Software Engineer III (FinPro) - Hybrid (Raleigh or Jersey City)

With a company culture rooted in collaboration, expertise and innovation, we aim to promote progress and inspire our clients, employees, investors and communities to achieve their greatest potential. Our work is the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals. In short, We Enable Possibility℠.

JOB SUMMARY

The Software Engineer III develops, implements, and maintains software solutions that enable business operations to realize company goals & objectives.  The incumbent performs analysis, design, coding, debugging, testing, and support of software applications.  May be assigned to develop new applications/systems, enhance/upgrade existing systems or provide production support.  He/she works independently on moderately complex projects, receiving only general direction. May provide assistance and direction to less experienced peers.

This is a Hybrid, twice-a-week role in our Raleigh or Jersey City Offices.

Essential RESPONSIBILITIES and ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Works with the Agile Program Manager (APM), Digital Product Manager (DPM), and Business Systems Analyst (BSA)  to accurately capture stakeholder requests and system specifications and translate them into engineering artifacts, which typically include design specifications, source code, test scripts and test results.
• Coordinates with software architects and Software engineer IVs to ensure that the engineering realization is in accordance with Enterprise Architecture principles and software development best practices.
• As part of Agile teams, completes software development work which includes application design, coding, code review and testing. Keeps Agile team and APM apprised of project status.
• Offers suggestions to stakeholders on devising effective and efficient approaches to achieve project and program objectives.
• Manages engineering risks by proactively tracking and communicating issues, and devising methods to mitigating them.
• Liaises with other project and program areas to coordinate interdependencies and resolve issues.
• Supports business units in the resolution of in-depth user questions and issues following production support process and SLA’s. Maintains a working knowledge of new technology and software engineering standards, practices and tools.
• Provides input to APM/DPM in creation of Product Roadmap, High Level Estimates Collaborates with IT management to define and develop documentation & engineering artifact standards, guidelines, processes, and templates. Demonstrates experience in managing team priorities, resolving conflicts, and driving continuous improvement within the development process.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Knowledge & Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of the theoretical and practical application of highly specialized software engineering best practices, methods & techniques.
• Extensive experience in developing software applications on the assigned technology platform.
• Extensive knowledge on source code change management and related tools.
• Knowledge and experience using agile software development principles, process and tools.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and organizational skills. Excellent interpersonal, and written and oral communication skills.
• Strong customer service skills in order to provide end user/business owner systems support. Knowledge of production support processes such as incident and problem management techniques.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to balance both technical challenges and team dynamics.
• Comfortable with task delegation, performance tracking, and ensuring that team members remain aligned with overall project objectives.

Technology Experience and Expertise

• Development Experience with Java & .Net C#, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
• Experienced in scalable, high-availability back end technologies Oracle, SQL Server and PostgreSQL
• Experience with non-relational database technologies preferred such as Memcached, MongoDB, Redis
• Strong JavaScript back end development experience with common frameworks Angular, RxJS, Node, etc.
• Front end development experience including ReactJS, Webpack, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery, Accessibility and Responsive Layouts UI/UX development experience.
• Experience with Insurance / Reinsurance Systems and Data
• Strong understanding of server-side software, scalability, performance, and reliability Skill