Front End Web Developer

Description of the offer

At American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, we think of ourselves as The Financial Dignity Company.

Our policyholders work with independent agents, banks and broker-dealers through our wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, to choose one of our leading annuity products best suited for their personal needs to create financial dignity in retirement.

We remain steadfast in our commitment to quality products, excellent customer service, integrity, safety and delivering on our promises to our policyholders. Our success comes from hiring people who embody the beliefs that drive our unique, energetic, fast-paced and caring culture of collaboration, ownership and innovation.

We currently fund over half a million retirements nationwide, and have been headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, for over twenty-five years, with satellite offices in Charlotte, NC, and New York, NY. We are a NYSE-listed company and maintain an “excellent” rating from AM Best. Our company has over $57 billion in assets, 26,000 active agents and over 800 employees.

GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The Front-End Web Developer is a highly technical professional who has experience working on web and mobile projects that will service hundreds of thousands of customers daily. The ideal candidate will work on cross functional teams that will help gather requirements, design and develop high-end web and mobile responsive websites and ultimately deliver our customers an amazing digital experience.

• Central time zone preferred

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops front-end website.
• Assists in the designs if user interactions on web pages.
• Ensures cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensures responsiveness of applications.
• Works alongside graphic designers for web design features.
• Collaborates across time zones via video conferencing and software such as Slack, Jira, and GitHub.
• Sees through a project from conception to finished product.
• Codes, tests, and debugs new and existing web applications.
• Creates comprehensive application documentation.
• Provides weekly status reports on all completed, on-going and future projects in order to keep management and business stakeholders updated on progress.
• Works with stakeholders to understand business requirements that are translated into technical solutions
• Assist in Production support as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, business administration or related field of study; plus, two (2) plus year of software development experience.
• Experience with Project management using Agile methodologies (preferably Scrum)

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: NA

Direct Reports: None

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS:

Web Development Certification a plus.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Must have working knowledge in Django, REACT, Python, HTML5, CSS3, Linux, SQL and NoSQL.
• Experience in cloud infrastructure specifically in AWS App Services, S3, DynamoDB, CloudWatch and CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of Linux, Microsoft operating systems.
• Experience with Atlassian tool sets such as JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills
• Strong analytical skills with ability to research issues and products.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups.
• Mathematical skills and strong attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues on code you’ve written, as well as code you’ve inherited.
• Takes initiative; is highly self-motivated and directed.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Problem-solving skills with the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to work cooperatively and successfully with employees, customers, and other outside third parties.
• Ability to successfully handle pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and issues simultaneously.
• Highly directed and self-motivated

How to apply?