Travelers is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to join their organization as they grow and transform their Technology landscape.
Requirements
- Lead and mentor a team of software engineers in the development and modernization of applications using React, Node.js, and AWS technologies.
- Demonstrated experience implementing current technology trends and techniques (e.g., cloud-based solutions leveraging microservices).
- Delivery - Advanced delivery skills including the ability to determine the software design strategy and methodology to be used for efforts, use automated tests, analysis, and informed feedback loops to ensure the quality and production readiness of work before release, monitor the health of work efforts and that of adjacent systems.
- Three years of programming/development experience.
Responsibilities
- Complete advanced software end to end engineering tasks that span many parts of a system including designing, developing, analyzing, configuring, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, documenting, health monitoring/alerting, and implementing based on user or system specifications.
- Consult with users to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications.
- Manage the effective use of resources.
- Act as subject matter expert across multiple applications, systems and technologies.
- Leverage technical and business knowledge to drive the planning and execution of complex initiatives.
- Participate in the design/ development process.
- Provide technical leadership, while leading a team of SWE.
Other
- Lead a team of Software engineers by providing technical guidance and mentorship while modeling Travelers' leadership behaviors.
- 5 years of related experience; including insurance / financial services industry experience.
- Collaborate closely with architecture teams, circle leadership, and business stakeholders to align technical strategies with business goals.
- Drive the adoption of best practices in software engineering
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions that meet the needs of the Compelling Offerings Value Stream and support its modernization journey.
