About the role
As the Sr. Software developer you will be responsible for helping to build, optimize, drive enhancements, and maintain mission critical applications that allow SIM to proactively manage business processes. You'll work under minimal general supervision as an individual contributor and partner with others in designing and estimating development efforts based on high level requirements; to evaluate functional and technical problems; and work effectively with business and technical subject matter experts, other developers, systems analysts, quality assurance analysts and third-party vendors ensuring that deliverables are met.

What you'll do

• You are fully responsible full life cycle of the code - design developing, deploying, and operationalizing.
• Design, build, document, implement and operationalize highly scalable, available, reliable API's that are continuously deployed and updated through an automated CI/CD pipeline. Enable user analytics, logging, monitoring, instrumentation for all services.
• Write unit, integration, and performance tests. Build shared libraries that can used enterprise wide.
• Lead design and code reviews. Translating resulting software design and wireframes into high-quality code.
• Collaborate with various team members and stakeholders on requirements definition and feature design and development.
• Be an agent of Agile thinking to deliver testable and re-usable software iteratively.
• Participate in requirements definition, UX development, and customer support.
• Bring product mindset, identify opportunities for improving application functionality and performance issues by working with customers and architecture resources.

What we offer you

Benefits and Perks

We don't take a "one-size-fits-all" approach when it comes to our employees. Our programs are designed to make your life better both at work and at home.

• Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
• Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
• Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
• Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching
• Want more details? Check out our Symetra Benefits Overview

Compensation

Salary Range: $97,500-$162,400 plus eligibility for annual bonus program

Requirements

Your skills and experience

• 5+ years of software development experience as engineer in an agile environment with excellent design, problem solving and debugging skills

• Deep technical understanding of relevant technologies and systems, such as client/server, backend persistent storage, and cloud technologies(AWS preferred).
• Used to meeting deadlines and delivering high quality results.

• Experience with SDF development methodologies, Waterfall and Agile.
• Accountability and ownership of technical design and work output.
• Adaptability, including dealing effectively with ambiguity.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with various levels of IT management.
• Working knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming, .Net, C# and Python within the AWS environment.
• Important to have current experience with Snowflake, data storage fundamentals, security foundation, cloud-specific patterns, networking, etc.

Education/Experience/License/Training/Skills PREFERRED
Experience in Financial Services (insurance)

We empower inclusion

At Symetra, we aspire to be the most inclusive insurance company in the country. We're building a place where every employee feels valued, respected, and has opportunities to contribute.

Inclusion is about recognizing our assumptions, considering multiple perspective, and removing barriers. We accept and celebrate diverse experiences, identities, and perspectives, because lifting each other up fuels thought and builds a stronger, more innovative company. We invite you to learn more about our efforts here: Here

Creating a world where more people have access to financial freedom

Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals and feel confident about the future. In our daily work, we're guided by the principles of Value, Transparency and Sustainability. This means we provide products and services people need at a competitive price, we communicate clearly and openly so people understand what they're buying, and we design products-and operate our company-to stand the test of time. We're committed to showing up for our communities, lifting up our employees, and standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Join our team and help us create a world where more people have access to financial freedom.

For more information about our careers visit:

www.symetra.com/careers

Work Authorization

Employer work visa sponsorship and support are not provided for this role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company.

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