20 days ago
Urbandale, IA, USASenior

Responsibilities

  • Develop, test, maintain, and support application features using Java, REST/SOAP APIs, and DB2.
  • Design and enhance scalable applications, APIs, integrations, and insurance technology solutions.
  • Develop significant new functionality and resolve defects with minimal direction.
  • Create design specifications covering interfacing systems and supported business processes.
  • Propose improvements to system supportability and usability.
  • Perform peer reviews and follow development practices including documentation and unit testing.
  • Provide rotating on-call support for production systems.
  • Monitor and assess performance metrics before and after implementation.
  • Provide end-user mentoring and training individually and in small groups.
  • Collaborate with business analysts, QA resources, end users, subsidiaries, and technical teams.
  • Help define future application advancement and provide recommendations for business issues.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of professional development experience.
  • Strong experience developing web applications in Java, preferably Java 11 or later.
  • Strong experience with DB2 or SQL Server databases.
  • Software Development Life Cycle experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in a related field or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to work with limited supervision in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent communication, problem-solving, analytical, adaptability, and stakeholder-interaction skills.
  • Atlassian suite experience, including Jira, Bamboo, or Confluence, is a plus.
  • GitHub Enterprise experience for source-code management and build and deployment management is a plus.

Benefits

  • Primary location is Urbandale, Iowa.
  • Approximately 5–10% travel is required.
  • The role includes rotating production on-call support.

Tech Stack

BambooIBM DB2JavaJavaScriptKubernetesMicrosoft SQL ServerReactSOAPSpring Boot
W. R. Berkley Corporation

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