AVP – SW Engineering – Enterprise Platform Integration Capabilities

Travelers • Hartford, CT

19h

About The Position

As an Assistant Vice President, Software Engineering, you will own the API and real-time data streaming platforms used across the enterprise, sitting at the intersection of technology, data, analytics, and AI enablement. Core responsibilities include the platforms and engineering standards that define how Travelers shares and moves data — a direct competitive advantage in today's digital economy. Additional responsibilities include: Owning the full API platform strategy — governance, lifecycle management, developer experience, and a multi-year migration to cloud-native AWS capabilities driving meaningful cost and agility implications Driving Confluent /Kafka / Flink - based streaming capabilities that power AI and analytics initiatives at scale Defining and executing a multi-year platform roadmap aligned with enterprise architecture and AI transformation goals Establishing engineering standards for API design, event-driven integration, security, and observability Building high-performing agile engineering teams through hiring, coaching, and a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement. This role operates in a Team of Teams (agile at scale) model with high visibility across technology and business leadership. Accelerate growth and transformation of our Technology landscape. You will leverage your leadership skills and engineering experience to strategically plan, influence, and execute design, development and implementation of complex problems and establish best practices and standards.

Requirements

• 10 years of related experience; including insurance / financial services industry experience.
• Demonstrated experience implementing current technology trends and techniques (e.g., cloud-based solutions leveraging microservices).
• Interprets internal/ external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve SDLC processes.
• Excellent delivery skills with the ability to examine and assess the effectiveness of software design strategies and methodologies, devise, apply, and share ways to ensure the quality of complex computer systems, incorporate awareness and understanding of work happening outside of the team, and develop widely used technical metrics that enable engineers to better understand and deliver their work.
• Demonstrated track record of domain expertise including the ability to consult on business priorities and optimize value by identifying business aligned solutions and improve company capabilities by thoughtfully introducing concepts and technologies from the industry.
• Strong problem solving skills with the ability to create architecture that is particularly robust against single points of failure and turn future areas of need into action.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to describe technology concepts in ways the business can understand, document effectively, and collaborate across disparate groups.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to engage with other leaders and networks to solve problems as well as work to improve the entire engineering organization by sharing knowledge while creating opportunities for others to develop skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in education and/or work experience.
• 8 additional years of software engineering experience.
• 3 years of technical leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams of Software Engineers by providing technical guidance and mentorship while modeling Travelers' leadership behaviors to foster a team environment.
• Partner with businesses to establish strategic direction, develop product roadmaps, provide technical oversight for large programs, and implement optimal solutions to meet business needs.
• Align work with business and engineering priorities to realize meaningful impact.
• Build collaborative relationships with key leaders and peers across the organization to ensure the best use of overall resources.
• Provide unique opportunities and challenges to enrich development of team members, assess skill gaps, develop mitigation efforts, and equip individuals with skills, tools, and standard approaches to improve the overall quality of engineering practices and skill sets.
• Apply knowledge of current industry trends and techniques to formulate solutions for software engineering problems.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health Insurance : Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
• Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
• Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
• Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
• Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees