Software Engineer, R&D - IntelliScript (Remote)

What We Do

Milliman IntelliScript is a group of a few hundred experts in fields ranging from actuarial science to information technology to clinical practice. Together, we develop and deploy category-defining, data-driven, software-as-a-service (SaaS) products for a broad spectrum of insurance clients. We’re a business unit within Milliman, Inc., a respected consultancy with offices around the world.

Candidates who have their pick of jobs are drawn to IntelliScript’s entrepreneurial and collaborative culture of innovation, excellence, exceptional customer service, balance, and transparency. Every single person has a voice in our company, and we challenge each other to push the outer limits of our full, diverse potential. And we’ve shown sustained growth that ensures you’ll have room to grow your skillset, responsibilities, and career.

Our team is smart, down-to-earth, and ready to listen to your best ideas. We reward excellence and offer competitive compensation and benefits. Visit our LinkedIn page for a closer look at our company, and learn more about our cultural values here.

Milliman invests in skills training and career development and gives all employees access to a variety of learning and mentoring opportunities. Our growing number of Milliman Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are employee-led communities that influence policy decisions, develop future leaders, and amplify the voices of their constituents. We encourage our employees to give back to their varied professions, including leadership in professional organizations. Please visit our website to learn more about Milliman’s commitments to our people, diversity and inclusion, social impact, and sustainability.

What this position entails

The Software Engineer will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our organization by driving early-stage innovation and zero-to-one development of new products and capabilities. As a key member of our R&D team, this role focuses on transforming ideas into working solutions - rapidly developing MVPs, testing concepts, and iterating based on real user feedback. Working across ambiguous problem spaces, you’ll translate emerging opportunities and evolving business needs into solutions that help us quickly determine what delivers value.

Operating in a dynamic, experimental environment, this role balances strategic thinking with hands-on execution. It requires navigating ambiguity, continuously testing assumptions, and using rapid feedback loops to refine ideas and uncover scalable opportunities. The position plays a critical role in identifying product-market fit and shaping new offerings - helping define the next generation of solutions that will drive long-term growth.

What you will be doing

• Design, develop, and iterate on MVPs, prototypes, and early-stage solutions to explore new product and capability opportunities
• Rapidly test ideas by building lightweight implementations and getting them in front of users for feedback
• Translate ambiguous problem spaces and emerging needs into tangible technical solutions
• Continuously refine concepts through experimentation, data, and user insights to determine what delivers value
• Build and deploy solutions primarily within AWS, leveraging cloud-native services to enable rapid development and iteration
• Experiment with AI-driven approaches both as a tool for faster delivery and as a core component of new product features
• Work within a small, cross-functional team to shape and validate new ideas and approaches
• Partner with technical and non-technical stakeholders across business units to gather feedback, validate assumptions, and ensure focus on solving the most valuable problems
• Balance speed and quality by applying appropriate engineering practices for early-stage development
• Contribute to technical decisions that enable fast iteration while supporting future scalability
• Support deployment of prototypes and early solutions to enable real-world testing and learning

What we need

• 4+ years of relevant software engineering experience
• Strong experience with C# (.NET 8), React, SQL
• Cloud development experience, preferably with AWS
• Understanding of Agile practices (e.g. Scrum)
• Experience with full software development lifecycle 
• Excellent technical design, problem solving, and debugging skills 
• Excellent collaborative skills, work well independently and as a team member 
• Proven analytical skills to int