Summary

The Senior Developer will participate in all phases of the development process including complex design, integration and maintenance while observing proper behaviors, patterns, and standards. The Senior Developer will demonstrate leadership in mentoring and assisting all on the team, and will actively participate in all disciplines required in a full-stack environment. The Senior Developer will participate in defining Stifel’s best practices and ensure they are used in all development projects and procedures.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Work with Development team in various phases of development, including design, implementation, integration, revision control, release and the maintenance of multiple products and systems.

• Performs advanced discovery and research into technical problems and maps out improvements for web applications.

• Lead the development of procedures, using test-driven development, which can be utilized within continuous integration practices.

• Follow Stifel’s coding and development standards and lead community-driven efforts to update them.

• Facilitate in the growth of other developers through code review and one-on-one interaction.

• Document clearly and effectively within code as well as outside of code.

• Coordinate with other team members when tackling developmental efforts.

• Ability to demonstrate proactive architecture-driven approach to problem resolution, strong troubleshooting in a crisis and problem-solving skills.

• Working with a team making decisions about how development environments will be used to their fullest collaboration potential.

• Ability to create and maintain processes and procedures to improve implementation of the software development life cycle (SDLC).

• Uses negotiation skills and techniques to obtain agreement between different interests, challenges management constructively, bringing different views into the open.

• Transforms mockups and wireframes into usable front-end functionality through developing, testing, and revising web application code.

• Creates components based on user interface/user experience norms, including optimal accessibility, navigation, and cross-browser performance.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with AWS/Cloud Technologies a strong plus
• Understanding of event-driven microservices architecture residing within the AWS cloud, including experience deploying applications within this type of environment.
• Expertise with AWS services and implementation practices.
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform for provisioning of public and private clouds.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tooling for broad scope orchestration, including platforms such as GitLab, GitHub, and Azure DevOps.
• Experience in serverless and container-based technologies within AWS such as Lambda, Fargate, and ECS
• Experience working in a financial services or broker / dealer environment preferred but not required

• Continue to stay on top of the latest technologies and see how they can be applied to Stifel’s needs throughout the organization.

• Oral and Written Expression – Proven ability to communicate information and ideas in spoken or written form so that others will understand.

• Judgment and Decision Making — Ability to deal with ambiguity and rapid change.

• Time Management – Highly self-motivated and delivery focused.

• Displays awareness of the impact of actions on the business and demonstrates understanding of the context of the company and acts in line with it.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; or equivalent experience required
• 6 years' of progressive experience in software development
• Past education or interest in mathematics or financial modeling preferred but not required

Systems & Technology

• High-level proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• High-level proficiency with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular.
• Previous experience with server side languages such as C#.
• Previous experience with database technology such as SQL Server, MySQL or Oracle.
• Previous experience with Git (or other version control systems)
• Experience implementing testing platforms and unit tests

About Stifel

Stifel is a more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.

While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.

Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.