Software Engineer I- Bala Cynwyd, PA

Tokio Marine Group of Companies•Lower Merion Township, PA

6d•$55,000 - $68,000•Onsite

About The Position

Tokio Marine North America Services (TMNAS) provides professional support services to Tokio Marine Group companies in the United States, including Tokio Marine America, First Insurance Company of Hawaii, and Philadelphia Insurance Companies. Customer service is our focus and our passion! Tokio Marine North America Services adds value in all that we do, providing the best professional service to our business partners, allowing them to achieve their goals. Our talented team delivers actuarial, audit, corporate communications, financial and investment, human capital services, information technology, legal, and payroll expertise to our customers. This role participates in the customization, development, enhancement, and maintenance of applications and systems. It assists in the design, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation phases of the application systems development process and also provides technical support for application systems bug fixes, defects, issue resolution, and regular maintenance.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (in Computer Science, MIS, or Software Engineering) required
0-2 years’ software development and maintenance experience
Experience writing functional requirements and technical specs
Experience designing and implementing solutions from functional and technical specs
Experience providing technical support for resolutions
Experience working with source code repositories
Knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access)
Knowledge of SDLC and software support and maintenance approaches like Scrum and Waterfall
Knowledge of Unit testing frameworks
Knowledge of activities, tasks, practices, and deliverables associated with eliciting and clearly defining and documenting required business functionality as well as non-functional requirements
Knowledge of formal methodologies for planning and executing application development, enhancement, or support
Knowledge of tools and techniques for design, development, and support of Client/Server applications
Knowledge of scripting languages and tools for creating event-driven, interactive webpages
Knowledge of tools and programming languages for writing and modifying programs that comprise an application system
Knowledge of tools and facilities for developing and populating application databases
Knowledge of and experience using objects in designing, developing and implementing applications and databases
Knowledge of approaches, tools, and techniques for design and development of paper-based and online technical reference documentation, guidelines, standards, procedures, processes, applications, etc.
Ability to write business requirements, functional and technical specifications
Demonstrated ability to learn and adopt new technologies and tools
Strong writing and communication skills
Strong customer service orientation (responsive, consultative, collaborative and accurate)
Strong interpersonal relationship building skills: able to work with a variety of people and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner
Strong analytical ability with the capability to determine the root cause of problems and issues and provide solutions
Strategic thinking: Applies organizational acumen to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization
Superior attention to detail
Ability to juggle multiple, competing, frequently changing time-sensitive deadlines and priorities
Ability to work independently and without supervision
Ability to work effectively as part of a team

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of deployment automation tools and DevOps practices is a plus

Responsibilities

Codes and configures software applications to adhere to designs supporting internal business requirements or external customers
Standardizes the quality assurance procedure for software
Oversees testing and development fixes
Designs and executes unit testing
Assists in gathering user requirements for fixes and enhancements
Assists in developing and documenting application specifications
Understands and follows SDLC processes such as change management processes, release processes, source code controls, build processes, and others
Troubleshoots and resolves production problems
Creates, maintains and updates various knowledge articles such as Standard Operating Procedures, Knowledge Base Articles, FAQ, Design and Configuration documents
Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
Performs a variety of tasks using creativity and latitude required
Responsible for working on front-end development processes and assists in the front-end decision-making with new methods, technologies and design
Collaborates with Web designers, Back-end engineers, UX/UI teams in the development of creative applications and systems which offers a streamlined customer experience
Designs markups/prototypes within existing style guides and guidelines for a consistent look and feel
Translates the technical implementation of design to ensure optimization speed and scalability
Acts as the owner of templates, ensuring that implementation is executed accurately
Responsible for development using responsive web and digital design, browser APIs, CMS applications, front-end libraries and frameworks, SEO principles, UI/UX design principles and best practices
Responsible for working on back-end development processes and assists in the back-end decision-making with new methods and technologies.
Works on a wide scope of tasks including technical support, feature requests, and application integrations.
Designs, implements or improves features in a variety of backend systems (e.g., REST APIs, microservices, data ingestion and processing systems, distributed task/job processing systems)
Shows ownership of backend-end components integration with other back-end infrastructure.
Responsible for development using modern libraries and tooling, Microservices architecture and development, RESTful APIs, REST principles, automated build platforms/continuous integration
Responsible for working on both front-end and back-end development processes and assists in the decision-making with new methods and technologies
Designs, develops, and maintains fully-fledged and functioning platforms with databases or servers which do not need other third-party applications to build an entire system from scratch
Develops and maintains responsive, intuitive user interfaces using modern web technologies
Builds robust back-end systems and APIs
Ensures high performance, security, and scalability of the software solutions
Responsible for development using full-stack development, including proficiency in front-end frameworks and back-end technologies
Ensures integration of front-end technologies with the back-end stack
Performs analysis, designing, coding and testing of systems to ensure seamless functioning and integration between various application layers
Translates business requirements into technical specifications, develops and test prototypes and proactively maintains integrations
Develops integration solutions across the integration lifecycle
Develops API Integration flows, orchestration, and asynchronous flows
Performs analysis, design, development, and implementation of Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) applications
Performs design, development and maintenance of mobile applications based on client specifications
Ensures design and development of high performance, reusable code
Designs and builds multi-platform customer-facing tools — such as sales interfaces and management portals — that serve as the gateway into how end users consume the underlying cloud services
Implements automation process solutions in accordance with standard design principles and conventions
Performs Proof of Concepts to help the business recognize the feasibility of an automated solution
Performs research, builds, and designs self-running software to automate predictive models
Builds artificial intelligence (AI) systems that leverage huge data sets to generate and develop algorithms capable of learning and eventually making predictions