Staff Software Engineer - Hybrid

About the role

The Hartford’s Enterprise Billing and Audit organization seeks a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer with substantial hands-on experience in designing, developing, and supporting full-stack applications deployed on cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and secure APIs.
• Build and enhance Angular components and other front-end technologies.
• Conduct code reviews and maintain quality standards for API and UI modules across multiple scrum teams within their Agile Release Train (ART).
• Adhere to architectural standards and maintain application integrity in collaboration with architects and technical leads.
• Design solutions with a clear understanding of technology trade-offs, balancing risks and rewards to deliver optimal customer value.
• Implement cloud-native architecture patterns that are scalable, reusable, secure, and cost-efficient, including multi-region support, fault tolerance, and data replication strategies.
• Utilize AWS services for application development and deployment, including (but not limited to): Lambda, CloudWatch, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, AWS Batch, AWS Directory, and Service Catalog.
• Apply DevOps practices and leverage CI/CD tools for continuous integration and delivery.
• Communicate risks, mitigations, and business impacts clearly and professionally, both verbally and in writing.
• Present innovative ideas to leadership and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Serve as the technical subject matter expert for billing applications and integration components.
• Share knowledge and mentor team members (including sourcing partners) on development guidelines and best practices.
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail and effectively manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Take ownership and drive innovation to leverage technology for solving customer problems.
• Oversee development teams by removing technical blockers and guiding architecture and design.
• Maintain regular contact with other TLs for efficient progress across development streams.
• Cook up with other projects to support parallel development and reduce code or environment conflicts.
• Leverage AI tools and Copilot to improve productivity in day-to-day tasks, including development, debugging, documentation, and automation workflows.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship.
• The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Mathematics, or any Engineering discipline.
• Certifications: Active Associate-level certification in AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in application software development, including AWS resources, APIs, and UI components.
• 4+ years of experience with Java and J2EE technologies (Java Web Services, JMS, XML, JSON, JDBC).
• Expertise in creating SOAP and RESTful Web Services using Java Spring Boot.
• Understanding of Batch processing and Message Queues (MQ) preferred.
• Experience with relational databases such as Oracle.
• 3+ years of experience in systems design, continuous integration, and DevOps methodologies.
• Familiarity with front-end technologies (e.g., Angular) is a plus.
• Strong understanding of Microservices architecture, Swagger, and API Connect (APIC).
• Hands-on experience with version control and CI/CD tools, such as: GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, uDeploy, Rally, Checkmarx OR AWS equivalents: CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodeStar.
• Must have hands-on experience with AWS services (Lambda, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, etc.).
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and experience in Agile or SAFe environments.
• Hands-on experience with API development, Angular.
• Strong technical knowledge of AWS application development and data integration strategies.
• Practical experience in creating Angular components for front-end development.
• Solid understanding of relational databases, particularly Oracle.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with ability to influence leadership and collaborate across teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.