Engineer

American Family Insurance•Boston, MA

34d•$90,000 - $147,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Technical Release Management Specialist collaborates with others to provide and maintain applications that meet business needs. You will be responsible for design and development for simple to moderately complex business solutions. You will report to the Senior Manager, Technology Services. In this flex office/home role, you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month from Boston, MA 02110. We will not consider candidates who require current or future sponsorship for this position.

Requirements

Basic knowledge and understanding of integration and migration strategies and technologies.
Basic knowledge and understanding of application architecture, design alternatives, and development standards.
Demonstrated experience developing complex software/systems using one or more programming language.
Demonstrated experience interpreting, modifying and writing application system design and program specifications.
Demonstrated experience using and supporting integration and communications technologies between applications, databases and technology platforms.
Demonstrated experience using relational databases and standard query language (SQL).
Solid knowledge and understanding of systems development life cycle (SDLC).
Solid knowledge and understanding of activities, tasks, tools and techniques for testing applications to ensure adherence to functional and quality requirements.
Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service

Responsibilities

Design and develop solutions to the level of quality defined by the requirements in adherence with standards, methodology and internal controls.
Understand and identify system dependencies.
Understand functionality, integration points and impacts of proposed changes to supporting applications and will follow through with options and recommendations.
Provide appropriate documentation for design decisions, estimating assumptions, code modules, and performance metrics as required by organization standards.
Define, conduct, and/or participate in testing (i.e. unit, system integration).
Collaborate with others regarding effectiveness of systems flow, data usage and manual or automated processes to verify requirements.
Ensure software development meets standards for programming, design, performance, quality, and security.
Participate in team activities and take on additional work tasks as needed to help the team accomplish the desired outcome or goals.
Create, maintain, and/or enhance system documentation as needed.