Staff Software Engineer

design discussions with vendor and internal team
• Performs research on, designs, develops, tests, deploys, maintains, and enhances software solutions using established standards, frameworks, and tools.
• Produces high quality deliverables, including well-written code, thorough documentation, and effective communication to ensure successful outcomes of assigned projects.
• Participates in proof-of-concept work, prototyping, and other tasks as needed.
• Assists less experienced developers and/or project team members by providing advice, mentoring, training, coaching, and educational opportunities.
• Understands and applies industry trends, best practices, emerging technologies, and products related to technology solutions.
• Collaborates effectively with internal and external stakeholders, such as business leaders, technical teams, vendors, customers, and end users to identify needs, reach consensus, provide updates, and achieve buy-in for ideas and initiatives.
• Communicates effectively by adjusting communication style to audience, establishing clear goals, prioritizing requests, asking thoughtful questions, listening actively, and seeking clarification when necessary.
• Documents activities, processes, and results, such as meeting notes, requirements documents, design documents, test plans, user guides, and presentations.
• Conducts meetings, conference calls, and webcasts by setting up audio and video conferencing equipment; prepares agendas; obtains and distributes materials; follows call protocol; records minutes; and conducts follow-up communications.
• Organizes files and information by creating folders, attaching files, naming conventions, and utilizing document management systems.
• Demonstrates accountability for actions, decisions, and results by accepting ownership of tasks, learning from mistakes, taking risks, being transparent, sharing credit, and facing challenges directly.
• Maintains awareness of current events, trends, and changing technology.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Minimum six years of experience in software development.

• Proficiency in Java 17/21 and Spring Boot and Oracle.

• Experience with RESTful APIs, J2EE, and JDBC

• Hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, and IAM. AWS Developer Associate and Cloud Practitioner certifications is a plus

• Ability to apply and update IaC configurations for environment provisioning. Experience in Terraform is recommended
• Experience with Jenkins, uDeploy, and GitHub for automation and deployment pipelines.

• Exposure to Unix scripting is preferred.

• Familiarity with Splunk dashboards, Dynatrace, secret scanning tools, and blue/green deployment strategies.
• Experience with JavaScript, JSON, XML, and SQL.
• Experience with Unit Testing Frameworks , Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously while meeting established deadlines.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across various organizational levels and departments.
• Self-motivated and detail oriented.
• Able to work independently with little supervision and in a fast paced environment.
• Highly adaptable to new technologies, environments, and business needs.

This role will have a Hybrid work schedule, with the expectation of working in an office 3 days a week

Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.

Compensation

The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is:

$114,720 - $172,080

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