Junior Software Developer - Sentinel Group

Location Note: This a hybrid role for our Wakefield, MA office.

The Purpose of Your Role:

Looking to join a team where you can make an impact? We are looking for a Junior Software Developer to be part of our development team. The Junior Software Developer will be responsible for building, maintaining, enhancing, and integrating home built custom applications using different technology stacks and connected systems.

The Junior Software Developer will learn and conduct requirement analysis, document technical specifications, test plan, write, review, debugs code, and perform releases.

What you'll bring to Sentinel:

• Experience in agile environments.
• Programming with Typescript, ReactJs, SQL, Terraform and ideally C#.
• Expertise in Content Management Systems, CRM systems and database systems.
• Growth mindset and willingness to learn

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Partner with Business Analysts and peers to build software you are proud of.
• Utilize log aggregation and building dashboards.
• Help convert legacy applications into web based applications.
• Build secure and well-defined API’s.
• Utilize Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, and Azure Repos and upgrade DevOps processe within Sentinel.

About you: 

We are looking for innovative thinkers to drive our business and clients forward—someone with customer focus, drive, determination, and the strength of character to challenge the status quo. We strive to surround ourselves with team members who are proud of their work and look for people who are willing to embrace change.

What you need to have:

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Experience with AWS.
• Proficiency in various protocols, standards and data formats (including REST, JSON, XML, OpenAPI, JWT, OAuth or ETL).
• Ability to work in a hybrid work environment (2 days in the office).
• Authorized to work in the US without current or future sponsorship.

Nice to haves:

• c# experience
• Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos.

What you’ll be part of:

Our people care about our organization. We are a company with a mission to be the best in our industry and best within our company. Being part of this company means that you are part of something special.           

Sentinel was recently recognized by The Boston Globe as a Top Place to Work in 2020 and 2023. In 2021 & 2022, and 2023 Sentinel earned a Top Workplace USA Awards from Energage.

At Sentinel, we hire people with all kinds of awesome experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. We like it that way. So even if you don’t meet every single requirement, please consider applying if you like what you see. Our priority is to find the brightest talent that can add to our team culture, those who actively contribute and who are excited about what they do.

Sentinel is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team. If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

Some of our Benefits:

• PTO (vacation, sick, personal time bank)
• FTO (Flexible time off for vacation, sick, and personal time) after 2 years of service
• 12 Paid Holidays (10 stated and 2 floating holidays)
• 2 Community Volunteer Days
• 5 Summer Half Days
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life Insurance
• LTD & STD
• Retirement Plan with 3.75% Employer Match
• Parental Leave

See What We Stand For: https://www.sentinelgroup.com/About-Us/Join-Our-Team

Who we are:

Sentinel Group proudly serves nearly 5,000 clients throughout the U.S. For 35+ years, we’ve remained devoted to making a difference in the lives of our people, our clients and our community. With a 9-year average associate tenure among our 265 professionals, our team’s commitment to excellent service has positioned Sentinel as the only provider who makes benefits EASY: easy for your people; easy for your business; and easy for you.

Our ultimate goal is to help companies and their employees prepare for their future health, wealth and retirement needs. Whether it’s through retirement plans, group health insurance, reimbursement accounts or financial planning, we engineer simple solutions and continuously strive to make them better. Our in-house experts—and their commitment to excellence—define who we are.

Sentinel is also one of the largest employee benefits firms in Massachusetts (Boston Business Journal) and was named a 2022 Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year in the Mentorship category (PLANADVISER Magazine).