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Lead Software Engineer- Commercial Lines (Hybrid)

Selective Insurance
paid time off, tuition assistance
United States, New Jersey, Branchville
40 Wantage Avenue (Show on map)
Jan 10, 2025
About Us At Selective, we don't just insure uniquely, we employ uniqueness. Selective is a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurance company with a history of strong, consistent financial performance for nearly 100 years. Selective's unique position as both a leading insurance group and an employer of choice is recognized in a wide variety of awards and honors, including listing in Forbes Best Midsize Employers in 2024 and certification as a Great Place to Work in 2024 for the fifth consecutive year. Employees are empowered and encouraged to Be Uniquely You by being their true, unique selves and contributing their diverse talents, experiences, and perspectives to our shared success. Together, we are a high-performing team working to serve our customers responsibly by helping to mitigate loss, keep them safe, and restore their lives and businesses after an insured loss occurs. Overview Provides advanced level support in programming languages, hardware/software integration, development tools and technologies within an application development team. Leads a development team by example, actively participating in the design and architecture of solutions within his/her respective team while collaborating with technical architects to ensure solutions fit within established application development standards and conventions. Provides highly technical consulting and leadership in identifying and implementing new uses of information technologies which assist the functional business units in meeting their strategic objectives. Viewed internally and externally as a technical expert within the technologies used to support his/her respective business application(s). Maintains a sound understanding of the business processes that those applications support. All job duties and responsibilities must be carried out in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. Responsibilities Acts as an expert technical consulting resource to development staff in all phases of the development and deployment process. Reviews specs, design and code and recommends changes to development team members to align with approved, application development framework. Performs analysis, systems design, coding and/or integrates purchased solutions. Documents, tests, implements and provides on-going support for applications. Provides comprehensive consultation to business unit and IT management and staff at the highest technical level on all phases of the project development life cycle. May involve project manager or other leadership role crossing IT systems, applications, and/or infrastructure teams. Researches and evaluates alternative solutions and recommends the most efficient and cost effective solutions for the systems design. Participates in setting technical direction in conjunction with the architecture, data base, and infrastructure groups. Provides highly technical consulting and leadership in identifying and implementing new uses of information technologies which assist the functional business units in meeting their strategic objectives. Migrates legacy, dated application technologies to current technologies. Continually looks for opportunities to improve developer productivity and the overall change management process. Recommends, and provides guidance, in the areas of application performance and tuning. Works closely with customers to identify and specify complex requirements and processes for diverse development platforms, software, hardware, technologies, tools, etc. Qualifications Knowledge and Requirements Ability to easily move between multiple projects at any given time. Requires excellent communication skills, analytic ability, strong judgment and the ability to work directly with customers and IT management and staff. Requires in depth knowledge of customer area's functions and systems, and application development technological alternatives. Strong interpersonal communication skills. Education and Experience College degree Computer Science, or other related field preferred. 5+ years of experience in application development. Total Rewards Selective Insurance offers a total rewards package that includes a competitive base salary, incentive plan eligibility at all levels, and a wide array of benefits designed to help you and your family stay healthy, achieve your financial goals, and balance the demands of your work and personal life. These benefits include comprehensive health care plans, retirement savings plan with company match, discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program, tuition assistance and reimbursement programs, and paid time off plans. Additional details about our total rewards package will be provided during the recruiting process. The actual base salary is based on geographic location, and the range is representative of salaries for this role throughout Selective's footprint. Additional considerations include relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, performance, and business needs. Pay Range USD $116,000.00 - USD $167,000.00 /Yr. Additional Information Selective is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. That means we respect and value every individual's unique opinions, beliefs, abilities, and perspectives. We are committed to promoting a welcoming culture that celebrates diverse talent, individual identity, different points of view and experiences - and empowers employees to contribute new ideas that support our continued and growing success. Building a highly engaged team is one of our core strategic imperatives, which we believe is enhanced by diversity, equity, and inclusion. We expect and encourage all employees and all of our business partners to embrace, practice, and monitor the attitudes, values, and goals of acceptance; address biases; and foster diversity of viewpoints and opinions.