Principal Software Engineer

Liberty Mutual•Portsmouth, NH

12h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Q&I Modernization Platform within in USRM Product Property & Specialty Tech is where we design, build, and evolve modern, best-in-class Platform software solutions for Personal Lines insurance products to support the Independent Agent experience and Sales & Service process. The team is looking to hire a Principal Software Engineer, with a focus on AWS technologies, who will apply their talent in a hybrid agile environment that has the creative and technical passion of a start-up and the full backing and comprehensive benefits of a Fortune 100 company. This is a fast-paced role where you’ll rapidly iterate and deliver on software, while bringing your talents to the table as a strategic shaper of our success. You will be working in a highly collaborative, team-oriented environment that values speed and quality, with a strong focus on driving continuous improvement. We encourage you to apply and bring your expertise if you’re a: Technical problem solver: Going far beyond simply developing error-free source code, test scripts, components and system architectures, you’ll document and build deployment guides aimed at maintaining robust, relevant software Customer-centric engineer: Putting clients’ needs first, you’ll translate customer requirements into technical applications and support the implementation of new software Motivated mentor: Exercise your technical chops while coaching and collaborating with junior software engineers. Forward thinker: Merely fixing a problem isn’t enough – using your proactive mindset and initiative, you’ll also identify opportunities to enhance performance, quality and efficiency

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in technical or business discipline, or equivalent experience.
Minimum 8+ years of experience delivering software in large, distributed technical ecosystems using agile practices such as Scrum, Kanban, or XP.
Proficient with C#/.NET, Kafka, ECS, Windows Containers, Linux Containers, Kubernetes, observability, testing concepts & frameworks, DevOps tools, IBM tools and frameworks (BPM), and CI/CD pipelines within GitHub Actions.
Strong oral and written communication skills, with experience writing technical documentation and explaining technical concepts to audiences of varied roles and backgrounds.
Hands-on involvement with layered systems architectures, designs and shared software concepts.
Familiarity with functional and system integration testing.
A collaborative, adaptable working style, demonstrated initiative, and the ability to balance your time and efforts across multiple priorities.
A thorough grasp of technology concepts, business operations, design and development tools, DevOps, system architecture and technical standards.

Nice To Haves

Experience with pair programming techniques.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and evolve modern, best-in-class Platform software solutions for Personal Lines insurance products.
Support the Independent Agent experience and Sales & Service process.
Apply talent in a hybrid agile environment.
Rapidly iterate and deliver on software.
Act as a strategic shaper of success.
Work in a highly collaborative, team-oriented environment.
Drive continuous improvement.
Develop error-free source code, test scripts, components and system architectures.
Document and build deployment guides aimed at maintaining robust, relevant software.
Translate customer requirements into technical applications.
Support the implementation of new software.
Coach and collaborate with junior software engineers.
Identify opportunities to enhance performance, quality and efficiency.