Hybrid Staff Software Engineer

at The Hartford

• Job title: Staff Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $114,720 - $172,080 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, EC2, J2EE, Java, JavaScript, Jenkins, Oracle, Splunk, Spring, Spring Boot, SpringBoot, SQL, Terraform, Unix
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Hartford, United States

About the role

• Software Engineer developing high-quality software solutions for an insurance company. Leading design, development, and deployment efforts with a focus on system stability and security.

Responsibilities

• Lead system stability, security, and solution design discussions with vendor and internal team
• Performs research on, designs, develops, tests, deploys, maintains, and enhances software solutions using established standards, frameworks, and tools.
• Produces high quality deliverables, including well-written code, thorough documentation, and effective communication to ensure successful outcomes of assigned projects.
• Participates in proof-of-concept work, prototyping, and other tasks as needed.
• Assists less experienced developers and/or project team members by providing advice, mentoring, training, coaching, and educational opportunities.
• Understands and applies industry trends, best practices, emerging technologies, and products related to technology solutions.
• Collaborates effectively with internal and external stakeholders, such as business leaders, technical teams, vendors, customers, and end users to identify needs, reach consensus, provide updates, and achieve buy-in for ideas and initiatives.
• Communicates effectively by adjusting communication style to audience, establishing clear goals, prioritizing requests, asking thoughtful questions, listening actively, and seeking clarification when necessary.
• Documents activities, processes, and results, such as meeting notes, requirements documents, design documents, test plans, user guides, and presentations.
• Conducts meetings, conference calls, and webcasts by setting up audio and video conferencing equipment; prepares agendas; obtains and distributes materials; follows call protocol; records minutes; and conducts follow-up communications.
• Organizes files and information by creating folders, attaching files, naming conventions, and utilizing document management systems.
• Demonstrates accountability for actions, decisions, and results by accepting ownership of tasks, learning from mistakes, taking risks, being transparent, sharing credit, and facing challenges directly.
• Maintains awareness of current events, trends, and changing technology.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Minimum six years of experience in software development
• Proficiency in Java 17/21 and Spring Boot and Oracle
• Experience with RESTful APIs, J2EE, and JDBC
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, and IAM. AWS Developer Associate and Cloud Practitioner certifications is a plus
• Ability to apply and update IaC configurations for environment provisioning. Experience in Terraform is recommended
• Experience with Jenkins, uDeploy, and GitHub for automation and deployment pipelines.
• Exposure to Unix scripting is preferred.
• Familiarity with Splunk dashboards, Dynatrace, secret scanning tools, and blue/green deployment strategies.
• Experience with JavaScript, JSON, XML, and SQL.
• Experience with Unit Testing Frameworks, Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously while meeting established deadlines.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across various organizational levels and departments.
• Self-motivated and detail oriented.
• Able to work independently with little supervision and in a fast paced environment.
• Highly adaptable to new technologies, environments, and business needs.

Benefits

• Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses
• long-term incentives
• on-the-spot recognition