Application Developer

Gallagher•Bloomfield Hills, MI

34d

About The Position

At Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions. We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive. Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them. We’re a community of bold explorers, trusted experts, and compassionate partners; working side by side to solve problems, and shape the future of work. Here, curiosity is encouraged, collaboration is second nature, and your ideas have room to grow. If you’re looking for a place where your contribution matters and where you can help build a better world of work; think of Gallagher. We’re looking for a talented Application Developer to join our agile development team and play a key role in building and enhancing our integrated benefits underwriting and management platform. This role blends hands‑on coding, database development, system documentation, and ongoing application support — ideal for someone who enjoys variety and end‑to‑end ownership.

Requirements

C#
Microsoft .Net (Framework and/or Core)
ASP.Net MVC and WebAPI
Client-Server RESTful communication
Bootstrap/jQuery
Windows Presentation Framework (WPF)
MS SQL
Design and implementation of logical and physical data models
Moderate to complex SQL
Database field encryption
Database tuning and maintenance
Managing transactional and data warehouse environments
Extraction, Transformation, and Loading (ETL) processes
Git/BitBucket
Backup support for Windows Server.
Requirements definition
Code re-use
Systems integration
Application development and testing
Quality assurance
4+ years in systems development.
Customer-centric and professional approach when working with diverse teams.
Strong oral and written communication skills for preparing reports and documentation.
Ability to work collaboratively within a team or independently with minimal supervision.

Nice To Haves

SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services)
WCF (Windows Communication Foundation)
Azure DevOps
WinForms
Single-Page Application (SPA) Frameworks
Redis

Responsibilities

Write and develop code based on user stories provided by the Business Analyst (BA) team.
Collaborate with BAs and other developers to support new application development for our integrated benefits underwriting and management platform.
Participate in Agile Development processes, including regular meetings with BAs to review new requirements, progress on existing work, and testing.
Conduct thorough Data Exploratory Analysis before coding to identify potential issues with existing data not outlined in the specifications.
Maintain and enhance existing applications within our benefits administration platform.
Implement new capabilities and fixes as needed.
Update systems documentation to reflect changes in requirements and use cases when modifications occur.
Design and optimize relational database schemas based on defined requirements and data analysis.
Create views and stored procedures for new or existing applications and reports.
Analyze and refactor existing views or stored procedures as data or requirements evolve.

Benefits

Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
Life and accident insurance
401(K) and Roth options
Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
Educational expense reimbursement
Paid parental leave
Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
Training programs
Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
Charitable matching gift program