Responsibilities
Join a team that builds and supports critical insurance technology solutions that power policy processing, agency and producer operations, and third-party vendor integrations. As a Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and enhance scalable applications, APIs, and integrations while collaborating with business and technical teams to deliver reliable, high-quality solutions. You'll leverage modern technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, REST/SOAP APIs, DB2, JavaScript, React, and Kubernetes to solve complex business challenges, improve operational efficiency, and drive innovation across the insurance platform ecosystem. Strong problem-solving skills, a passion for continuous learning, and experience with Agile development practices are key to success in this role.
- Develop, test, maintain, and support application features and enhancements using Java, REST/SOAP APIs and DB2 technologies.
- Gain a robust understanding of all functional and technical aspects of a system policy system and it’s integrations.
- Produce significant new system functionality or defect resolution with minimal direction.
- Create design specifications that demonstrate an understanding of most interfacing systems and supported business processes. (can understanding business processes go to the developer/analyst)
- Routinely proposes improvements to supported systems to improve supportability or usability.
- Perform adequate peer review on any changes in supported systems.
- Can be consulted to provide recommendations to solve business issues based on experience and knowledge of current technology.
- Demonstrate solid development processes including code review, documentation, and unit testing.
- Provide rotating on-call support of production systems.
- Ensure high-performing and scalable solutions by proactively monitoring and assessing various performance metrics both pre and post-implementation.
- Provide end user mentoring and training in 1-1 and small group settings.
- Work as a collaborative member of an Agile development team, interacting with business analysts, QA resources, and end users.
- Partner with the various subsidiaries to create a vision for future advancement of our applications.
- Travel for this position is approximately 5-10%.
Qualifications
- 5+ yrs. - reasonable single system / single technology knowledge.
- 5+ years of professional development experience
- Strong working experience developing web applications in Java (preferably versions 11+)
- Strong working experience with DB2 or SQL Server databases
- Software Development Life Cycle experience.
- Atlassian suite experience is a plus (Jira, Bamboo, Confluence)
- Git Hub Enterprise experience is a plus (As code repository as well as managing build and deployment)
- Ability to thrive and produce results with little or no supervision in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to interact seamlessly at all levels with both technical and business stakeholders.
- Ability to quickly adapt and learn new technologies and systems.
- Superior problem solving and analytical skills.
- Bachelor’s degree with emphasis in related field or equivalent experience
Behavioral Core Competencies
- Critical Thinking
- Customer Service Oriented
- Technically Astute
- Business Knowledge
- Quality Decision Making
- Process Management
Additional RequirementsLocation and Travel: • Primary location Urbandale, IA. • Travel: Approximately 5–10%.
Sponsorship DetailsSponsorship not Offered for this Role
