Associate Web Developer Jobs in Little Ferry, NJ

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week
Role Overview
As part of Technology, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking initiatives that shape New York Life's digital landscape. Leverage cutting-edge technologies, including Generative AI, to increase productivity, streamline processes, and create seamless experiences for clients, agents, and employees. Your expertise will fuel innovation, agility, and growth while helping drive the company's continued success.
As a Senior Salesforce Developer Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader responsible for designing, developing, and implementing complex Salesforce solutions that advance New York Life's strategic technology initiatives. You will collaborate closely with architects, business partners, and engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing applications across a shared Salesforce platform supporting multiple lines of business. This role also partners with data teams to integrate Salesforce with AWS services and other enterprise platforms, enabling intelligent automation and data-driven decision-making.
What You'll Do

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable Salesforce solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flow, and Salesforce integration APIs.
• Partner with business stakeholders, solution architects, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and extensible technical solutions.
• Design and implement integrations between Salesforce, AWS services (including Lambda, S3, and API Gateway), and enterprise applications to enable secure, high-performing data exchange.
• Develop modern, responsive user experiences by collaborating with UX and front-end teams using Lightning Web Components, React.js, TypeScript, and Figma designs.
• Design and implement event-driven solutions using Platform Events, Change Data Capture (CDC), asynchronous Apex, and pub/sub patterns to support scalable integrations.
• Lead code reviews, establish development standards, and promote engineering excellence through CI/CD pipelines, automation, and DevOps best practices.
• Troubleshoot and optimize application performance while ensuring reliability, maintainability, and compliance with enterprise security and governance standards.
• Evaluate and implement reusable frameworks, npm packages, and open-source libraries to improve application consistency, maintainability, and developer productivity.
• Contribute to Salesforce platform modernization by leveraging AWS DevOps capabilities, automation frameworks, and reusable architecture patterns.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, including Salesforce AI capabilities (Einstein and Agentforce), MuleSoft, and cloud integration patterns, to continuously enhance platform capabilities.

What You'll Bring
Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 8-10 years of experience leading Salesforce implementations, including solution design, development, deployment, and technical leadership of engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flow, and Salesforce platform development, with the ability to balance custom development and out-of-the-box capabilities.
• Strong experience designing event-driven Salesforce architectures using Platform Events, Change Data Capture (CDC), asynchronous processing, and pub/sub integration patterns.
• Extensive knowledge of Salesforce data architecture, security model, sharing model, and multi-org governance within enterprise environments.
• Proven experience designing and implementing secure integrations using Salesforce APIs, MuleSoft, and AWS services, including Lambda, S3, and API Gateway.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, React.js, and TypeScript, applying modern component-based development practices across Salesforce and web applications.
• Experience collaborating with data and engineering teams to troubleshoot complex integration, performance, and data quality challenges.
• Experience translating Figma designs into responsive, accessible, and reusable Lightning Web Components and React applications.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices using GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or comparable tools.
• Strong understanding of authentication and authorization technologies, including OAuth 2.0, JWT, and Named Credentials.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Required Certifications

• Salesforce Certified Administrator
• Salesforce Platform Developer I
• Salesforce Platform Developer II
• Salesforce JavaScript Developer I
• Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant
• Salesforce Certified Application Architect
• Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect

Preferred Skills

• Salesforce System Architect certification.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure services and cloud-native DevOps practices.
• Experience with event streaming platforms and messaging technologies such as Kafka or enterprise event bus solutions.
• Experience implementing Salesforce AI capabilities, including Einstein, Agentforce, or GPT-enabled solutions.

Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $124,000-$177,000
Overtime eligible: Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities-inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you'll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what's next, and your growth powers it.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.
Visit our LinkedIn to see how our employees and agents are leading the industry and impacting communities.
Visit our Newsroom to learn more about how our company is constantly evolving to meet our clients' and employees' needs.
Job Requisition ID: 94361
About NY Life Insurance Company
Diversity & Humanity-two values that are deeply rooted in the New York Life culture and have laid the foundation for over 175 years of commitment to our employees, agents, policy owners, and the communities where we live and work. At New York Life you become a valued part of a welcoming, inclusive, and caring culture that has a long-standing legacy in stability and growth. The strength of New York Life revolves around our diversified, multi-dimensional business portfolio that goes beyond life insurance, and we want you to be a part of our legacy.
As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide an environment where you can explore your career ambitions, offering opportunities to tackle meaningful challenges and stretch your skills while balancing work and life priorities. You will be part of a diverse team guided by our belief to always be there for each other-providing the support and flexibility to grow and reach new heights while making an impact in the lives of others.
You are our future, and we commit to investing in you accordingly.
Visit our Linkedin to see how our employees and agents are leading the industry and impacting communities.
Visit our Newsroom to learn more about how our company is constantly evolving to meet our clients' and employees' needs.
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