Lead Developer - Mean/Mern Stack

Lead Developer – Mean/Mern stack Contract Hybrid, 3 days a week in Princeton, NJ In this role you will: Conduct Code reviews Implement business logic from business requirements and design specification Development of key systems using new open-source technology stack Focus on quality code, automation and good practices Contribute to and be part of the Development Center of Excellence in driving up the quality and value of software development and delivery across the enterprise Proactively contribute to our system architecture and stack design, toolset, agile and DevOps approach Collaborate closely with Agile Dev team members, Product Owners and business users to deliver business value Develop and test software solutions and review code quality Automate build, test (unit, functional and performance) and deployment of the code part of the CI/CD pipeline by working closely with Platform Engineer Responsibilities: Perform code reviews Lead Applications Developer owns the design of the application and is responsible for the implementation with the development team and ensure the design is properly incorporated into the deliverables Act as technical design authority collaborating with the solution architect to implement the solution Provide application design feedback to the project team on an ongoing basis Review detailed design, code deliverables, and ensure quality Assist the Enterprise architects in defining, implementing and overseeing technical standards, policies and tools Provide technical oversight to development teams. Work with technical staff to understand problems with software and develop specifications to resolve them. Proactively contribute to our system architecture and stack design, toolset, agile and DevOps approach Collaborate closely with Dev team members, Product Owners and business users to deliver business value Automate build, test (unit, functional, security vulnerability and performance) and deployment of the code part of the CI/CD pipeline by working closely with System Engineer Mentor developers on both technical topics and with Agile/DevOps adoption Estimate Development efforts for new initiatives; help define and build Development teams by working with stakeholders Qualifications: A degree in Computer Science or related field or have relevant experience 5+ years of development experience in applications/product development using MEAN/MERN Stack Must have experience or working knowledge of: JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, XML, HTML, SASS/LESS/CSS Web platforms such as NODE, Angular, React, MEAN/MERN Stack Microservices, Micro frontend Architecture, API Management (Apigee) REST API first design and Open API Specification, specifically using Swagger Agile – TDD (Junit, Mockito, Jasmine, Karma) BDD (Cucumber) Pair Programming, Scrum/Kanban DevOps – GitHub, Git Actions, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Selenium, Artifactory, Docker/Kubernetes, Datadog/Splunk, JMeter, Whitehat Databases: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server Cloud – Azure, Private Cloud OS – Linux, VM Architectures Will be a plus if experience includes: Have developed backend services using NestJS Vertex Solutions Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, citizenship, sex, marital or veteran status, disability or handicap, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.