Hybrid Senior Software Developer – Enterprise

at National Guardian Life Insurance Company

• Job title: Senior Software Developer – Enterprise
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Java, JavaScript, MS SQL Server, Postgres, Python, SQL, TypeScript, .NET
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Madison, United States

About the role

• Senior Software Developer designing and maintaining software systems for National Guardian Life Insurance Company. Collaborating with stakeholders and team to deliver innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions with stakeholders; creating specifications and prototypes
• Provide progress reports and work estimates for implementation and validation
• Collaborate with other developers to build maintainable, testable and efficient systems
• Use test results to identify regressions and defects
• Maintain systems to meet business needs and compliance requirements
• Write and maintain technical documentation including Data Flow Diagrams, Process Flow Diagrams and UML Diagrams
• Review software written by peers; strive for continuous improvement of code quality and development practices
• Build and implement test automation to validate new and existing code
• Assist in the maintenance of NGL’s business applications
• Anticipate system/application challenges and proposes solutions; recommend improvements to existing software as necessary
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues for both internal and third-party business applications
• Assist with issue identification, investigation, and resolution process of support incidents
• Provide off-hours support of scheduled production processing
• Collaborate with the team and business areas to develop, coordinate and execute plans to ensure successful acquisition projects.
• Participate in efforts to convert and implement merged or acquired business.
• Share ownership of the solution deployment, testing, quality, monitoring and operational excellence with the rest of the agile team
• Participate in regular team and stakeholder meetings
• Continually develop skill-sets and abilities to keep them relevant, current and applicable to NGL's current and future needs
• Follow software development and quality assurance best practices and governance
• Be a positive influence for other team members; promote goodwill amongst IT and other departments of the organization.
• Mentor junior developers
• Volunteer to take on difficult stories, be willing to try new technology

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology/Systems, or other related field preferred.
• A minimum of four years of Microsoft SQL Server tools and management (T-SQL) and/or PostgreSQL required.
• A minimum of five years of experience in AWS core services, serverless framework, Infrastructure as Code, Git, and web development utilizing Javascript framework for UI and communications.
• Java, Python, Typescript, .NET and C# development preferred.
• A minimum of two years of experience in Agile methodologies (Scrum and/or Kanban, Test Driven Development, etc.) preferred.
• Experience working in the insurance industry preferred.

Benefits

• 20 days of Paid Time Off growing to 25 days after 5 years
• 11 Paid Holidays (10 company holidays and 1 personal holiday of your choice)
• Health care, dental and vision plans
• Up to $1,500 (Family) or $1,000 (Single) annually towards a Health Savings Account
• Annual bonus based on company performance
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401(k) match up to 9%
• Paid Sabbatical after 8 years
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Education Assistance Program
• Employee Recognition Program
• And much more!