Software Engineer
Why work with us
West Point is a family-owned organization founded in 1999 dedicated to providing innovative technical and business services to insurance carriers. Part of the Jerger Family of companies, which includes American Traditions Insurance Company, TJ Jerger MGA, and Storm King Claims Services, West Point Insurance Services prides itself on its deep bench of testing, automation, and BPO experience. Our reputation lies in solving complex system challenges with customized software and business processing solutions on time and on budget.
What will you be doing
- Participate fully in an Agile Team with the full software development life cycle including requirement analysis, planning, software design, development, testing and deployment
- Design, build and produce software solutions with support and guidance
- Perform software and data analysis to uncover issues to debug and correct software defects
- Run software tests, review results and perform root cause analyses to identify problems
- Identify, implement and support technical solutions to deliver business requirements
- Seek out new tools to analyze and solve problems
- Continuous learning to become an effective cross-functional member of the development team
- Deliver high-quality code through collaboration with the development team within the sprint timeline
- Provide support for go live schedules
The Technical Skills needed to be successful in this job
- We write our newest code in: ASP.NET, using the latest version of .NET Framework, and .NET Core in some areas.
- C#, using the MVC pattern and Razor Views
- Javascript, using jQuery and bootstrap
- SCSS
- SQL
The Ideal Candidate will possess
- 3-5 years of programming experience
- Experienced in full lifecycle delivery
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
- Experience working well with people, being highly self-motivated, and motivating others
- Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment
- Committed and passionate about delivering high-quality work
- Aptitude to independently learn new technologies
- Willingness to work flexible schedule including nights/weekends
- Good problem-solving skills
- Good verbal and written communications skills
- Knowledge of the P&C insurance industry a PLUS!!!
Additional Info
Our office is located at 7785 66th St. N, Pinellas Park, FL 33781 in the Richard and Evelyn Jerger Building. Typical work hours are 8:30-5:00pm Monday-Friday, but may require additional hours to meet project deadlines.
This position is in an office environment and would require:
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position for 50%- 75% of the time
- The person in this role needs to occasionally move about inside the building to access office machinery and support team members
- Constantly operates a computer and other office machinery such as a copy machine, phone/headset, and keyboard.