Company Details:
With a focus on technology and strategic operations, Berkley Alternative Markets Tech is a group of technologists with a passion for making insurance better. We work with a team of industry experts from six different Berkley insurance brands who focus on delivering value to the workers compensation market. As we grow our team, we are looking for inquisitive, entrepreneurial minded people who are excited to reimagine the insurance industry.
Insurance is too complex. Help us make it better.
Responsibilities:
The software engineering team focuses on the development, and support of a customer-centric insurance product suite. As a Sr. Software Development Engineer, you’ll be an integral member of a team that builds and customizes in-house and third-party software, delivering an efficient and seamless experience. You’ll deliver quality code that enables the team to design highly scalable solutions within a multi-tenant architecture and standardize common functionality.
- Work collaboratively and individually to contribute working code that the team has committed to deliver, according to the project’s contribution guidelines.
- Review and offer constructive feedback on others’ code.
- Be an active collaborator in regular technical planning sessions.
- Propose technical and process improvements that will help the team deliver better and faster results, and innovations that will delight the customer.
- Partner with other teams to coordinate, collaborate, and contribute as needed.
- Draft technical designs to support business requirements. Refine and build consensus with the team to prepare for delivery. Designs may touch any/all layers of the tech stack.
- Guide the team to design and deliver solutions that uphold technical standards and have a positive impact on the delivery metrics we track.
- Maintain awareness of the product roadmap and business context.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years’ experience in enterprise software development
- 5+ years’ experience with OOP languages such as Java
- 5+ years’ experience developing, designing, and querying SQL databases
- 5+ years’ experience building scalable micro services, using REST and/or GraphQL
- 4+ years’ experience writing test scripts and automated testing with tools such as Katalon
- Knowledgeable with CICD processes and pipelines with tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps
- Knowledgeable with cloud development and principles, using technologies like Azure or AWS
- Knowledgeable with front-end development, using JS frameworks like NextJs, React, Angular, Express, etc
- Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional teams
- Demonstrated ability to align product and business’ concerns with engineering
- Demonstrated experience and mentoring other developers
- Demonstrated experience in all phases of the software development lifecycle
- Well versed in Agile or similar methodologies
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and experience
Additional Company Details:
• Low level of domestic U.S. travel required (up to 5% of time)
The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. We do not accept any unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies or firms. The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees. 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.