Principal Software Developer
Dover, NH

Job Description

Principal Software Developer

We deliver for our customers peace of mind every day by helping them protect what they value most. Our passion for placing the customer at the center of everything we do is driving a transformational shift at Liberty Mutual. Operating as a tech startup within a Fortune 100 company, we are leading a digital disruption that will redefine how people experience insurance.

This is an opportunity to join our Secured Business Integration team (SBI). SBI is responsible for the Enterprise file processing platforms that ensure data is securely transferred between internal LM application teams and external trading partners. This team is responsible for the development and support of both the platform and new file transfer integrations. We continually look to improve the experience of our representatives and the customers they serve through innovation.

Job Introduction:

As a Full Stack Developer in this group, you will work with the product team to develop customer-centric software products from idea to production. Your initial responsibility will focus primarily on development of a new internal Secured Liberty Integrations Manager (SLIM) platform capability. This is a fast-paced environment providing rapid delivery for our business partners. You will have the opportunity to use your development skills to develop and demonstrate disruptive and transformational products as part of an agile development team.

Developers are responsible for multiple aspects of the AWS landscape including support, performance, security, cost optimization, architecture, and strategy.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

* Help drive modernization efforts, making use of current technologies and cloud-based microservices such as React, VueJS, NodeJS, Spring Boot, Docker, Cloud Foundry, and AWS resources such as EC2, Lambda and Fargate


* Define and maintain team standards, guidelines, and quality of service criteria for implementing and supporting existing and new cloud-based landscapes and tools.
* Maintain an understanding of current technologies, trends, business strategies and capabilities.
* Analyze technical system problems, then design and implement effective solutions


* Identify, evaluate, test and implement recommendations and technologies for new tools, performance enhancements, or improvements to the SLIM platform

Desired skills:

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in technical discipline or equivalent experience, technical degree preferred, yet a continuous learner of technologies
* Ability to work in an agile team environment where you lead and share responsibilities
* Extensive understanding of agile software development concepts and processes
* Possess a technology agnostic perspective to research, learn, and appropriately apply technology to solve business problems
* Exposure to managing AWS resources with an emphasis in automation and scripting using CloudFormation Templates (JSON, YAML) to manage AWS environments
* Familiar with AWS resources such as SNS, SQS, Lambda, EC2, ELB, ECS, Fargate
* Experience with scripting languages like Python and Unix Shell/Bash
* Experience working with front-end JavaScript frameworks and libraries like React and VueJS
* Experience working with API frameworks like NodeJS (JavaScript), Spring Boot (Java/Kotlin)
* Experience with security and identity best practices (OAUTH, JWT)
* Experience using CI/CD pipelines (GIT, Bamboo or Jenkins)
* Strong oral and written communication skills; presentation skills
* Strong collaboration, prioritization, and flexibility skills required

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in technical or business discipline or equivalent experience, technical degree preferred.


* Generally 8 years of professional experience.


* Highly proficient in software engineering languages and tools; ability to develop on multiple platforms.


* Strong negotiation, facilitation and consensus building skills.


* Strong oral and written communication skills; presentation skills.


* Extensive knowledge of the following: IT concepts, strategies, methodologies.


* Versed in diverse technologies and new technical architecture principles and concepts. Extensive knowledge in layered systems architectures solutions and designs and shared software concepts.


* Business function(s) and I/T industry business issues; extensive knowledge of business operations, strategies and objectives. Strong in multiple programming languages and tools.


* Extensive understanding of agile software development concepts and processes.


* Must be proactive, demonstrate initiative and be a logical thinker.


* Extensive consultative skills, including the ability to understand and apply customer requirements, including drawing out unforeseen implications and making recommendations for design, the ability to define design reasoning, understanding potential impacts of design requirements.


* Extensive understanding of backlog tracking, burndown metrics, and incremental delivery.


* Strong collaboration, prioritization, and adaptability skills required.



We take care of our employees…

We strongly believe that a great job should keep you happy both at work-and in life. That's why we offer:

* Workplace Flexibility


* Wellness Perks


* Collaborative workspaces


* Sit/stand desks


* Career development, programs and classes


* Diversity & Inclusion programs


* Commuter Benefits


* Adoption Assistance


* College Savings Plan


* Education reimbursement


* Hackathon Events



Liberty Mutual was named as a '2016 Great Place to Work' by Great Place to Work US.

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