A career at Auto-Owners is challenging and rewarding. Our group of caring associates create financial security by helping individuals and businesses make a new start when a loss occurs.
Job Description
We offer a merit-based work-from-home program based on job responsibilities. After initial training in-person, this specific role could have the flexibility to work from home up to 3 days per week.
Please note that we are not currently hiring fully remote positions. All candidates must have the ability to work in one of our tech offices from time to time. Our tech offices for this role are in Lansing, Michigan only.
Auto-Owners Insurance, a top-rated insurance carrier, is seeking a motivated individual to join our IT Division as a Software Developer. Responsibilities include developing, maintaining, and supporting software applications for new and existing systems. The position requires the person to:
- Define, develop, test, analyze, and maintain software programs and applications.
- Actively participate in code/design reviews as well as brainstorming sessions.
- Develop program and system documentation.
- Analyze and fix software errors in a timely and accurate fashion.
- Consult with users, architects, project leaders, and management to resolve problems and suggest alternatives.
Desired Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, a related field, or equivalent experience is required.
- Knowledge of Java and RESTful services is strongly preferred.
- Experience with a modern IDE is strongly preferred.
- Experience with JavaScript/HTML/CSS, and React/Angular is a plus.
- Experience with source control management software is a plus.
- Enthusiasm for driving improvement by finding and implementing solutions to new challenges.
- Must be able to learn and effectively use tools and software development techniques as practiced, acquired, or adopted within the IT Division.
Benefits
Auto-Owners offers a wide range of career opportunities, and we are seeking talent that will help us continue our long tradition of success. We offer a friendly work environment, structured training program, employee mentoring and an excellent compensation/benefits package. Along with a competitive base salary, matched 401(k), fully-funded pension plan (once vested), and bonus programs, Auto-Owners also provides generous paid time off including holidays, vacation days, personal time, and sick leave. If you're looking to do rewarding work alongside great people, Auto-Owners is the place for you!
Equal Employment Opportunity
Auto-Owners Insurance is an equal opportunity employer. The Company hires, transfers, and promotes on the basis of ability, without consideration of disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, height, weight, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, or any factor contrary to federal, state or local law.
*Please note that the ability to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship is a requirement.
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- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, related field, or equivalent experience
- Ability to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship
- Ability to work from Auto-Owners tech office in Lansing, Michigan as needed (not fully remote)
- Must be able to learn and effectively use tools and software development techniques adopted within the IT Division
- Knowledge of Java
- Knowledge of RESTful services
- Experience with a modern IDE
- Experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS
- Experience with React or Angular
- Experience with source control management software
Auto-Owners Insurance Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Auto-Owners Insurance and has not been reviewed or approved by Auto-Owners Insurance.
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Retirement Support — A fully-funded pension and a partially matched 401(k) are highlighted as core pillars of the package. These elements elevate long-term value beyond base pay.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Profit-sharing bonuses and a Christmas bonus are positioned as recurring incentives that add to cash compensation. These incentives help offset concerns about base pay for some roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage is emphasized as a strong point. Wellness programs and an Employee Assistance Program further support health needs.
Auto-Owners Insurance Insights
What We Do
We are a team of hard working associates and local, independent agents who are proud to be among the nation's largest insurers of Life, Home, Car, and Business; and consistently ranked as a Fortune 500 company since 2002. Our guiding core values lead us to success and have helped us achieve many industry service awards as well as our recent certification as a Great Place To Work®. Careers: As an Auto-Owners associate, you have the opportunity to thrive in our certified Great Place To Work® environment, while benefiting from a workplace that is stable, profitable and invests in you. Some perks you enjoy as an Auto-Owners associate include: • Less than a 40 hour work week • Educational opportunities • Working in a certified Great Place To Work® environment • On-site dining (Lansing location) • Professional growth opportunities To view employment opportunities with Auto-Owners Insurance, please go to: http://www.auto-owners.com/career-center/career-opportunities *Privacy information: https://www.auto-owners.com/privacy
