Intermediate Software Engineer - UI/API Application Development

USAA Life Insurance Company; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

USAA Life Insurance Company seeks an Intermediate Software Engineer to join an Agile team supporting the Property Core Platform for homeowners and related products. You will design, develop, and test features, troubleshoot production issues, and contribute to modernization efforts across legacy and modern stacks.

You will grow technical expertise, collaborate with experienced colleagues, and help deliver reliable solutions for members.

Qualifications

• Experience with software development across the full lifecycle.
• Knowledge of modern software engineering practices and troubleshooting in production.
• Exposure to AI-assisted engineering practices is a plus.
• Experience with both legacy and modern technology stacks, including cloud components.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, code, and test complex technical solutions.
• Investigates and resolves complex application and system issues in production.
• Improve operations by performing systems analysis and recommending policy changes.
• Follow the software development lifecycle and ensure security/compliance requirements are met.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

C++

Python

SQL

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree OR 4 years relevant education/experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

GitLab

Git

Job description

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values - honesty, integrity, loyalty and service - define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.

The Opportunity

Join a high-impact engineering team responsible for supporting and modernizing the Property Core Platform that powers homeowners, renters, and other Property insurance products. As an Intermediate Software Engineer embedded within an Agile team, you will contribute to application enhancements, production support, integrations, testing, and operational excellence across a diverse technology landscape spanning legacy and modern platforms.

We are looking for a curious and collaborative engineer who is eager to grow their technical expertise, learn from experienced teammates, and help deliver reliable solutions for our members. This is an opportunity to gain exposure to enterprise-scale systems, participate in modernization initiatives, and make meaningful contributions to platforms that support critical business operations and member experiences.

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in the following location: San Antonio, TX.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

What you'll do:

• Design, develop, code, and test complex technical solutions.
• Investigates and resolves complex application and system technical problems and production issues through troubleshooting techniques.
• Continually improves operations by conducting complex systems analysis and recommending changes in policies and procedures.
• Prepares and installs complex solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming.
• Design, develop, code, and test technical solutions.
• Write code to deliver features, and improvements, on a regular basis.
• Investigates and resolve technical problems and production issues through troubleshooting techniques.
• Continually improves operations by conducting systems analysis and recommending changes in policies and procedures.
• Prepares and installs solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming.
• Follows the software development lifecycle.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.
• 2 years of software development experience specific to a discipline/technology.
• 1 year of experience delivering technology solutions in all phases of the software systems and application development lifecycle.
• Basic Understanding of one or more of the following:
• AI-Assisted Software Engineering
• Java, Swift, Objective-C, JavaScript, Kotlin, C++, HTML, CSS, Go, Python, JSON, XML, SOAP, REST APIs, Spring Boot, React, Redux, Git, GitLab, OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes fundamentals, Open Liberty, SQL, JUnit, Mockito, Kafka or MQ, Dynatrace
• zOS, TSO/ISPF, PL/I, Cobol, SQL, JES2 / JES, RACF, WLM, SMF, JCL, PROCs, Job Scheduling concepts, Fault Analyzer, REXX, Python on z/OS, CICS, DB2, IMS, UDB, Oracle, IBM z/OS Connect
• Knowledge and understanding of troubleshooting applications and systems within production issues.
• Ability to quickly understand applicable business acumen to provide appropriate Engineering solutions.
• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions.
• Basic understanding of cloud technologies and tools.

What sets you apart:

• Experience applying Generative AI and AI‑assisted engineering practices to accelerate software development, improve code quality, enhance production support, automate operational processes, support application modernization, and improve overall engineering productivity across complex enterprise environments.
• Experience working across both legacy and modern technology stacks, including technologies such as PL/I, COBOL, CICS, DB2, Mainframe, Java, AWS, and cloud‑native platforms.
• Proven success by reducing technical debt while maintaining production stability and meeting business commitments.
• Experience supporting operational health metrics, service‑level objectives (SLOs), service‑level agreements (SLAs), and production availability goals.
• AWS, Kubernetes/OpenShift, SAFe Agile, Java, Cloud, or Security‑related certifications.
• Experience working across technologies ranging from Mainframe and PL/I to AWS and cloud‑native architectures.
• Strong production suppo