Software Engineer - Full Stack
About the role
Guardian Life is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to work on customer facing technologies. In this role you will be responsible for creating and maintaining new features for a business-critical website.
Visa Sponsorship
Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B). This includes OPT F-1 Student Visas.
You Will:
Develop and unit test features for website related to Guardian Application.
Collaborate and align with security standards prescribed by security office
Work in partnership with product owners to decompose features
Work in SAFe agile team environment with other developers, QA, business users, and other internal teams as well as periodic external partners.
Maintain existing software and software documentation.
You Have:
2 - 4 Years of proven experience in following technologies:
React JS, Next JS, Node JS, Java Script, HTML, CSS
Java, Spring boot, Restful API
JavaScript, HTML and CSS
Cloud knowledge (Preferably AWS)
DB knowledge, SQL
Jenkins, GitHub.
Location required is New York, New Jersey of Pennsylvania.
Location & Travel:
3 Days a week at a Guardian Office in Holmdel, NJ, Hudson Yards, NY or Bethlehem, PA.
We will only accept candidates that live within commuting distance of our offices.
Salary Range:
$81,580.00 - $122,365.00
The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.
Our Promise
At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
Inspire Well-Being
As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Accommodations
Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MyHR@glic.com. Please note: this resource is for accommodation requests only. For all other inquires related to your application and careers at Guardian, refer to the Guardian Careers site.
Visa Sponsorship
Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B). In order to be a successful applicant, you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any time in the future.
Notice Regarding Guardian’s Use of Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment
As part of Guardian’s job application process, Guardian may use artificial intelligence tools (“AI Tools") to automate the sorting and filtering of information provided by applicants as part of its preliminary screening. This preliminary screening may be used to help identify applicant materials and resumes relative to their indication that the applicant meets the requirements for the specific job for which they are applying, as specified in the listing posted on Guardian’s jobs website (Careers at Guardian at https://www.guardianlife.com/careers). At Guardian, we do not use AI Tools to substantially assist or replace human judgment or discretionary decision making in our hiring process. All hiring decisions will be made by Guardian colleagues.
Please be aware that if you apply for a specific position with Guardian, you will have the choice of opting out of Guardian’s use of AI Tools during the job application process. If you would like to request an alternative process that does not utilize AI Tools or would like to request a reasonable accommodation, within ten business days of your position application, you must email your request to MyHR@glic.com, making sure to provide your name and job requisition identification number. Guardian will retain your applicant materials and resume and all information therefrom in accordance with Guardian’s document retention policy, a copy of which you may request via MyHR@glic.com.
Additionally, at applicable times, Guardian will make public the most recent bias audit results for such AI tools, which may be found here.
Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday.
Responsibilities
- Develop and unit test features for website related to Guardian Application
- Collaborate and align with security standards prescribed by security office
- Work in partnership with product owners to decompose features
- Work in SAFe agile team environment with other developers, QA, business users, and other internal teams
- Maintain existing software and software documentation
Qualifications
- 2 - 4 years of proven experience in React JS, Next JS, Node JS, Java Script, HTML, CSS
- Experience with Java, Spring boot, Restful API
- Knowledge of Cloud (Preferably AWS)
- DB knowledge, SQL
- Experience with Jenkins, GitHub
Benefits
- Skill-building and leadership development opportunities
- Philanthropic opportunities
- Supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources
Skills mentioned
About Guardian Life Insurance
Who we are: Guardian is making a difference in people’s lives across the US as a leading mutual company, providing life and disability insurance, dental and workforce benefits, retirement and wealth solutions. But we offer more than products. We partner with our customers to inspire well-being® — mind, body, and wallet®. Since 1860, when a community of immigrants joined together to protect their families and companies, we have embraced the spirit of mutuality as a mindset. We provide solutions that build financial confidence for individuals, strengthen businesses, and help employees thrive. Working as your partner, we invest in you, holding ourselves accountable not to shareholders, but to your long-term well-being. All of our colleagues share this mindset. Our collaborative culture extends beyond our workplace to uplift communities all around us. Because we believe value grows when it’s shared. We're here for you today and we'll be here to deliver on our promises tomorrow. Our commitments rest on a strong financial foundation, which includes a 2026 dividend allocation of $1.7 billion, the largest in the company’s history.* What we stand for: We're guided by our values: we do the right thing, we believe people count, we courageously shape the future together, and we go above and beyond for the people we serve. Our colleagues embrace and live by these values every day. They remind us to put people at the heart of all we do so that we can help protect what matters most to you. Want to help us bring these values to life? Join us for a rewarding career and the opportunity to shape the future. Disclosures: *Dividends are not guaranteed. They are declared annually by Guardian’s Board of Directors. Guardian® is a registered trademark of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Copyright© 2026 The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. 9020942.1 Exp. 07/28