Our story
At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”
Our Values:
Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.
Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.
Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.
It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.
With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.
Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.
Learn more at careers.alight.com.
Role:
We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer II (API Developer) to design, develop, test, and maintain modern, dynamic web applications using Angular and related technologies. In this role, you will drive the full software development lifecycle from collaborating on requirements through coding, testing, documentation, deployment to deliver high-quality, high-impact software solutions. You will work closely with architects and technical leads to build scalable, secure, and reliable web applications that enable critical business functionality.
Key Responsibilities
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Front-End Application Development: Design, develop, and maintain robust single-page applications and user interfaces using the Angular framework and TypeScript, following clean code and architectural best practices. Build modular, reusable UI components and libraries that can be leveraged across different projects or features.
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User Interface & User Experience (UI/UX): Work closely with UX/UI designers to translate design wireframes and user stories into compelling visual elements. Ensure responsive design, cross-browser compatibility, and accessibility standards (e.g., ADA/WCAG compliance) are met in all front-end implementations. Optimize application performance for smooth loading, rendering, and user interactions across devices and browsers
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Integration with Backend Services: Collaborate with backend and API development teams to integrate front-end components with RESTful APIs and microservices. Handle data binding, state management (using tools like RxJS and NgRx) and ensure efficient communication between the front-end and server. Implement robust error handling and data validation on the client side to provide a seamless user experience even when backend responses are delayed or offline.
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Code Quality & Testing: Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, following coding standards and best practices. Implement comprehensive unit and integration tests for UI components and services using frameworks such as Jasmine and Karma. Perform thorough debugging and use Angular development tools (e.g., Augury, Chrome Developer Tools) to diagnose and fix defects and performance issues promptly. Participate in peer code reviews to ensure code quality and share knowledge with team members.
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Maintenance & Continuous Improvement: Monitor application performance and user feedback on an ongoing basis to identify front-end bottlenecks or bugs. Proactively optimize code and UI performance (e.g., implementing lazy loading, code-splitting, caching) to improve load times and responsiveness. Stay updated with the latest Angular releases, tools, and industry trends, and drive the adoption of best practices in front-end engineering within the team. Mentor junior developers in Angular and web development techniques, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
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Collaboration & Agile Practices: Work in a cross-functional Agile/Scrum team, collaborating closely with product managers, architects, frontend developers, UX designers, and QA engineers to deliver features in an iterative, continuous delivery environment. Participate actively in sprint activities – story refinement, estimations, stand-ups, code reviews, and retrospectives – to ensure alignment and transparency. Coordinate with DevOps engineers to implement CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code for automated deployment of API services
Qualifications & Skills
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Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
3-6 years of professional software development experience, with a strong focus on front-end web application development using modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks (Angular or similar).
Benefits
We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options.
By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.
Our commitment to Inclusion
We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.
At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.
As part of this commitment, Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact [email protected].
Equal Opportunity Policy Statement
Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state, or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.
Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting their recruiter.
Authorization to work in the Employing Country
Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.
Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
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