Senior Software Developer (Java)

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Kemper is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture, valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kemper’s products and services are making a real difference to our customers, who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team, you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises.

Senior Software Developer provides technical consulting for application software development or computing technologies within areas of expertise. Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of a specific programming language. Identifies and resolves complex technical problems and issues with assigned applications and work processes. 

Position Responsibilities

• Provides technical consulting and support for application software development or computing technologies within areas of expertise.
• Develops, documents and executes unit test cases.
• Delivers quality and timely results.
• Identifies and resolves complex technical problems and issues with assigned applications and work processes. Escalates problems beyond level of expertise to manager, more experienced technical staff or vendor representatives.
• Review and recommend test plans for impacted areas and test coverage.
• Complies with and supports all corporate, department and team policies and procedures.
• Keeps manager, project teams/managers and business customers informed of activities and problems within assigned areas of responsibility; refers matters beyond limits of authority to manager for direction.
• Recommends improvements to existing processes or proposes new ones, to improve the quality of project deliverables.
• Performs code and design reviews.
• Consults with internal and external customers on the utilization of applications computing technologies, within areas of expertise, to ensure that customers optimize the value of those technologies.
• Leads projects within specified technical disciplines; plans for the appropriate resources needed.
• Develop technical knowledge and performance skills of IS projects teams, within areas of expertise.
• Researches, evaluates and recommends new technologies independently or with the architect’s implementation.
• Supports proof-of-concept activities
• Develop technical specs, design documents, functional designs and requirements.

Position Qualifications

• 5 Years of Experience
• Bachelor's degree, equivalent work experience or appropriate technical certification.
• Experience in technical disciplines such as Java and Spring Boot and microservices programming
• Experience in technical disciplines such as Rest, Soap, Angular and AWS
• Knowledge and experience with Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk, AppDynamics, and Grafana
• Experience with Code Analyzer and scanning tools (SonarQube / Veracode)
• Ability to support multiple software applications
• Knowledge of cloud development practices preferred
• Ability to code, unit test and debug complex business applications
• Ability to write systems design specifications for complex applications
• Understanding of the software development life cycle
• Ability to quickly learn new/emerging technologies and resolve any problems involved in integrating these new/emerging technologies with our systems.
• Ability to manage own time and prioritize activities and resources to deliver timely results.
• Ability to gather and analyze complex facts and data and to draw correct inferences from the information. Assesses alternatives and presents logical solutions to problems.
• Ability to influence events to achieve results. Originates independent action rather than passively reacting to events as they occur.
• Able to follow industry defined best practice development standards.
• Professional experience with frameworks and development tools
• Experience in executing and supporting testing.
• Worked with various project methodologies (agile and waterfall)
• Able to translate business to technical requirements.
• Understands technical controls, security concepts and SOX requirements.
• Good understanding of the insurance industry and company business practices preferred.
• Ability to address and analyze impact of system issues.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The range for this position is $77,100 to $128,500. When determining candidate offers, we consider experience, skills, education, certifications, and geographic location among other factors. This job is also eligible for our Kemper benefits package (Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401k, etc.)

Kemper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination. Kemper is focused on expanding our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts to align with our vision, mission, and guiding principles.  

Kemper does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Kemper and Kemper will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Kemper will never request personal information, such as your social security number or banking information, via text or email.  Additionally, Kemper does not use external messaging applications like WireApp or Skype to communicate with candidates.  If you receive such a message, delete it. 

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