Pacific Life is looking for an Illustrations Application Developer to enhance their Illustrations platform, which is a key differentiator for customer experience and business growth. The role involves translating business requirements into reliable application code for life insurance illustrations.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in Excel, VB.NET, C-Sharp, JavaScript. Html, CSS, JQuery UI, Bootstrap, SQL
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and experience working within sprint cadences.
Responsibilities
- Implement Complex Life Insurance and Annuity Products
- Build new and modify existing life insurance and annuity products in our Illustrations platform, ensuring accuracy and alignment with product specifications and business requirements.
- Use .NET and proprietary tools to build maintainable, efficient, and well-documented code, delivering complete business solutions from design through deployment.
- Adhere-to and promote quality development processes, including performing unit testing, version control, and continuous integration.
- Evaluate and review complex product specifications—including actuarial formulas and business requirements for the User Interface and Illustration Output— to identify technical challenges, establish the development scope, and estimate the level of effort required for implementation.
- Collaborate with actuaries and other business units to validate complex scenarios and case designs specific to Illustrations.
- Identify opportunities for technical/process improvements and efficiencies to reduce the complexity and increase speed in the application.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, with 5+ years of experience in application development.
- Intense visual/listening concentration required to trouble shoot problems and determine best solution; and to make informed decisions and recommendations
- Self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal supervision, while also excelling in a collaborative team environment.
- Willingness and initiative to learn both the technical and business aspects necessary to take ownership of and execute on key responsibilities.
- Previous knowledge with the life insurance and annuity industry strongly preferred.
- 1-5 years of experience working with life insurance and/or annuity products and riders.
- Effective communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
