Senior Software Developer

About Us

With a multinational global team, Davies Group is a specialist professional services and technology firm working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated, and global businesses.

At Davies Group, we help clients to manage risk, operate core business processes, and to transform and grow. We deliver operations, consulting and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation, customer experience, human capital, transformation, and change management.

Davies Life & Health, Inc. is a Davies affiliate that predominantly focuses on the administration of disability and long-term care products on behalf of numerous clients, including some of the most well-known insurers and reinsurers in the United States.

Are you looking for a company that is Dynamic and Innovative where the employees are Connected and Succeed Together? If so, Davies may just be the right choice for you.

Job Overview

Davies Life & Health is looking for aSenior Software Developer who will set architectural direction and system development standards, as well as directly contribute to the design and development of new applications to support business needs. As the Senior Software Developer, you will provide design leadership and support on existing systems and provide insight on cost-effective solutions. You will be responsible for all system-related problems, assist all business analysts and end users with technical issues, and provide technical coaching and mentoring to team members.

To be successful in this role, you must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience working with software development, possess strong technical skills, have experience developing systems using C#, Visual basic, .NET and SQL Server, and possess the ability to work both collaboratively and independently.You must be proactive and take initiative as this is a full-time, fully home-based position .

Responsibilities and Duties

• Participate in and/or lead the effort in the evaluation of business requirements and processes, preparation of application system specifications and the development, testing and implementation of efficient, cost-effective applications solutions
• Provide design leadership and set direction for new systems development
• Establish procedures for change control and product migration
• Assume responsibility and ownership for all systems and system related problems, regardless of current assignment
• Review documented business requirements and test plans and provide technical feedback to Business Analysts
• Ensure quality through thorough unit testing of all code and participating in systems integrated testing
• Assist Business Analysts and End Users with any technical issues during systems integrated testing, parallel testing, training sessions and demonstrations
• Provide on-call support for the production systems on a rotating basis
• Maintain existing applications adhering to the established architecture and standards for that application
• Write technical documentation in support of assigned projects
• Document all code using format established by the project
• Develop and maintain effective relationships and communication with the team, other co-workers, management, clients and vendors
• Provide technical coaching and mentoring to other members of the systems development team
• Support company values ofWe are Dynamic, We are Innovative, We are Connected, and We Succeed Together
• Perform other special projects and duties as assigned

Experience and Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or related field, or an equivalent combination of experience
• Three to five years’ software development experience
• Experience in developing systems using C#, Visual Basic, .NET and SQL Server
• Experience in working with Microsoft Word and Excel

Preferred

• Insurance industry experience preferred
• Experience with WPF, Web Service Development and MVC is preferred
• Experience in developing mainframe systems using COBOL, VSAM, and MVS preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to learn and work with third party software vendors and/or systems
• Proactive, independent, and takes initiative with consistent follow through
• Superior time management skills with capability of working with and meeting deadlines
• Exceptional capability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively communicate across the organization
• Capable of working collaboratively and independently with minimal supervision
• Possess the ability to train and coach team members
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Essential Requirements

• Must have US work rights
• Must speak English
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or related field, or an equivalent combination of experience
• Three to five years’ software development experience
• Experience in developing systems using C#, Visual Basic, .NET and SQL Server
• Experience in working with Microsoft Word and Excel

Other Duties

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the individual for this job and are subject to change with or without notice.

Diversity and Inclusion

Davies is committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome candidates of all genders, gender identity and expression, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, nationality, and belief (or lack thereof).

Rewards and Recognition

We embrace innovation and run an annual competition available for all teammates to submit their ideas. The top finalists travel to the current year’s competition site where they pitch their ideas to our investors. The winner receives funding to bring their idea to life and the runners up receive a reward for their involvement. Some of our teammates have moved across into brand new positions to further develop their ideas/projects!

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• 401k plan with employer matching
• Paid Time Off, Sick Leave, and Paid Holidays
• Life insurance, short term, and long-term disability plans
• Amazing Executive and Senior leadership as well as fabulous teammates

Position Type, Work Environment and Physical Demands

This is a full-time, home-based, salaried, exempt position that predominantly operates remotely from a professional home-based office environment routinely using standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, photocopiers, and scanners and requires prolonged periods of sitting at a desk while working on a computer. While performing the duties of this job, the individual will be required to regularly hear and talk. This is a largely sedentary role requiring the ability to sit at a desk, reach outward, use a phone, have use of fingers to operate office equipment such as a keyboard, mouse, phone, printer, copier, and to reach above the head, bend, or stand as necessary.

Location

Davies Life & Health is currently set up to hire employees in the following states: FL, IA, IL, MA, ME, NE, NY, PA, RI, SD, TN, and VA. If you live in—or are willing to relocate at your own expense to—any of the listed locations, we look forward to your application! If there is a required or preferred location for an open role, it will be listed in the job description. Should your state not be listed, please visit to locate a subsidiary near you.