Lead Application Developer

🕒 August 27

🇮🇳 India – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🖥 Software Engineer

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Empower

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10,000+ employees

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

Finance • Fintech • B2C

Empower is a leading provider of financial services focused on helping individuals and organizations achieve financial freedom through retirement planning and investment management. Serving over 19 million Americans, Empower offers a comprehensive suite of finance-related services, including smart planning and investment advice, and tools like the Empower Personal Dashboard™ for a complete financial view. The company is renowned as a top retirement plan provider and works closely with personal investors, workplace plan savers, plan sponsors, and financial professionals. Empower is also recognized for initiatives in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and has a social commitment that bolsters community impact.

📋 Description

• Serve as the functional owner of an internally developed document automation platform • Drive the design, development, and continuous improvement of application features • Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into scalable, intuitive, user-friendly functionality • Design and develop responsive user interfaces using React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS • Design, develop, and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs using Laravel/PHP • Design and implement PostgreSQL database structures using Laravel migrations • Maintain document templates and document-generation workflows • Develop and maintain Python-based AWS Lambda functions generating business documents, including email communications and PDFs • Integrate the application with enterprise systems, internal APIs, and third-party services • Build and maintain cloud-based application components using AWS services • Collaborate with technical team members to align solutions with architecture, engineering standards, and development best practices • Maintain technical documentation and source control using Git • Participate in code reviews and provide technical guidance to other developers • Identify opportunities to improve usability, automate manual processes, and enhance user experience • Stay current with emerging technologies, including AI-powered application capabilities, and recommend solutions that improve business outcomes

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline • 5+ years of experience designing and developing modern web applications • 3+ years of experience with Laravel/PHP developing and maintaining web applications and backend services • 3+ years of experience with React/TypeScript developing modern front-end applications and user interfaces • 3+ years of experience with PostgreSQL, including relational database design, development, and optimization • 3+ years of experience with AWS building, deploying, or integrating cloud-based applications and services • Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs • Experience using Git and modern software development practices • Experience collaborating directly with business stakeholders to define requirements and implement application features • Strong full-stack development skills spanning front-end, back-end, database, API, and cloud technologies • Strong understanding of application architecture, relational database concepts, and REST API architecture • Ability to translate business requirements into intuitive, scalable software solutions • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities while delivering high-quality solutions in a fast-paced environment • Strong ownership, accountability, and attention to detail, with a commitment to delivering reliable, maintainable, and well-documented software • Experience integrating enterprise applications with internal and third-party APIs • Experience with Snowflake • Experience integrating applications using LiteLLM or similar LLM gateway frameworks • Exposure to Amazon Bedrock or other generative AI platforms • Experience developing document-generation or workflow-automation applications • Experience designing responsive, user-focused interfaces and application workflows • Experience developing applications in Python, preferably for AWS Lambda • Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, S3, RDS, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, CloudWatch, and Secrets Manager • Passion for continuous learning and adopting emerging technologies that enhance business capabilities

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment • Fluid career paths • Internal mobility opportunities • Purpose, well-being, and work-life balance support • Welcoming and inclusive work environment • Volunteering opportunities • Equal opportunity employment