EMC Insurance

Software Engineer III

EMC Insurance$92K — $140K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a computer-related field or equivalent experience; Master's degree preferred.
  • 5 years of programming experience in C#, Java, or Python; 3 years preferred for Master's degree holders.
  • Experience with AWS cloud services is preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming and relational databases.
  • Familiarity with Agile development and test-driven development.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement complex inter-related systems using modern programming techniques.
  • Lead design and optimization of cloud-hosted environments for scalability and performance.
  • Develop and maintain application structures across presentation, business, and data layers.
  • Collaborate with IT teams to ensure efficient interfaces with enterprise applications.
  • Design and document APIs and components to enhance application support.
  • Create CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot system performance and resolve coding errors.

Benefits

  • Flexible work-from-home policy within the U.S.
  • Opportunities for ongoing professional development and training.
  • Access to a comprehensive rewards package, including health and wellness programs.
  • Supportive work environment focused on work-life balance.
  • Engagement in collaborative projects with product teams to drive innovation.
Full Job Description

**This position is eligible to work from home anywhere in the United States; ideal candidate will reside in the state of Iowa**

Essential Functions:

Designs and maintains assigned applications and processes:

  • Develops, configures, and implements within multiple complex, inter-related systems, using modern programming techniques, frameworks, and tools while adapting to evolving technologies and team needs

  • Leads the design, deployment, and continuous optimization of cloud-hosted environments, ensuring alignment with best practices for scalability, security, and performance

  • Develops and maintains N-tier application structures, independently coordinating between presentation, business, and data layers

  • Collaborates with and provides guidance to other areas of IT to ensure that interfaces to complex enterprise and third-party applications are executing efficiently

  • Designs and documents interfaces to complex enterprise and third-party applications

  • Conceptualizes and develops new components and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and providing application support

  • Proactively anticipates and provides guidance on potential impact to other systems

  • Coordinates collaboration with product teams to ensure that company initiatives are met

  • Designs, builds, and maintains CI/CD pipelines to streamline and automate the build, test, and deployment processes, ensuring efficient and reliable delivery

  • Creates and maintains documentation related to the design of interfaces to complex enterprise and third-party applications, APIs and other assigned work and systems in accordance with departmental and team standards

  • Participates in the creation of design and architecture documentation and in creating and maintaining standards and best practices documents

  • Works with emerging technologies and designs solutions for business cases to determine applicability for future projects

Security Administration and Quality:

  • Guides product teams for assigned programs/applications through access control and security for various enterprise-wide software tools

  • Develops, advocates, approves and guides effective testing plans using test-driven development

  • Actively incorporates security protocols and data quality measures throughout the development lifecycle

  • Builds strategy with product teams for remediation of issues with security and quality for assigned applications/programs

  • Leads and reviews test results, production data and reports to ensure data quality and integrity

  • Prepares test cases, tests and validates application configurations to meet business requirements, performance level, and availability thresholds

System Troubleshooting and Monitoring

  • Monitors the operation of assigned programs and responds to problems by diagnosing and correcting errors in logic and coding, and recommending corrections to other engineers

  • Analyzes day-to-day functionality of assigned applications and serves as the main point of contact

  • Diagnoses and resolves system issues, including verifying and reproducing complex problems

  • Leads the process to implement long-term solutions and ensure system reliability, including collaborating with team members to develop solutions

  • Monitors and analyzes system performance, identifying trends and areas for improvement. Proactively implements adjustments to maintain compliance with standards, policies, and procedures while minimizing downtime

Leadership/Technical Expertise

  • Serves as a technical resource and trains other team members on programming techniques and system functionality

  • Develops and maintains positive customer relationships with internal and external contacts

  • Evaluates current processes and recommends changes

  • Serves as a technical resource to product teams in latest technology, standards and processes

Education & Experience:

  • Bachelors degree, preferably in a computer related field or equivalent related experience and five years of programming experience in techniques and languages such as C#, Java, or Python

  • Masters degree, preferably in a computer related field or equivalent related experience and three years of programming experience in techniques and languages such as C#, Java, or Python

  • Prior experience with AWS preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

  • Strong knowledge of object oriented programming concepts

  • Strong knowledge of relational databases and data modeling

  • Strong knowledge of cloud services

  • Strong knowledge of web development

  • Strong knowledge of REST architecture

  • Strong knowledge of source code control

  • Good knowledge of Agile development preferred

  • Strong knowledge of test-driven development

  • Excellent human relations and customer service skills

  • Thorough attention to detail, organizational and multi-tasking skills

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including documentation

  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify problems and implement effective solutions

  • Ability to work after hours on call as needed

The hiring salary range for this position will vary based on geographic location, falling within either of the following:

$92,670 - $128,045 or $102,443 - $140,845

A hiring range represents a subset of the full salary range.The actual salary will depend on several factors, includingrelevant education, skills, and experience of an applicant, geographic location, and business needs.

For information relating to the benefits EMC Team Members receive as part of a comprehensive rewards package, please visit www.emcins.com/careers.

About EMC Insurance

EMC Insurance Group Inc. is an insurance holding company based in Des Moines, Iowa. The company provides property and casualty insurance products and services to businesses and individuals in the United States. The company operates through two segments: Property and Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance. The Property and Casualty Insurance segment provides commercial and personal lines of insurance products. The Reinsurance segment provides reinsurance for other insurers. The company was founded in 1911 and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol EMCI.
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