The Travelers Companies, Inc

Circle Lead Engineer (CLE) - Personal Insurance

The Travelers Companies, Inc • $153K — $253K *
Hartford, CT 06106Hybrid
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in programming and software development
  • Proven track record of guiding multiple teams simultaneously
  • Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and React
  • Expertise with AWS, Terraform, and Jenkins
  • Strong background in API Development, GitHub, and integrating AI solutions
  • Advanced delivery skills for assessing software quality and effectiveness
  • Demonstrated domain expertise in optimizing business-aligned solutions

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical guidance and leadership to Team Lead Engineers
  • Collaborate with teams to define solution architectures and designs
  • Ensure teams adhere to Software Engineering best practices
  • Work closely with Circle leaders to meet mission and objectives
  • Assist in planning and estimating the technical efforts for features
  • Own technical interdependencies and promote system interactions
  • Mentor Team Lead Engineers in technical skills and leadership

Benefits

  • Health Insurance for employees and eligible family members from day one
  • 401(k) matching contributions and a 100% funded Pension Plan
  • Minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually plus company holidays
  • Wellness program offering resources for health and mental well-being
  • Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program for community involvement
Full Job Description
Job Category

Technology

Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

Salary Range
$153,700.00 - $253,700.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

Travelers is seeking a Circle Lead Engineer (CLE) to join our organization as we grow and transform our Personal Insurance Technology landscape. Individual will complete expert end to end engineering tasks as well as manage and lead the development and work products of software engineers. Individual will also plan and execute at a strategic level, lead and influence resources and outcomes, lead the design, development and implementation of significantly complex, unscoped problems that extend beyond the confines of a team, and establish software engineering best practices and standards.What Will You Do?
  • The CLE is accountable for the set of technical product solutions in the circle, ensuring they are well bounded and composable, all while growing and nurturing the circle's engineering team's skillsets. This includes:
  • Technical Guidance: Provide technical guidance and leadership to Team Lead Engineers though helping them understand how their team's technical solutions fit together to accelerate the Circle's mission.
  • Solution Architecture and Design: Collaborate with the Team Lead Engineers to define the solution architectures and design of the technical components to ensure boundaries are maintained. Partners with and defers to architecture when an architecturally significant change is needed for a design that spans teams.
  • Best Practices and Quality Assurance: Ensures teams are producing systems that meets all non-functional requirements, is well-bounded, composable, and adheres to Software Engineering best practices. Provides feedback to Team Lead Engineers to help them improve their system building skills.
  • Collaboration with Circle Leadership: Works closely with the Circle leaders to ensure the Circle's mission, vision, and objectives and KPIs are satisfied by the systems being maintained and built by the teams. Provides oversight to ensure capabilities are properly bounded.
  • Estimation and Planning: Participate in increment planning sessions to assist with and provide oversight over the estimation of the technical effort required for implementing features, user stories and tasks. Help the teams, where necessary, break down work into smaller, actionable tasks.
  • Technical Integrations: Own technical interdependencies of systems within the Circle and ensure an adequate interaction model across teams to support these.
  • Problem Solving: Help the Team Lead Engineers overcome technical challenges and roadblocks by offering expertise, brainstorming solutions, and providing support as needed.
  • Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the Circle, encouraging experimentation, learning, and the adoption of new technologies and practices.
  • Lead by example, mentor, and coach: Lead by example, demonstrating professionalism, integrity, and a commitment to quality in all aspects of the work. Mentor Team Lead Engineers, helping them develop their technical skills and grow as engineers and leaders. Provide coaching on topics such as soft skills, coding practices, design patterns, and system architecture
  • Perform other responsibilities as assigned.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
  • 7+years in programming and software development.
  • Proven track record of empowering and guiding multiple teams simultaneously.
  • Tech Stack: Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and React.
  • Cloud & Infrastructure: Expertise with AWS (specifically CDK), Terraform, and Jenkins.
  • Modern Tools: Strong background in API Development, GitHub, and integrating AI/GenAI solutions.
  • Delivery: Advanced delivery skills including the ability to examine and assess the effectiveness of software design strategies and methodologies across an organization, the ability to devise, apply, and share ways to ensure the quality, production readiness, and continued health of complex computer systems, the ability to incorporate awareness and understanding of work happening outside of the team, and the ability to develop widely used technical metrics that enable engineers to better understand and deliver their work.
  • Domain Expertise: Demonstrated track record of domain expertise including the ability to leverage expertise to improve company level capabilities within domain, consult on business priorities and optimize value by identifying business aligned solutions and thoughtfully and practically introduce concepts and technologies from the industry.
  • Problem Solving: Strong problem solver who creates architecture that is particularly robust against single points of failure, both in terms of systems and people and looks ahead 6-12 months to identify areas of need and turns this into action.
  • Communication: Strong communicator who possesses the ability to describe technology concepts in ways the business can understand, document effectively so that systems/architectures can be maintained or built upon, collaborate across disparate groups, helping to identify common goals and gain consensus, adapt language to meet the needs of various levels of technical and non-technical audiences and model and assist others in the practice of mindful communication, active listening, and messaging.
  • Leadership: 2+ years of technical leadership experience Advanced leadership skills including the ability to leverage internal networks across engineering and engage with other leaders to solve problems and develop strong credibility throughout the company as well as choose the most critical engineering challenges and work to improve the entire engineering organization by teaching others and sharing knowledge while creating opportunities for others to showcase and develop skills.


What is a Must Have?
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in education and/or work experience.
  • 7 additional years of software engineering experience.
  • 2 years of technical leadership experience.


What Is in It for You?
  • Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members - including spouses, domestic partners, and children - are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
  • Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
  • Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
  • Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
  • Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.

About The Travelers Companies, Inc

Travelers is an insurance leader, committed to keeping pace with the ever-changing needs of their customers and anticipating their needs for the future. There is no stronger testament to their dedication to protecting customers from loss than their continued innovation and ability to transform their industry. In fact, from the first-ever auto and space travel policies and hybrid car discount, to the 2009 founding of The Travelers Institute for public policy, their history of advancements has propelled their company—and their industry—towards ever higher standards for customers. Travelers is a company that works hard at the science of what they do: they analyze information, process perspectives and measure results to create the best combination of products and services. They work equally hard at customer service and how they interact with the people whom they do business. Over the years, they've strived to earn their customer's loyalty by continually improving their abilities to listen and respond to their needs.

The Travelers Companies, Inc Careers

Join the vibrant team at The Travelers Companies, Inc, a leader in the insurance industry, and propel your career to new heights with a company known for its commitment to innovation, leadership, and professional growth.

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At The Travelers Companies, Inc, we offer a plethora of job opportunities that cater to a variety of skills and professional interests. Whether you're seeking a position in management, customer service, underwriting, or IT, we have a place for you. Our commitment to professional growth means we provide unparalleled career advancement tools and leadership training to help you climb the ladder of success.

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Culture and Benefits

At The Travelers Companies, Inc, we pride ourselves on a culture that fosters diversity, networking, and innovation. Our team is our family, and we support each other's professional and personal growth. The benefits at Travelers are comprehensive, designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees, including health, wellness, and continuous education.

Hiring Process: What to Expect

Our hiring process is straightforward and transparent, designed to find passionate, curious, and solution-driven team players. From the initial application and resume submission to the interview, we ensure that every candidate is treated with respect and given a fair chance to demonstrate their capabilities.

Career Development and Training

We believe in nurturing talent and providing our team with the tools they need to succeed. Our career development programs include professional training, diversity training, and skills enhancement workshops. These resources are tailored to foster innovation and empower our employees with the latest industry knowledge and best practices.

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Learn more about The Travelers Companies, Inc
Size
30,800 employees
Market Cap
$44.1 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$2.6 billion
Founded
1853
5 Year Trend
+4.7%
Revenue
$32 billion
NASDAQ
TRV
* Ladders Estimates

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