Software Engineer

Protective•Birmingham, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Protective Life is searching for a Software Engineer to join the Licensing, Contracting and Compensation team of the Information Technology department. This team is responsible for maintaining contract information on our agents and the calculation and payment of agent compensation. Success in this role requires leadership ability among peers, excellent oral and written communication skills, and effective collaboration with others, both internal and external to the team and company. The candidate should be self-motivated and show an inquisitive nature, seek improvements, and demonstrate strong accuracy and attention to detail. Other abilities include accepting responsibility and accountability for your own job and performance, demonstrating independent work behaviors, and having decision-making skills to achieve desired results. A successful candidate should have a desire to challenge others and be challenged to foster the best outcome.

Requirements

3+ years software development experience
3+ years .NET development experience
Experience in SQL database development
C#
Visual Studio
Webservices (ASP.NET Web API, WCF, SOAP)
ASP .Net MVC 5+
SQL Server 2008+
Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Unit testing
Ability to build dynamic user interfaces from scratch based on mockups and detailed requirements
Must be able to manage multiple, changing priorities, resolve conflicts
Must be self-motivated, able to work independently and willing to self-teach and take responsibility for ongoing professional development
Requires oral and written communication skills sufficient to communicate clearly with peers and customers
Ability to perform reviews of other developersâ€™ code and provide sign off and or constructive feedback

Nice To Haves

Experience in agile methodologies is a plus
Experience with automated testing is a plus
Experience with Angular, React, or similar JavaScript libraries
Experience with automated UI testing frameworks (Selenium or similar)
Experience with Bootstrap or similar CSS frameworks
Knowledge of responsive design principles
Experience with Distributed and Asynchronous Design and Development
Experience with CI/CD processes.
Experience with GitHub Copilot
Experience with Git and source control in a shared development environment

Responsibilities

Primary focus will be on working on a team developing, implementing, and testing a next generation agent compensation system.
The Software Engineer is responsible for designing, coding, testing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting software applications.
Works closely with business analysts and customers to gather requirements to ensure the customerâ€™s business needs and expectations are met in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Diagnoses, isolates, and debugs software problems and provides resolution.
Prepares and modifies technical documentation.