New York Life is a Fortune 100 mutual company committed to evolving into a technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization. They are seeking an Associate - Unqork and AWS Developer to develop, configure, customize, and deploy applications on the Unqork and AWS platforms, ensuring optimal performance and scalability while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Build solutions on the Unqork SaaS platform as part of a larger Producer Management development team
- Build cloud solutions on the AWS platform as part of the same Producer Management ecosystem
- Work with team engineer leads, architects, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into technology solutions
- Ensure applications and components are optimized for performance, scalability, and maintainability
- Develop reusable components and modules on the Unqork Platform
- Perform rigorous unit testing and debugging to deliver robust and defect-free solutions
- Develop into an internal application SME for the technical systems you support in your value stream: acting as technical point for capabilities that your technology has enabled
- Develop integrations between the Unqork platform, AWS platform, and all the necessary data, solutions, and services endpoints needed
- Partner with the Scrum Master and Product Owner to refine and analyze the backlog and drive the technical delivery of features and user stories into working software (and specifications)
- Stay current with the latest technology including but not limited to Unqork, AWS, database, and AI technologies
- Actively participates in daily standup calls, sprint planning and Program Increment (PI) planning sessions
- Actively collaborates with and aligns with information, data, security and infrastructure strategies
- Partners with Business stakeholders and to review and understand business requirements
- Conducts complete assessments of complex business problems, including those involving multiple systems, customers, platforms, and technologies
- Proposes technology solutions within areas of the team’s development
- Stays current on NYL architectural standards
- Identifies and suggests technical, architectural and design improvements in current systems
- Supports the project through the entire software development lifecycle from initial kickoff to production deployment
Skills
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
- 0-4 years professional experience as a developer / programmer / software engineer
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; Can work independently to solve complex technical issues, unit test, and debug
- Strong SQL skills, including query optimization, performance tuning, and report development
Benefits
- Overtime eligible: Exempt
- Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
- Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus
- Employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program
- 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
Company Overview
For over 180 years, we’ve helped turn your biggest dreams into milestones that last a lifetime. It was founded in 1845, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.newyorklife.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
New York Life has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 19 in 2026, 148 in 2025, 99 in 2024, 85 in 2023, 77 in 2022, 48 in 2021, 65 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.