Lead Application Development Engineer (Hybrid)

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Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities

• Provide expertise during the initial phase of the project, including resource estimate, skill requirement, time requirement, tool/technology identification, and proof of concept participation.
• Analyze high-level system specification, business requirement, and use case.
• Translate requirement into detailed technical specification and system design plan for the development team.
• Create a platform using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS, while managing system dependency.
• Consult with partner to validate complex design decision and provide advanced coding expertise to address high-risk feature or technical challenge.
• Provide documentation for design decision, estimating assumption, code module, and performance metric per organization standard.
• Define, conduct, mentor, and participate in testing (unit test, system integration test) and lead/participate in development walkthrough.
• Collaborate with partner on system flow effectiveness, data usage, and manual or automated process to verify requirement.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and understanding complex software/systems.
• Demonstrated experience communicating technical information. Demonstrated experience developing different solution-delivery and design approaches and solutions to customers.
• Demonstrated experience developing complex software/systems using one or more programming language.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and estimating project size and work efforts for software solutions.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical guidance to less experienced staff.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of software development and design standards and methodologies.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of infrastructure technologies, operating systems, and the interconnectivity between infrastructure platforms and software tools.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of systems development life cycle (SDLC).
• Solid knowledge and understanding of application architecture and design alternatives.
• Solid Knowledge and understanding of integration and migration strategies and technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

*Java, AWS and Spring boot skills.

Licenses: *Not Applicable. Travel Requirements *Up to 10%. Physical Requirements *Work that primarily involves sitting/standing. Working Conditions *Not Applicable.

• Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks

• Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions

• Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting

In this hybrid role you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month out of the Boston, MA office.

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email AskHR@AmFam.com to request a reasonable accommodation.