Lead Software Engineer, Underwriting Platforms

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a leading global insurance organization. AIG member companies provide a wide range of property casualty insurance in approximately 70 countries and jurisdictions. These diverse offerings include products and services that help businesses and individuals protect their assets and manage risks.

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General Insurance is a leading provider of insurance products and services for commercial and personal insurance customers. It includes one of the world’s most far-reaching property casualty networks. General Insurance offers a broad range of products to customers through a diversified, multichannel distribution network.

At AIG, technology is at the heart of everything we do, from underwriting risks to processing claims. The Information Technology team equips our employees with the latest tools to complete their work efficiently and with the highest standards of excellence. The team is responsible for shielding the company’s systems from security risks, while designing technology strategies that enable AIG’s businesses to achieve their goals. AIG’s Information Technology functions include application development and management, enterprise architecture, and technology risk and compliance.

The Lead Software Engineer, Underwriting Platforms is a senior technical role that is expected to have hands-on development and design skills and will be responsible for end-to-end program and project delivery for multiple Underwriting applications in the Casualty line of business. In this role, you will be leading one or more software development project teams, working with multiple cross functional teams, gathering requirements, developing project plans and estimates, designing and developing product enhancements working closely with business and operations stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and actively participate in the complete software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis to deployment and maintenance.
• Design and implement scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.
• Collaborate with business managers, operations, development and infrastructure teams, product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to understand and define requirements, develop project plans and estimates, and lead multiple software development and maintenance projects.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior team members.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, performance, and adherence to coding standards.
• Identify and address software-related issues, troubleshooting, debugging, and providing solutions.
• Stay updated on industry best practices, GenAI and other emerging technologies, and apply them to enhance the development process.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Spring Boot, JSP, Java, Spring MVC, Servlet, Node JS, JDBC, Hibernate, RESTful API, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and web application frameworks like Angular JS.
• Experience with design and implementation of Microservices using Spring Boot, API solutions, build & CI release, REST and SOAP Web Services
• Experience in the Insurance domain and developing Underwriting applications is highly desirable
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions on time and within budget.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work well in a collaborative, matrix team environment.
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with AGILE/SCRUM methodologies
• Experience with GenAI LLMs and platforms, MS CoPilot and other AI tools and technologies is highly desirable
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Clear and confident communicator, ability to challenge and influence change at a strategic level

For positions based in Jersey City, NJ, the base salary range is $96,000 - $129,000 and the position is eligible for a bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan. In addition, we’re proud to offer a range of competitive benefits, a summary of which can be viewed here: US Benefits Overview . 

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American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a global leader in commercial and personal insurance solutions; we are one of the world’s most far-reaching property casualty networks. It is an exciting time to join us — across our operations, we are thinking in new and innovative ways to deliver ever-better solutions to our customers. At AIG, you can go further to support individuals, businesses, and communities, helping them to manage risk, respond to times of uncertainty and discover new potential. We invest in our largest asset, our people, through continuous learning and development, in a culture that celebrates everyone for who they are and what they want to become.

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