Job Description Summary
Job Description Summary
Enterprise Technology is a global organization within Transamerica. We provide dedicated application support to Transamerica, and we bring all of Aegon's business units together through the use of technology. We provide the backbone - the infrastructure - for how everything works. We’re creating the company’s AI environment, building a flexible ‘cloud experience’ for internal hosting services, designing frameworks for data governance and management, and ensuring the security and stability of the company’s technology. In short, we enable the business units to move more quickly and deliver to our clients in the best possible way. Whether customers are interested in insurance products or annuities or financial services, we're here to ensure they don't have to worry whether their information is safe.
The people we employ are incredibly diverse, both in terms of backgrounds and skill sets. There are over 1000 of us representing a dozen or so nationalities and located in the UK, the US, the Netherlands, Hungary, Spain, and Hong Kong. Our global teams are comprised of experts in areas such as application development, information security, infrastructure services, data & analytics, risk & controls, procurement, program management, and architecture. With the breadth of functions within Enterprise Technology, individuals can pursue a wide variety of careers, and we have a focus on supporting employees’ development.
The most important quality in the people who join us is curiosity. A lot of what we do is problem solving, requiring colleagues to take what they know and apply it to new situations. We have many mature processes, but we’re always looking for opportunities to improve, so we want people who are naturally inquisitive and confident enough to challenge the way we do things. Technology is constantly, rapidly changing – we need you to help us continue to change with it.
The Senior Software Engineer utilizes web and cloud technologies, APIs, and third party software development frameworks to build and support application solutions. Provides support for design and development to an application development team, and advises a team of local or outsourced software engineers to build and support business application solutions.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Work collaboratively with other development staff, including contract and offshore Software Engineers, and business product owners in an agile environment.
- Code, test, identify, implement, and document solutions to business challenges utilizing web and cloud technologies
- Perform design and analysis for deliverables. Lead larger team design sessions for system level architecture solutions.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for a wide range of areas, applications, and technologies and mentor other team members in design/coding standards.
- Recommend solutions which take into consideration costs, business needs, and system impacts.
- Support analysis and general architectural design across platforms toward the development of end-to-end solutions.
- Utilize third-party software development frameworks, open-source libraries, and APIs to develop basic application solutions.
- Learn and keep pace with the latest advances in the field and rapidly grasp new technologies to support the environment and contribute to project deliverables.
- Assist with preparing presentations and may lead development meetings.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, math, engineering, or other technical field, or equivalent education/experience
- Three years of Core Java experience
- Strong knowledge of coding platforms/frameworks (e.g. JAVA, OOD, OOP, Functional Programming, Spring Framework, J2EE Development, OOP, Service Oriented Architecture, Dependency Injection, and Core Architecture)
- Two years of experience and proficiency in database design techniques and philosophies (e.g. RDBMS, Document, Star Schema, Kimball Model)
- Experience with NoSQL database technologies (e.g. MS Cosmos DB, Apache Cassandra, Amazon DynamoDB)
- Understanding of cloud services (e.g. AWS/Azure) utilizing various supporting tools (e.g. EC2, ECS, S3, Kinesis, VMs, Blob, Cosmos, Data Factory, SQL Data Warehouse, ARM Templates, Event Hubs)
- Experience with build and deployment tools (e.g. Visual Studio, Git/Bitbucket, Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, SQL Management Studio, Nunit, Ajax)
- Knowledge of developing distributed computing (MS HPC, Sagemaker, Spark)
- Two years of experience with integration and service frameworks (e.g. API Gateways, Apache Camel, Swagger API, Zookeeper, Kafka, messaging tools, microservices)
- Knowledge of Microservices and REST based API development (e.g. Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Entity Framework, IIS, Swagger, Odata, .NET API 2, .NET API Core, AutoMapper)
- Knowledge with continuous integration/development tools (e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Containers, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and container automation) in a Ci/CD pipeline
- Familiarity with modern frontend development frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Vue.js, ASP.NET MVC, HTTP, HTML, JS, CSS, Ajax)
- Advanced understanding of software development and research tools
- Attention to detail and results oriented, with a strong customer focus
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Technical communication skills
- Problem-solving and technical communication skills
- Ability to prioritize workload to meet tight deadlines
Preferred Qualifications
- Understanding of advanced analytics and machine learning concepts and technology implementations
- Understanding of big data and real time streaming analytics processing architecture
- Experience with agentic coding platform like kiro and copilot
- Understanding of data warehousing architecture and implementation, including source to target mappings and ETL.
- Technology or platform certifications (e.g. AWS, Microsoft)
- Knowledge of the financial services industry
Working Conditions
- Office Environment
- Work outside of normal business hours may be required
- Occasional Travel <10%
Compensation:
The Salary for this position generally ranges between $94,000-$120,000 annually. Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.
Additionally, this position is typically eligible for an Annual Bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan/Individual Performance and is at the Company’s discretion.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
This is a hybrid position requiring three days in office per week in our Denver or Cedar Rapids hub location. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
This job description is not a contract of employment nor for any specific job responsibilities. The Company may change, add to, remove, or revoke the terms of this job description at its discretion. Managers may assign other duties and responsibilities as needed. In the event an employee or applicant requests or requires an accommodation to perform job functions, the applicable HR Business Partner should be contacted to evaluate the accommodation request.
What We Offer
For eligible employees, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support both the personal and financial well-being of our employees.
Compensation Benefits
Benefits Package
Health and Work/Life Balance Benefits
Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
Adoption Assistance
Employee Assistance Program
Back-Up Care Program
PTO for Volunteer Hours
Employee Matching Gifts Program
Employee Resource Groups
Inclusion and Diversity Programs
Employee Recognition Program
Referral Bonus Programs
