Software Engineer

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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.

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 customers 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.

Work Experience Education Certification/Training Required

• 3 years software development experience
• 3 development experience
• Experience in SQL database development
• Typically a post-secondary degree preferably in Management Information Services Computer Science or Math related field may substitute for work and/or technical experience

Knowledge and Abilities Required

• 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 developers code and provide sign off and or constructive feedback
• Experience in agile methodologies is a plus
• Experience with automated testing is a plus
• Required Skills:
• C#
• Visual Studio
• Webservices ( Web API WCF SOAP)
• 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
• Preferred Skills
• 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

$70000 - $102667 a year

Protectives targeted salary range for this position is $70000 to $102667. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to job location skills and experience. The range listed is just one component of Protectives total compensation package for employees.

Employee Benefits:

We aim to protect the wellbeing of our employees and their families with a broad benefits addition to offering comprehensive health dental and vision insurance we support emotional wellbeing through mental health benefits and an employee assistance balance is important and Protective offers a variety of paid time away benefits ( e.g. paid time off paid parental leave short-term disability and a cultural observance day).The financial health of our employees is just as important as physical and emotional health. Some of the financial wellbeing benefits include contributions to healthcare accounts a pension plan and a 401(k) plan with Company matching. All employees are encouraged to protect their overall wellbeing by engaging in ProHealth Rewards Protectives platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards.

Eligibility for certain benefits may vary by position in accordance with the terms of the Companys benefit plans.

Accommodations for Applicants with a Disability :

If you require an accommodation to complete the application and recruitment process due to a disability please email emailprotected. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application and recruitment process.

Please note that the above email is solely for individuals with disabilities requesting an accommodation. General employment questions should not be sent through this process.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to being inclusive and attracting retaining and growing an inclusive workforce.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience:

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