Senior Software Engineer

Plymouth Rock Assurance • Woodbridge Township, NJ

7h

About The Position

Creates and supports business solutions by contributing at a senior level in designing, re-designing, coding, testing, debugging, configuring and documenting products/projects according to specifications for the insurance business. The Plymouth Rock Company and its affiliated group of companies write and manage over $2.3 billion in personal and commercial auto and homeowner’s insurance throughout the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, where they have built an unparalleled reputation for service. They continuously invest in technology, their employees thrive in an empowering environment, and their customers are among the most loyal in the industry. The Plymouth Rock group of companies employs more than 2,000 people and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation holds an A.M. Best rating of “A-/Excellent”.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree required (computer science or related field preferred)
• A minimum of 5 years of Software Engineering-related experience
• Experience with designing, developing, testing, and implementing applications using the following technologies Java/J2EE environment, including Angular, TypeScript /JavaScript, CSS libraries such as Bootstrap, PrimeNG, Spring MVC, REST, JMS, JBOSS, ESB (Mule), JSON, and MyBatis, XML, XSLT, SOAP, Maven
• Experience with SQL language in DB2 and MS SQL Server
• Develops solutions to improve performance and scalability of systems
• Exhibits level of flexibility and adaptability in the processes and techniques used to complete their work
• Well organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously in order to meet demanding deadlines
• Quickly understands the business issues and data challenges of client’s organization and industry
• Analytical thinker who can make informed decisions quickly and manage multiple work streams

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the property and casualty insurance industry strongly preferred
• AWS knowledge such as Lambda, S3, development of applications for AWS

Responsibilities

• Ensures that requirement statements are complete, consistent, comprehensible, feasible and unambiguous.
• Interpersonal skills to establish good rapport, generate enthusiasm, negotiate priorities, and to resolve conflicts between various groups
• Ability to work across teams including business analysts, project managers, and QA team
• Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information to key people across the business
• Provides input to the Development Manager in the creation of project plans, estimates, and schedules
• Creates and delivers informative, well-organized presentations
• Ability to effectively communicate with third parties including data providers and software vendors
• Produces comprehensive technical documentation
• Able to design systems using known design methodologies and best practices.
• Ability to design solutions that are easy to implement and maintain
• Analyze requirements/issues and make recommendations for an optimum solution considering time and resource considerations
• Proactively finds and fixes quality issues and ensures that software applications are developed with minimal defects.
• Research, coordinate, and track problems to resolution
• Identifies critical issues with ease
• Exhibits confidence and extensive knowledge of emerging industry practices when solving business problems
• Proactively offers suggestions for areas of improvement in internal processes along with possible solutions
• Takes initiative identifying performance issues in production and offers solutions to correct them
• Mentors the junior members of the team with technical issues they might be facing.
• Proven capability to take initiative beyond the day-to-day components of the job
• Working knowledge of Project Management practices and processes
• Keeps up to date with latest technological trends and tools and makes recommendations on how it can be applied to our systems.

Benefits

• 4 weeks accrued paid time off + 9 paid national holidays per year
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Low cost and excellent coverage health insurance options that start on Day 1 (medical, dental, vision)
• Robust health and wellness program and fitness reimbursements
• Auto and home insurance discounts
• Matching gift opportunities
• Annual 401(k) Employer Contribution (up to 7.5% of your base salary)
• Various Paid Family leave options including Paid Parental Leave
• Resources to promote Professional Development (LinkedIn Learning and licensure assistance)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees