Director, Software Engineering

Who Are We?

Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Job Category

Technology

Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

Salary Range

$135,700.00 - $223,900.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

Travelers is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to join our organization as we grow and transform our Technology landscape. We are looking for a hands-on technical leader to oversee application development of the Access and Provisioning Request System (APRS) and other automation efforts to support BI Risk and Cyber organization. In addition, this leader will help guide application security across Business Insurance. Focus areas will include vulnerability remediation, secrets management, third party interfaces, and security testing.

What Will You Do?

• Oversee development and maintenance of ARPS, including modernization and potential re-write
• Oversee development and maintenance of additional automation efforts in support of BI Risk and Cyber organization
• Take point on initiatives such as vulnerability remediation and secrets management across Business Insurance Technology organization; Track results, provide metrics, and coordinate resolution as necessary
• Act as a liaison between the development team and senior management; ensure effective communication between stakeholders, clients, and team members
• Identify and lead opportunities to improve application security across Business Insurance
• Partner with Enterprise Cyber group to address any concerns with third parties we interface with
• Coordinate with application areas as new tools and processes such as penetration testing are introduced
• Serve as HR manager for team of three software engineers; hire and train staff as necessary

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Experience as a software engineer using modern languages, frameworks, and development environments.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS.
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP, and NIST frameworks.
• Background in application security including areas such as cloud security, IAM, and security testing.
• Experience overseeing software development initiatives and managing production applications.
• The ability to plan, coordinate, and track projects, manage teams, deadlines, and budgets.
• The ability to support and assist team members, resolve conflicts, and develop collaboration.
• Delivery - Advanced delivery skills including the ability to determine the software design strategy and methodology to be used for efforts, use automated tests, analysis, and informed feedback loops to ensure the quality and production readiness of work before release, monitor the health of work efforts and that of adjacent systems.
• Domain Expertise - Demonstrated track record of domain expertise including the ability to develop business partnerships and influence priorities by identifying solutions that are aligned with current business objective and closely follow industry trends relevant to domain, understanding how to apply them, and sharing knowledge with coworkers.
• Problem Solving - Strong problem solver who utilizes data and proofs of concepts to find creative solutions to difficult problems, reflects on solutions, measuring their impact, and uses that information to ideate and optimize. Also adept at making decisions that involve a significant number of factors with broad implications.
• Communication - Strong communicator who possesses the ability to describe technology concepts in ways the business can understand, document initiatives in a concise and clear manner, collaborate effectively with teammates and others regardless of role, quickly extract core issues from discussions and meetings, give and receive constructive feedback, offer help when asked, and ensure everyone has a chance to share their thoughts