Senior Software Engineer (Hybrid)

Job Family

IT - Development

About Us

At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.

Who We Are

We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life .

Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them.

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.

What We Do

Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate , which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.

Transamerica employs nearly 7 ,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide.

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Job Description Summary

The Senior Software Engineer utilizes web and cloud technologies, APIs, and third party software development frameworks to build and support application solutions. Provides support for design and development to an application development team, and advises a team of local or outsourced software engineers to build and support business application solutions.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Work collaboratively with other development staff, including contract and offshore Software Engineers, and business product owners in an agile environment.

Code, test, identify, implement, and document solutions to business challenges utilizing web and cloud technologies

Perform design and analysis for deliverables. Lead larger team design sessions for system level architecture solutions.

Serve as a subject matter expert for a wide range of areas, applications, and technologies and mentor other team members in design / coding standards.

Recommend solutions which take into consideration costs, business needs, and system impacts.

Support analysis and general architectural design across platforms toward the development of end-to-end solutions.

Utilize third-party software development frameworks, open-source libraries, and APIs to develop basic application solutions.

Learn and keep pace with the latest advances in the field and rapidly grasp new technologies to support the environment and contribute to project deliverables.

Assist with preparing presentations and may lead development meetings.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, math, engineering, or other technical field, or equivalent education / experience

Three years of Core Java or .NET experience

Strong knowledge of coding platforms / frameworks (e.g. .NET / C#, JAVA, OOD, OOP, Functional Programming, Spring Framework, J2EE Development, Service Oriented Architecture, Dependency Injection, and Core Architecture)

Two years of experience and proficiency in database design techniques and philosophies (e.g. RDBMS)

Experience with NoSQL database technologies (e.g. Apache, Amazon DynamoDB)

Understanding of cloud services (e.g. AWS / Azure) utilizing various supporting tools (e.g. EC2, ECS, S3, SQL Data Warehouse, ARM Templates, Event Hubs)

Experience with build and deployment tools (e.g. Visual Studio, Git / Bitbucket, Jenkins, SQL Management Studio)

Knowledge of developing distributed computing

Two years of experience with integration and service frameworks (e.g. API Gateways, Apache Camel, Swagger API, microservices)

Knowledge of Microservices and REST based API development (e.g. Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Entity Framework, IIS, Swagger, .NET API 2, .NET API Core)

Knowledge with continuous integration / development tools (e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Containers, Kubernetes, and container automation) in a Ci / CD pipeline

Familiarity with modern frontend development frameworks (e.g. Angular, HTTP, HTML, JS, CSS,)

Advanced understanding of software development and research tools

Attention to detail and results oriented, with a strong customer focus

Ability to work as part of a team and independently

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Technical communication skills

Problem-solving and technical communication skills

Ability to prioritize workload to meet tight deadlines

Preferred Qualifications

Understanding of advanced analytics and machine learning concepts and technology implementations

Understanding of big data and real time streaming analytics processing architecture

Understanding of data warehousing architecture and implementation, including source to target mappings and ETL.

Technology or platform certifications (e.g. AWS, Microsoft)

Knowledge of the financial services industry

Working Conditions

Hybrid office environment (Tuesday-Thursday)

Work outside of normal business hours may be required

Occasional travel

Compensation

The Salary for this position generally ranges between $90,000 - $110,000 annually. Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.

Additionally, this position is typically eligible for an Annual Bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan / Individual Performance and is at the Company’s discretion.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

This job description is not a contract of employment nor for any specific job responsibilities. The Company may change, add to, remove, or revoke the terms of this job description at its discretion. Managers may assign other duties and responsibilities as needed. In the event an employee or applicant requests or requires an accommodation in order to perform job functions, the applicable HR Business Partner should be contacted to evaluate the accommodation request.

What We Offer

For eligible employees, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support both the personal and financial well-being of our employees .

Compensation Benefits

Competitive Pay

Bonus for Eligible Em ployees

Benefits Package

Pension Plan

401k Match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Disability Insurance

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Employee Discounts

Career Training & Development Opportunities

Health and Work / Life Balance Benefits

Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.

Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).

Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars

Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of s ervice at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.

Adoption Assistance

Employee Assistance Program

College Coach Program

Back-Up Care Program

PTO for Volunteer Hours

Employee Matching Gifts Program

Employee Resource Groups

Inclusion and Diversity Programs

Employee Recognition Program

Referral Bonus Programs

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe our commitment to diversity and inclusion creates a work environment filled with exceptional individuals. We’re thrilled to have been recognized for our efforts through the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index, Dave Thomas Adoption Friendly Advocate, and several Seramount lists, including the Inclusion Index, 100 Best Companies for Working Parents, Best Companies for Dads , and Top 75 Companies for Executive Women.

To foster a culture of inclusivity throughout our workforce, workplace, and marketplace, Transamerica offers a wide range of diversity and inclusion programs. This includes our company - sponsor ed, employee-driven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), which are formed around a shared interest or a common characteristic of diversity. ERGs are open to all employees . They provide a supportive environment to help us better appreciate our similarities and differences and understand how they benefit us all.

Giving Back

We believe our responsibilities extend beyond our corporate walls. That's why we created the Aegon Transamerica Foundation () in 1994. Through a mix of financial grants and the volunteer efforts of our employees, the foundation supports nonprofit organizations focused on the things that matter most to our people in the communities where we live and work.

Transamerica’s Parent Company

Aegon () acquired the Transamerica business in 1999. Since its start in 1844, Aegon has grown into an international company serving more than 23.9 million people across the globe.

At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking , and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential unleashed by leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.

Transamerica is a part of A egon , an integrated, diversified, international financial services group . The A egon companies employ over 2 1,500 people and have approximately 31.7 million customers .

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