Senior Software Engineer

Hiscox Ltd

$125K — $165K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of software engineering experience with OutSystems
  • Proven ability to develop and maintain enterprise-grade applications
  • Strong grasp of OutSystems architecture and performance best practices
  • Proficiency with integration patterns such as REST/SOAP and APIs
  • Hands-on experience in extending OutSystems with .NET (C#) and RESTful services
  • Familiarity with Azure services and CI/CD for application deployment
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

  • Provide ongoing support for existing systems and applications by troubleshooting issues
  • Advise teams on software development best practices and techniques
  • Communicate effectively with other IT teams on software issues and improvements
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and design solutions
  • Create supporting documentation and ensure compliance with Hiscox standards
  • Lead code deployment efforts across various environments
  • Diagnose and resolve daily operational issues, ensuring timely responses

Benefits

  • 401(k) with competitive company matching
  • Comprehensive health insurance including vision and dental
  • Generous paid time off policy including a paid sabbatical
  • Company paid life and disability insurance
  • Annual fitness reimbursement of up to $600
  • Paid parental leave and adoption assistance
  • Company paid mental health support subscription
  • Support for community involvement and charitable donations
Full Job Description
Job Type:
Permanent

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer - OutSystems and Integrations
Location: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, NYC Manhattan, West Hartford CT

Hiscox is searching for a passionate and highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with experience building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications along with a proven track record of delivering high-quality software in a fast-paced environment. We are a growing company and with a multi-disciplinary IT team of software engineers, test engineers and support. The team is responsible for the entire software development lifecycle and with your experience and skills you will contribute to the quality of our mission critical applications while helping the business execute against its objectives. The complexity and nature of the applications combined with the latest technology trends makes working in IT at Hiscox a great and challenging experience.

What You'll Be Doing:
  • Provide support for existing systems, processes and applications by handling incidents, troubleshooting, and monitoring the execution of code as needed.
  • Providing advice and guidance to teams involved on best practice and development techniques.
  • Communicating with other IT teams on software related issues and suggested improvements.
  • Regularly communicate solutions, expectations, priorities, status and impacts to all level of business and IT management.
  • Work closely with customers, Business Analysts, and technology partners to understand the business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions that are aligned with the business and IT strategies


Responsibilities:
  • Be involved in different phases of SDLC in various development projects.
  • Design solutions and create the necessary supporting documentation in accordance with the Hiscox Change Delivery Framework.
  • Comply with and help enforce reuse, design, coding, and testing standards, policies and software engineering best practices.
  • Work collaboratively with test teams during the product test and UAT phases to fix assigned bugs.
  • Support code deployment across environments.
  • Report status, issues, and risks to tech leads on a regular basis.
  • Trouble-shoot and problem solve issues that arise in the day-to-day running of processes and provide timely responses and solutions as required.
  • Improve skills in software engineering by completing development certifications.


Skills and Experience:
  • Hands-on experience across the OutSystems development lifecycle (requirements, design, build, test, release, and support)
  • Experience developing and maintaining OutSystems applications
  • Strong understanding of OutSystems architecture, performance best practices, and platform governance
  • Proficiency with integration patterns in OutSystems (REST/SOAP, APIs, databases) and troubleshooting integration issues
  • Experience extending OutSystems with custom code and integrations using .NET (C#) and RESTful services
  • Practical knowledge of Azure services used for application hosting and integration (e.g., App Service, Functions, Storage, Key Vault, API Management)
  • Experience with CI/CD and environment promotion for OutSystems and supporting components (e.g., pipelines, release management, configuration management)
  • Solid SQL skills and experience working with relational databases (e.g., SQL Server and/or Oracle) including performance tuning basics
  • Ability to produce clear technical designs and operational documentation for OutSystems solutions and integrations
  • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with product, QA, and platform teams throughout delivery
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience


Desirable Skills:
  • Experience designing and implementing frontend applications
  • Experience with API Management platforms
  • Experience with cloud serverless applications
  • Experience with mobile/tablet development including responsive design and hybrid applications
  • Knowledge of other approaches discussed in the Agile space: XP, Kanban, BDD, TDD
  • Insurance experience is desirable although not essential


What We Offer:
  • 401(k) with competitive company matching
  • Comprehensive health insurance, vision, dental and FSA plans (medical, limited purpose, and dependent care)
  • Company paid group term life, short- term disability and long-term disability coverage
  • 24 Paid time off days plus 2 Hiscox days,10 paid holidays plus 1 paid floating holiday, and ability to purchase up to 5 PTO days
  • Paid parental leave
  • 4-week paid sabbatical after every 5 years of service
  • Financial Adoption Assistance and Medical Travel Reimbursement Programs
  • Annual reimbursement up to $600 for health club membership or fees associated with any fitness program
  • Company paid subscription to Headspace to support employees' mental health and wellbeing
  • 2024 Gold level recipient of Cigna's Healthy Workforce Designation for having a best-in-class health and wellness program
  • Dynamic, creative, and values-driven culture
  • Modern and open office spaces, complimentary drinks
  • Spirit of volunteerism, social responsibility, and community involvement, including matching charitable donations for qualifying non-profits via our sister non-profit company, the Hiscox USA Foundation


Salary Range: $125-$165k

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.

**Please note that this position is hybrid and requires two (2) days in our office weekly**



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