Senior Software Engineer (Insurance)

Our client, a leading commercial insurance organization, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their team. You will be part of the Technology & Engineering organization supporting Agile delivery teams responsible for building and maintaining scalable, high-availability enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication abilities, and a collaborative mindset that will align successfully within the organization.

Title: Lead Java Developer
Location:  Remote USA (working EST)
Employment:  FTE / Direct Hire

Job Duties:

• Design, develop, test, and support moderately complex software applications as part of Agile delivery teams.
• Translate business and stakeholder requirements into technical designs, source code, and testing artifacts.
• Collaborate with Software Architects and senior engineers to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and best practices.
• Proactively identify, communicate, and mitigate engineering risks while keeping project stakeholders informed of status and issues.
• Provide production support and assist business users by resolving application issues in accordance with established SLAs.

Ideal Background

• Development experience with Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript / TypeScript, and SQL
• Experience with Insurance / Reinsurance Systems and Data.
• Experience in scalable, high-availability back-end technologies including Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with non-relational database technologies preferred such as Memcached, MongoDB, Redis.
• Strong JavaScript back-end development experience with common frameworks such as React, Angular, Node.js, or Next.js etc.
• Front-end development experience including Webpack, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery, Accessibility and Responsive Layouts, UI/UX development experience.
• Understanding of continuous delivery tools like Chef, Puppet, Salt.
• Understanding of continuous integration and deployment tools like Octopus deploy, Jenkins.
• Some experience with Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, OpenStack