.
• Performs maintenance programming and correction of identified defects.
• Solves a majority of defects that arise but escalates complex issues to more senior team members.

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 2 Years Required; 3 Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level
6IC

Position Summary: Describe below the primary purpose and function of this job

We are seeking a highly skilled Fullstack Engineer with a strong emphasis on backend development to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have robust experience in designing building and maintaining scalable and highperformance backend systems while being proficient in frontend technologies to support endtoend application development. This role requires expertise in modern backend frameworks databases and APIs alongside familiarity with frontend development to collaborate across the stack effectively.

Key Duties & Responsibilities: List up to 5 key duties and responsibilities management responsibilities and time spent (if applicable)

1. Backend Development:
Design develop and maintain scalable and secure serverside applications and services.
Build and optimize RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL endpoints for frontend integration.
Develop and manage databases ensuring data integrity security and performance.
Implement caching queuing and other performance optimization techniques.

2. Frontend Development:
Collaborate with frontend engineers to integrate backend services seamlessly.
Build and maintain basic user interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks (React Angular or .

3. Architecture and Design:
Contribute to system design discussions ensuring scalability and maintainability.
Develop reusable and modular code using best practices in software engineering.

4. Collaboration:
Work closely with crossfunctional teams including DevOps Product and QA.
Participate in code reviews and mentor junior engineers.

5. Maintenance and Monitoring:
Troubleshoot and resolve bugs performance bottlenecks and production incidents.
Implement observability practices such as logging monitoring and alerting.

Management/Leadership Responsibility: Is management of people a primary focus of the role If so how many direct and indirect employees are managed Do any of them manage a function or process

NA

Budget Responsibility: Does the position have responsibility for Revenue Operating (expense) Budget etc. If so what is the scope

N/A

Impact:

NA

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Business or Industry Expertise: Describe the degree of knowledge and understanding required of TIAAs business and industry commercial environment and of competitors products and services.

Interactions / Interpersonal Skills: Describe the nature and level of interactions this job has with others both internally and externally. Explain any specific interpersonal skills necessary to successfully perform this role (i.e. negotiation skills represents business at external events or to governmental bodies etc. .

Job Requirements And Qualifications: Indicate the minimum and preferred education and experience for the job and any licenses and certifications required

Required Education:

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Preferred Education:

Masters

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Skills and Abilities:

Backend Development Expertise:
Proficiency in backend programming languages such as Python Java Ruby or Go.
Experience with frameworks like Spring Boot Django or FastAPI.
Strong understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
Expertise in database design and management (SQL databases like PostgreSQL MySQL and NoSQL databases like MongoDB DynamoDB).
Handson experience with API design (RESTful or GraphQL).
Familiarity with authentication and authorization mechanisms (e.g. OAuth JWT).

Strong problemsolving and analytical skills.
Ability to work in agile development environments (Scrum/Kanban).
Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

DevOps & Cloud Skills:
Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS Azure or Google Cloud.
Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g. Docker Kubernetes).

Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
Knowledge of eventdriven architectures and message brokers (e.g. Kafka RabbitMQ.
Experience with testing frameworks for backend and frontend (e.g. Jest Mocha Pytest).
Familiarity with infrastructureascode tools (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation)

Company Overview

TIAA Global Capabilities was established in 2016 with a mission to tap into a vast pool of talent reduce risk by insourcing key platforms and processes as well as contribute to innovation with a focus on enhancing our technology stack. TIAA Global Capabilities is focused on building a scalable and sustainable organization with a focus on technology operations and expanding into the shared services business space.

Working closely with our U.S. colleagues and other partners our goal is to reduce risk improve the efficiency of our technology and processes and develop innovative ideas to increase throughput and productivity.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. TIAA does not discriminate against any candidate or employee on the basis of age race color national origin sex religion veteran status disability sexual orientation gender identity or any other legally protected status.

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