Staff Software Engineer (.NET) - Hybrid

The Hartford • Hartford, CT

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future. The Staff Software Engineer will function as a team Tech Lead responsible for design, development, and delivery of complex software solutions aligned to business strategy and enterprise architecture within the EB IT Claims Capabilities ART. This role is a hands-on engineering leader who shapes solution design, drives high-quality execution, and ensures that modern engineering practices – including AWS-native services and AI / GenAI-enabled solutions – are consistently applied. This role is fundamentally focused on forward delivery, engineering best practices, architecture evolution, and technical leadership to ensure high-quality software products. This role will have a Hybrid work schedule, with the expectation of working in an office location (Hartford, CT; Chicago, IL; Columbus, OH; and Charlotte, NC) 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday).

Requirements

• Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
• 7+ years of progressive, hand-on software engineering experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions
• Demonstrated experience serving as a technical lead or senior individual contributor on complex product teams
• Strong hands-on experience designing and building cloud applications with AWS preferred
• Hands-on development experience with .NET technologies (C#, .NET Core) in enterprise environments
• Experience with modern application architectures, RESTful APIs, asynchronous/even-driven patterns, and system integrations
• Ability to lead technical design discussions and drive decisions across engineers and stakeholders
• Experience working in Agile delivery models with modern CI/CD and DevSecOps practices
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts and trade-offs

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing and delivering distributed systems
• Familiarity with modernizing or operating .NET-based enterprise platforms in cloud or hybrid environments
• Familiarity with security, data privacy, system performance, and compliance requirements
• Experience influencing technical direction beyond a single team without formal people-management responsibilities
• Experience designing or implementing AI / GenAI-enabled solutions in enterprise environments
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, Step Functions, S3, DynamoDB, or equivalent
• Insurance or financial services domain experience

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution design, technical direction, and delivery quality of complex software systems
• Drive engineering best practices related to code quality, testing, security, accessibility, and performance
• Lead hands-on design and development of cloud-native solutions, with strong emphasis across AWS and .NET-based platforms, with strong emphasis on event-driven patterns and scalable architectures
• Provide hands-on technical leadership for both .NET (C#, .NET Core) and cloud-first services supporting critical business platforms
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex application, integration, and performance issues across distributed systems and APIs
• Contribute to and influence solution design and architectural decisions, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, UX, QA, and platform teams to deliver business outcomes
• Enable incorporation of AI / GenAI capabilities where appropriate, including intelligent automation, decision support, and productivity-enhancing solutions
• Guide CI/CD, automated testing, and DevOps practices across AWS and .NET workloads to support rapid, reliable delivery of new functionality
• Mentor and coach software engineers, raising overall technical maturity and ownership

Benefits

• The base pay is just one component of The Hartford’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees