Sr. Java Developer

Sammons Financial Group•Fargo, ND

About The Position

As an experienced Sr. Java Developer at Sammons Financial Group within our Corporate Markets business unit, you’ll join a team of experienced developers with the unique opportunity to play a key role in transforming a mission-critical insurance administration platform that has supported our business for more than 40 years. You'll help guide the migration from COBOL and VSAM-based mainframe technology to a modern Java-based architecture. This is a hands-on development role where you'll contribute to solution design, architecture discussions, and software implementation while helping mentor other members of the team. This team supports all aspects of Bank-Owned Life Insurance (BOLI), Credit Union-Owned Life Insurance (CUOLI), and Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) within our Corporate Markets business unit. We strive to provide solutions that will position Corporate Markets for the future and maintain the great customer service our customers are used to and expect. Our modernization effort will allow us to meet the changing demands of our customers as we continue to grow in the future.

Requirements

Java 17+
Spring Framework
Spring Boot
Spring MVC
Spring Security
REST API development
Relational databases and SQL
JUnit
TypeScript
Angular
HTML5
GIT
Azure DevOps
SQL Server experience
Mainframe modernization experience
COBOL experience
VSAM experience
Insurance or financial services experience
Effective verbal and written communications skills and the ability to communicate with business partners and other IT staff
Problem solving skills sufficient to perform research and recommend a proposed solution to problems
Able to work on multiple tasks and meet established deadlines
Able to effectively direct and coordinate the work of other team members on a project without having HR management responsibility for them
Knowledge of computer programming languages as required for the system
Criminal background check required.

Nice To Haves

College Degree in the field of computer science, information science, management information systems
Minimum 8 years' IT development experience or equivalent

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain high-quality applications that support critical business processes
Identify and propose strategies around technical problems affecting business, communicate standards, and get consensus on solutions
Collaborate with purpose. Work closely within your development team, architecture, and business partners to determine how to make our software even better
Lead the implementation of complex solutions and continuously refine them based on stakeholder feedback
Participate in application architecture, design reviews, and technical decision-making for our modernization initiatives
Solve interesting and complex problems to create a positive customer experience
Drive continuous improvement in both engineering practices and system capabilities
Align technical solutions with broader business and modernization objectives

Benefits

Comprehensive health coverage for you and your family, including Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA & FSA options, and term life insurance.
Competitive compensation with a performance-based incentive program tied to clear goals and individual and/or company success.
100% company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), plus automatic enrollment in our 401(k).
Friday afternoons off year-round, generous paid time off, and paid holidays.
Paid development time, tuition reimbursement, and professional development opportunities across industry, individual, and leadership programs.
Volunteer time off, and our company nonprofit matching gift program.
An ownership culture that inspires; join a connected, values-driven workplace where employees take accountability, support one another, and are empowered to do their best work—together shaping our future shared success.

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