Principal Software Engineer

Description
Principal Software Engineer
Liberty Mutual Global Risk Solutions, Claims Tech
Evergreen Workers' Compensation Transformation Program (Flagship Initiative)
We deliver our customers peace of mind every day by helping them protect what they value most. Our passion for placing the customer at the center of everything we do is drive a transformational shift at Liberty Mutual. Operating as a tech start-up within a Fortune 100 company, we are leading a digital disruption that will redefine how people experience insurance.
Evergreen Vision
Evergreen is Liberty Mutual's multi-year, business-led, and technology-enabled flagship transformation program for our Workers' Compensation line.
We will be trusted advisors in Workers Compensation by deploying our deep expertise to manage claims accurately and efficiently, producing the best outcomes for our customers and injured workers, while also providing best in class insights to improve risk management decision making.
Modern & Scalable Platform for WC
Replacement of existing claims core platform, with a new cloud platform for claims ops. that enables holistic claims handling along with modern capabilities that are market relevant, scalable, and future ready
Business Transformation
Reimagining of key business processes and functions to drive efficient processing and adherence to the best-in-class ways of handing claims
Technology Modernization Acceleration
Retirement of existing claims platform and modernization of the surrounding ecosystem with flexible, composable architecture with modular integrations
Extensible Solution Ecosystem
Improve overall technology landscape by building & enhancing shared scalable component solutions that can be leveraged beyond Evergreen
The Opportunity
As a principal software engineer you will be the technical lead and anchor for an agile squad providing mission critical capabilities for the Evergreen program - setting the foundation for the next-generation Workers' Compensation system. You will provide critical technical leadership while helping to design and build greenfield features in support of our data and utilization management workstreams. You'll leverage your extensive experience building secure, scalable, and resilient APIs to bring our critical business capability layers to life. You will employ your thought leadership, agility, and out-of-the-box thinking to help the team navigate delivery challenges with unique solutions. You will also help reinforce a culture of engineering excellence and code quality across the program, while providing essential mentoring and coaching to your entire team.
Qualifications
8+ years of software engineering experience, demonstrating progressive responsibility and influence.
Bachelor's or master's degree in a technical or business discipline, or equivalent experience
Proven track record working with various modern architectural patterns, including synchronous/asynchronous APIs, event-driven, serverless, microservices, and MVC
Hands-on experience with layered systems architecture, design, and shared software concepts
Extensive experience with clean coding practices and quality-focused design
Experience with CI/CD practices and DevOps principles
Experience with observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Splunk)
Experience designing secure systems, including threat modeling, authentication (authN), authorization (authZ), and STRIDE
Experience leading agile teams using SCRUM, Kanban or SAFe frameworks
Proven success delivering large-scale, multi-team projects or programs
Proven ability to successfully mentor and coach junior engineers
Skills
Experience with API-based platform integration technologies, such as REST, GraphQL, microservices, Node.js, and Spring Boot
Expertise in Java and TypeScript; additional programming language experience preferred
Experience with modern cloud platforms and runtime environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes)
Strong data engineering foundational skills: SQL, RDBMS, ETL
Proficiency with software development workflow tools, including GitHub, Codacy, Jira, Confluence, etc.
Familiarity using GenAI on large/diverse datasets and integrating in the development lifecycle
Collaborative and adaptable working style, with demonstrated initiative and ability to prioritize tasks and efforts
Solid negotiation, facilitation, and consensus-building skills
Strong ability to analyze complex technical problems and recommend improvements to address technology gaps, while enhancing reliability, quality, and efficiency
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Closely follows emerging technologies, architectural concepts, and principles
Preferred Qualifications
Strong familiarity with AWS serverless and Spring Boot stacks
Experience in the insurance domain, Workers' Compensation, or claims
AWS Solutions Architect certified
Guidewire Insurance Suite experience
Background in compliance-heavy industries (healthcare, finance, etc.)
About Us
Pay Philosophy: The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.
As a purpose-driven organization, Liberty Mutual is committed to fostering an environment where employees from all backgrounds can build long and meaningful careers. Through strong relationships, comprehensive benefits and continuous learning opportunities, we seek to create an environment where employees can succeed, both professionally and personally.
At Liberty Mutual, we believe progress happens when people feel secure. By providing protection for the unexpected and delivering it with care, we help people embrace today and confidently pursue tomorrow.
We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where employees from all backgrounds can build long and meaningful careers. By actively seeking employee feedback and amplifying the voices of our seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), which are open to all, we create an environment where every individual can make a meaningful impact so we continue to meet the evolving needs of our customers.
We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit: https://LMI.co/Benefits
Liberty Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information or on any basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.
Fair Chance Notices

• California
• Los Angeles Incorporated
• Los Angeles Unincorporated
• Philadelphia
• San Francisco

USD $117000.00 - $221000.00