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.
The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.
Salary Range$139,400.00 - $230,000.00- People Leadership – Manage all aspects of HR accountability for the team, including hiring, performance management, career development, compensation decisions, and fostering an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture.
- Lead a team of Software engineers by providing technical guidance and mentorship while modeling Travelers' leadership behaviors.
- Direct complex design, development, analysis, configuration, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, documenting, health monitoring/alerting, and implementation based on user or system specifications for impactful and high-visibility tasks.
- Lead investigation and resolution efforts for critical, high impact problems, defects, and incidents.
- Seek opportunities where technology can be utilized to improve the business and provide more efficient processes.
- Apply knowledge of current industry trends and techniques to formulate solutions for software engineering problems.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- 5 years of related experience; including insurance / financial services industry experience.
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions or equivalent enterprise pipeline tooling.
- Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating release management processes across multiple concurrent workstreams in a large enterprise environment.
- Demonstrated experience implementing current technology trends and techniques (e.g., cloud-based solutions leveraging microservices).
- Interprets internal/ external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve SDLC processes.
- CI/CD Pipeline Ownership – Demonstrated experience designing, managing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or equivalent tooling; ability to drive pipeline standardization and maturity across multiple engineering teams.
- Release Governance & Change Management – Proven track record establishing and enforcing release management processes, including change advisory oversight, release calendaring, and go/no-go decision frameworks across complex, multi-team delivery environments.
- DevSecOps Practices – Familiarity with integrating security tooling (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, secrets detection) into CI/CD pipelines; experience partnering with security teams to shift left and maintain compliance without sacrificing delivery velocity.
- BI Platform Context – Experience working with or enabling engineering teams operating on platforms such as HSP, CPC, TravPorter, and Kafka; ability to tailor DevSecOps practices to the constraints and requirements of a complex insurance technology ecosystem.
- Cross-Team Coordination – Demonstrated ability to align and coordinate across multiple BI DevSecOps teams, driving consistency in tooling, process, and release standards while respecting team autonomy and delivery cadences.
- Delivery - Advanced delivery skills including the ability to determine the software design strategy and methodology to be used for efforts, use automated tests, analysis, and informed feedback loops to ensure the quality and production readiness of work before release, monitor the health of work efforts and that of adjacent systems.
- Domain Expertise - Demonstrated track record of domain expertise including the ability to develop business partnerships and influence priorities by identifying solutions that are aligned with current business objective and closely follow industry trends relevant to domain, understanding how to apply them, and sharing knowledge with coworkers.
- Problem Solving - Strong problem solver who utilizes data and proofs of concepts to find creative solutions to difficult problems, reflects on solutions, measuring their impact, and uses that information to ideate and optimize.
- Also adept at making decisions that involve a significant number of factors with broad implications.
- Communication - Strong communicator who possesses the ability to describe technology concepts in ways the business can understand, document initiatives in a concise and clear manner, collaborate effectively with teammates and others regardless of role, quickly extract core issues from discussions and meetings, give and receive constructive feedback, offer help when asked, and ensure everyone has a chance to share their thoughts and are heard; an attentive and empathetic listener.
- Leadership - Advanced leadership skills with the ability to take action even when there is no clear owner, inspire and motivate others, and be effective at influencing team members.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in education and/or work experience.
- 6 additional years of software engineering experience.
- Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
- Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
- Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
- Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to 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 program 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.
In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.
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/.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, related STEM field, or equivalent experience
- 6 additional years of software engineering experience
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions or equivalent enterprise pipeline tooling
- Experience leading or coordinating release management across multiple concurrent workstreams in a large enterprise
- Designing, managing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines and driving pipeline standardization
- Experience implementing cloud-based solutions and microservices architectures
- Familiarity integrating security tooling (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, secrets detection) into CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with Kafka and working within BI/platform contexts (HSP, CPC, TravPorter)
- Proven release governance and change management experience (release calendaring, go/no-go frameworks)
- Demonstrated cross-team coordination and ability to drive consistency while respecting team autonomy
- Strong delivery and production-readiness practices, including automated testing and health monitoring
- Excellent communication, leadership, problem-solving, and stakeholder-influence skills
Travelers Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Travelers and has not been reviewed or approved by Travelers.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests total rewards are bolstered by a 401(k) match, a company‑funded pension, and a program that contributes to retirement savings when employees make student‑loan payments. These elements are consistently portrayed as standout strengths of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests time off is generous from the start, with substantial PTO, paid holidays, and the option to purchase additional days. Defined leaves such as short‑term disability and bereavement further enhance perceived flexibility.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests medical, dental, and vision coverage is comprehensive, with multiple plan choices, HSAs/FSAs, and robust mental‑health and wellness resources. Day‑one eligibility and added programs like caregiver support and specialty care navigation reinforce depth.
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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.
