Our Story
Unum Technology Centre in Carlow serves as a strategic software development and IT services centre supporting Unum, a leading provider of income protection in the US. Our team of IT professionals build solutions and critical business applications to digitally transform the way we do business.
Key Responsibilities
- End-to-End Solution Architecture: Design and lead the implementation of robust, scalable solutions across front-end, back-end, legacy systems, and cloud platforms—including Salesforce and other enterprise technologies.
- Technical Leadership: Provide guidance across multiple technology stacks, mentor engineering teams, and establish best practices for development, integration, and deployment.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, Business, and Engineering teams to ensure technical solutions align with strategic objectives and deliver business value.
- Delivery Oversight: Lead solution delivery from planning through deployment, ensuring quality, performance, and maintainability across systems.
- Technology Agility: Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, pivoting across tools and frameworks as needed to meet business and technical requirements.
- Legacy Modernization: Architect and guide the evolution of legacy systems, integrating them with modern platforms and cloud services to ensure continuity and innovation.
Technical Skills
- Proficiency in full-stack development (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, React, Java/.NET, Python).
- Experience with Salesforce development (Apex, LWC, Visualforce) and integration via APIs.
- Strong understanding of legacy architectures (e.g., monolithic applications, batch systems) and modernization strategies.
- Expertise in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), microservices, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, and modern software delivery practices.
- Experience with data modeling, ETL, and integration across diverse systems and data sources.
Must Have
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong background in full-stack development and enterprise solution design.
- 4+ years in a technical leadership or architecture role, with proven success delivering complex, multi-platform solutions.
- Demonstrated experience working across legacy systems and cloud-native environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Salesforce certifications (e.g., Platform Developer II, Application Architect, System Architect).
- Certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect).
- Experience with agile methodologies and leading cross-functional delivery teams.
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What We Offer
Our size and successful history in Carlow means we can offer you exceptional development and progression, supported by continual learning programs, IT Certifications & third level tuition reimbursement. We offer work-life-balance with flexible working arrangements (including hybrid) and initiatives in support of your well-being. Our attractive range of benefits and reward initiatives includes competitive compensation, 25 days annual leave, paid health insurance, pension scheme, annual performance-based bonus, paid maternity/paternity/adoptive leave, reward programs, and an opportunity to engage with charity and community activities.
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What We Do
Unum is a company of people serving people. A Fortune 500 company, we help millions of people gain affordable access to disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental and vision benefits through the workplace — benefits that help them protect their families, their finances and their futures. Our products and services meet the needs of a diverse workforce that includes four generations, growing ethnic diversity and changing family dynamics.
A strong commitment to social responsibility is one of Unum's core values. In fact, we place particular emphasis on contributing to positive change in the communities in which we live and work. Helping our communities become better is a natural extension of the commitment we make each and every day to our customers — to help employers manage their businesses and employees protect their families and livelihoods.
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