Senior Software Engineer
Denver, CO

Job Description

Job FamilyWeb Development

Job Description SummarySenior Software Engineer

Transamerica has been helping people feel better about the future for more than 100 years, and we're proud of the trust we've earned. But we believe our responsibility goes beyond insurance, investments, and retirement accounts. We're also in the business of helping people improve their financial and personal well-being, so they can add more years to their lives, and more life to their years.

At Transamerica, we are innovating the next generation of web and cloud technologies to help our customers achieve a lifetime of financial security. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for providing support for overall design and development leadership to an application team as well as the utilization of web and cloud technologies, APIs, and third party software development frameworks to rapidly build and support basic application solutions.

You will be a technical leader in the Actuarial Financial Management systems space. Will be responsible for the development and implementation of technical requirements spanning enhancements, maintenance, and the migrations of data between systems. Will provide technical support for escalated Operational items and Production Support issues. Will partner across the organization to develop complete requirements that meet the needs of all users. Will understand, document, and enhance integration with related systems that includes reporting, calculations, analytics, and daily, monthly, and quarterly batch processing.Job Description

Responsibilities:

Working collaboratively with other development staff, including contract and offshore Software Engineers, and business product owners in an agile environment:

* Code, test, identify, implement, and document solutions to business challenges utilizing web and cloud technologies.
* Perform design and analysis for deliverables. Lead team design sessions for application level architecture solutions.
* Serve as a subject matter expert for a wide range of areas, applications, and technologies and mentor other team members in design/coding standards.
* Proactively recommend solutions which take into consideration costs, business needs, and system impacts.
* Support analysis and general architectural design across platforms toward the development of end-to-end solutions.
* Participate on committees or projects to help define organization-wide standards, processes, and guidelines.
* Utilize third-party software development frameworks, open-source libraries, and APIs to rapidly develop basic application solutions.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or technically related field, or equivalent education/experience.
* Minimum of 5 years of software engineering experience.
* 5+ years of software engineering experience with .NET or Java OOD.
* Strong background in SQL scripting, queries, and schemas.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Master's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or related technical field with 3 years of experience is also acceptable.
* Demonstrated understanding of advanced analytics and machine learning concepts and technology implementations
* Understanding of big data and real time streaming analytics processing architecture.
* Familiarity with Spark and Hadoop with exposure to large data environments.
* Understanding of data warehousing architecture and implementation, including source to target mappings and ETL.
* Proficient in modern Design Patterns.
* Background working with the Actuarial business is a plus.

Behavioral & Leadership Competencies

* Able to work independently to approved Solution Designs, with little direct supervision.
* Problem-solving and effective technical communication skills.
* Attention to detail and results oriented, with a strong customer focus.
* The ability to work as part of a team and independently
* Meet tight deadlines, multi-task, and prioritize workload
* Willing to learn and keep pace with the latest advances in the related field. Grasp new technologies rapidly as needed to support the environment and contribute to project deliverables.
* Assist with preparing presentations and leading development meetings
* Must be a team player.

Working Conditions:

* Normal office environment.
* Minimal travel (less than 10%).
* Required to work outside normal business hours due to special projects or on-call situations.

Why Work for Us

Total Rewards at Transamerica: It's more than a paycheck.

Our comprehensive Total Rewards package is designed to help support you in many ways - throughout all stages of your life and career. We provide a competitive, market-driven program that encompasses base compensation, bonus potential, retirement, health and wellness benefits, learning and development opportunities, plus great employee perks. All designed with you in mind… to help you live your best life, grow personally and professionally - and feel valued for the work you do.

Learn more about our Total Rewards Package.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Transamerica Life Insurance Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant or employee because of age, religion, sex, gender identity, genetic information, race, color, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, participation in the uniformed services (e.g. U.S. Armed Forces, National Guard), physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local equal employment opportunities laws.

Applicants with physical or mental disabilities may be entitled to a form of reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state and local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will insure equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the Transamerica Companies. Please contact: applicantsupport@transamerica.com if you are a job seeker with a disability, or are assisting someone with a disability, and require assistance to apply for one of our jobs.

Ontario Applicants:

Our Company is committed to providing accessibility to those with disabilities in a manner that is consistent with the principles of independence, dignity, integration and equality of opportunity, that is in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005 ("AODA"). Please contact applicantsupport@transamerica.com if you are a job seeker with a disability, or are assisting someone with a disability, and require assistance to apply for one of our jobs.

Technical Assistance:

If you experience technical problems during the application process, please email applicantsupport@transamerica.com.