Principal Software Engineer
About The Position
Aflac Columbus is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their Digital Services division. This role involves defining architectural guidelines, leading software development initiatives, and collaborating with stakeholders to align software solutions with business objectives. The engineer will also introduce and train teams in advanced programming languages and tools, ensure cloud readiness and optimal performance of applications, and provide technical leadership and mentoring to various teams. Responsibilities include analyzing requirements, providing estimates, supporting the implementation and testing of cross-functional systems, and proactively monitoring projects and applications for improvements. The role also involves handling production support issues, analyzing current architecture, providing design recommendations, and developing application and custom integration solutions. Additionally, the Principal Software Engineer will support the maintenance of mainframe and/or client server applications, facilitate testing efforts, and perform other duties as required.
Requirements
- Deep experience in modern programming languages and cloud development
- Mastery of Scrum, DevOps, and Test-Driven Development
- Leadership and strategic planning skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field
- 6+ years of programming experience
- An equivalent combination of education and experience
Nice To Haves
- Master's Degree Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field
Responsibilities
- Define architectural guidelines and best practices
- Lead software development initiatives from conception to deployment
- Collaborate with stakeholders to align software solutions with business objectives
- Introduce and train teams in advanced programming languages and tools
- Ensure cloud readiness and optimal performance of all applications
- Leads and mentors technical and project team members at the business function level
- Leads the project team in analyzing the requirements and providing accurate and detailed estimates for the designing, building, testing and deployment phases of the project
- Provides technical leadership and mentoring to various technical teams
- Collaborates with Architects, Developers, Senior Infrastructure Technical staff to evaluate and recommend technology advancements and business solutions for assigned projects and/or applications
- Supports the implementation and testing of cross-functional systems, ensuring system meets the needs of client and business; provides continuous support to internal and external clients who are experiencing problems with server hardware, operating systems, core infrastructure applications and related utilities, maintains mainframe operating systems or major subsystems, and associated software and hardware products; handles unresolved support issues across multiple areas of expertise
- Proactively monitors projects and/or existing production applications and core infrastructure by looking for ways to improve the applications and its availability
- Handles unresolved production support issues across multiple areas of expertise; analyzes the current architecture
- Provides design recommendations, develops application and custom integration solutions, including major enhancements and interfaces; writes complex design specifications
- Provides leadership to support ongoing maintenance of mainframe and/or client server applications or tools, depending upon previous involvement with projects
- Facilitates and ensures on-time completion of performance, load, functional and other categories of testing and application vulnerability testing efforts and resolution of issues; develops new cross-functional software systems using disciplined software development processes
- Performs other duties as required
Benefits
- medical coverage
- dental coverage
- vision coverage
- prescription drug coverage
- health care flexible spending
- dependent care flexible spending
- Aflac supplemental policies (Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity offered at no costs to employee)
- 401(k) plans
- annual bonuses
- opportunity to purchase company stock
- 11 paid holidays
- up to 20 days PTO to be used for any reason
- state-mandated sick leave (Washington employees accrue 1-hour sick leave for every 40 hours worked)
- other leaves of absence, if eligible
- adoption and parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
