Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.
You will play a critical role in growing and transforming our Technology landscape by completing advanced end-to-end engineering tasks while providing technical guidance and mentorship to other team members.
In this role, you will primarily support the hx Renew platform, Hyperexponential’s pricing decision intelligence platform, whilst also providing ongoing support to the existing Sequel Ratings system as it is decommissioned. You will leverage your consulting skills and problem solving ability to lead interactions between various systems and technical teams to solve our most challenging business solutions while defining technical requirements and coordinating team resources.
We offer a unique opportunity to advance your career in an innovative environment. Our award-winning culture of collaboration and diversity provides meaningful options for community involvement and will encourage you to learn and grow in ways you never expected.
Travelers Europe currently offers flexibility to employees who wish to work on a hybrid basis in accordance with our Hybrid Work Arrangements Policy. This entails full time employees working three days a week in the office and two days at home (or pro rata for part-time employees). This policy may be changed at the Company’s discretion.What Will You Do?
- Consult with users to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications, manage interaction between the systems and other technical support areas, and define technical requirements and coordinate team resources to solve problems.
- Guide the team to tackle problems at differentiating levels of complexity.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members on complex engineering solutions while fostering a team environment.
- Design, develop, analyze, configure by defining technical requirements, test, debug, troubleshoot, document, health monitor/alert, and implement software based on user or system specifications.
- Collaborate with a robust team of engineers to sharpen your skills, learn various emerging technologies while working on key business initiatives.
- Research and apply knowledge of current industry trends and techniques to formulate solutions for software engineering problems.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Ideally have experience with Hyperexponential's hx Renew, or similar Insurance Pricing, Ratings, Actuarial or Underwriting Platforms.
- Considerable programming/development experience.
- PYTHON:
- Programming/development experience in relation to pricing and insurance.
- .NET:
- Programming/development experience focused on .NET and/or .NET core concepts and design patterns with working knowledge of:
- web service technologies such as REST, or JSON; automated unit, UI, and End-to-End tests such as NUnit, Mocha, Jasmine, Jest or Selenium; and DevOps, CI/CD, and configuration management tools.
- The ability to deliver work at a steady, predictable pace to achieve commitments, deliver complete solutions but release them in small batches, and identify and negotiate important trade-offs.
- Demonstrated track record of domain expertise including the ability to understand technical concepts and industry trends, and possess in-depth knowledge of immediate systems worked on and some knowledge of adjacent systems.
- Strong problem solver who ensures systems are built with longevity and creates innovative ways to resolve issues.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate well with team members and business partners.
- Ability to lead team members and help create a safe environment for others to learn and grow as engineers.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or its equivalent in work experience.
- Strong programming/development experience.
- Private Medical Insurance: On commencement of employment, you are eligible for single cover provided by Travelers, with the option to add cover for your dependents, at your expense through payroll deduction.
- Retirement: Travelers will make a core contribution of a percentage of salary to your Pension Plan. Additionally, if you decide to contribute to the plan, you will receive an increased company contribution.
- Holiday Entitlement: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 25 days holiday entitlement annually, plus the opportunity to purchase additional days to allow for up to a total of 35 holidays per year.
- Wellness Programme: The Travelers wellness programme is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health programme provides access to free professional counseling services and other resources that support your daily life needs.
- Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards programme that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.
Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.
If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.
Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.
To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.
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What We Do
Travelers provides insurance coverage to protect the things that are important to you – your home, your car, your valuables and your business. We have been around for more than 165 years and have earned a reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry because we take care of our customers, agents, brokers, communities and each other.
Every day, our approximately 30,000 employees and 13,500 independent agents and brokers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland help provide peace of mind to our customers.
Our expertise and focus on innovation have made us an industry leader and the only property casualty company in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Our history of advancements has propelled our company, and our industry, to deliver higher standards – from writing the first auto and space travel policies to founding the Travelers Institute for public policy and launching a hybrid car discount.
By minimizing risk, preventing loss and helping our customers prepare for the unknown, Travelers’ comprehensive products and services enable individuals and businesses to feel confident and secure about the future.
