Software Engineer III/ Sr. Software Engineer I

About the Role

The Workplace Benefits Fulfillment Customer Experience / Claims Intake team supports customer-facing web applications and digital pipelines for customers (employers & employees) to submit Life & Disability claims. This team focuses on modernizing claims operations and customer experiences through next-generation technology platforms, process improvements, and large-scale business transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality applications for customers.
• Identify and propose strategies around technical problems affecting the business, communicate standards, and gain consensus on solutions.
• Collaborate within your engineering team, architecture, and business partners to improve software.
• Take on tasks of increasing complexity, learn quickly, and make steady progress based on partner feedback.
• Solve complex problems to create a positive customer experience.
• Experiment with new tools and practices to deliver business value in an agile organization.
• Understand how your work fits into the larger strategy.
• Actively participate in pairing, mobbing, and design sessions with your team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting cloud-native applications in AWS environments.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code development using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) and/or AWS CloudFormation.
• Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages, with experience in TypeScript, Java, and SQL preferred.
• Experience developing modern web applications using React and Next.js frameworks.
• Experience building and supporting serverless applications and event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.
• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and quality-first engineering practices.
• Experience working in collaborative engineering environments utilizing pair programming.

Preferred Technical Skills

• AWS Services, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Amazon S3
• DynamoDB
• SNS/SQS
• AWS CloudFormation and AWS CDK
• PostgreSQL
• Oracle
• GitHub
• GitHub Actions

Pay

Salary ranges reflect targeted base salaries for this position. Non-sales positions may participate in a bonus program. Actual compensation will be based on geographic location, work experience, education, licensure, and skill level.

• Software Engineer III: $95,000 - $112,000 / year
• Sr. Software Engineer I: $120,000 - $138,000 / year

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off (FTO) for salaried (exempt) employees, allowing paid time away for vacation, personal, or short-term illness without accruing a set number of days.
• Pension eligible.

Schedule

This role offers in-office and hybrid options (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek) in Des Moines, IA. Work arrangement will be determined with your leader based on several factors.

Work authorization: At this time, we're not considering candidates needing immigration sponsorship now or in the future, including work authorization for this role.

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