Lead Software Engineer

Generali Global Assistance | Travel Insurance; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Lead Software Developer, where you'll design and maintain innovative software solutions. This role emphasizes leadership and collaboration, guiding a talented team while working on impactful projects that enhance client experiences. With a commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace, this organization offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including health insurance and generous paid time off. If you're ready to make a real difference in the world of travel insurance and technology, this opportunity is your next step forward.

Benefits

Company match on 401(k)

Competitive Paid Time Off policy

Generous Employer contribution for health, dental, and vision insurance

Company paid short and long-term disability insurance

Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

Employee Assistance program

Wellness programs

Fun employee and company events

Discounts on travel insurance

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in software development.
• Expertise in PHP frameworks like CodeIgniter and Laravel.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and RESTful services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development team in software design, coding, and testing.
• Collaborate with project management to define software requirements.
• Mentor junior developers and ensure adherence to quality standards.

Skills

PHP

CodeIgniter

Laravel

Docker

WordPress

Agile methodology

RESTful development

MSSQL

MySQL

CICD

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Jenkins

GIT

Composer

IIS Setup

Job description

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Generali Global Assistance | Travel Insurance provided pay range

This range is provided by Generali Global Assistance | Travel Insurance. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$130,000.00/yr - $190,000.00/yr

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The North American branch of Generali Global Assistance offers a diverse and inclusive work environment while employees work towards making real difference in the lives of our clients. As an organization, we pride ourselves with offering white glove service while being mindful of corporate responsibility and our environmental footprint.

Employees enjoy a plethora of benefits to include:

• A diverse, inclusive, professional work environment
• Company match on 401(k)
• Competitive Paid Time Off policy
• Generous Employer contribution for health, dental and vision insurance
• Company paid short term and long-term disability insurance
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Employee Assistance program
• Wellness programs
• Fun employee and company events
• Discounts on travel insurance

Pay Range: $130,000.00 - $190,000.00 (DOE)

Who are we?

Generali Global Assistance is proudly part of the Europ Assistance Group brand, and our products utilize a number of corporate and product brands. The brands for our North American team include the following:

• CSA: US travel insurance brand for retail and lodging partners. Learn more here.
• Generali Global Assistance (GGA): The primary Corporate brand in the United States for our travel insurance, travel assistance, identity and cyber protection, and beneficiary companion products. Learn more here.
• GMMI: the industry standard for global medical cost containment and medical risk management solutions. Learn more here.
• Iris, Powered by Generali: identity and digital protection solution. Learn more here.
• Trip Mate: US travel insurance brand for tour operator, cruise and airline partners. Learn more here.

What you’ll be doing.

Job Summary:

The Lead Software Developer’s role is to design, develop, test, analyze, and maintain software solutions in support of the achievement of business requirements. Direct leadership of both internal and contractor team members will be part of your daily focus. This includes designing, writing, coding, testing, and analyzing new and existing software programs and applications. This position will require working with Business partners, Business Analysts and Project Managers to define and validate functional specification and requirements, to propose best technical solution to address the needs, and to design, document, and modify technical specifications throughout the production lifecycle.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Leadership – 40%

• Directing the development team in the design, development, coding, testing and debugging of applications
• Planning and documenting technical specifications for features or system design
• Liaise with IT Team to assist in resolving problems with software products or company software systems
• Generate statistics and write reports for management and/or team members on the status of the programming process
• Collaboration between Development, QA, DevOps to ensure a SDLC that delivers scalable, performing, quality deliverables to our partners
• Mentoring junior team members and ensuring they adhere to determined software quality standards

Software Development – 40%

• Consistently design, write, translate, code, test and monitor software programs and applications according to specifications and the purposes of correcting errors, isolating areas for improvement, and general debugging

Project Coordination and Support - 20%

• Collaborate with internal project management team in conceptualizing and development of new software programs and applications
• Assist in the definition, development, and documentation of software’s business requirements, objectives, deliverables, and specifications on a project-by-project basis in collaboration with internal users and departments
• Assist in defining software development project plans, including scoping, scheduling, and implementation
• Analyze and assess existing business systems and procedures

Required / Desired Knowledge, Experiences and Skills:

• 8-10 years’ experience
• Expert experience with PHP, CodeIgniter, Laravel
• Strong experience with Docker, Word Press
• Strong practitioner of Agile methodology applications to SDLC
• Prior experience interviewing end-users for insight on functionality, interface, problems, and/or usability issues
• Excellent understanding of design patterns, coding methods and best practices
• Hands-on experience developing test cases and test plans
• Understand principles and best practices of RESTful development
• Databases: MSSQL, MySQL
• Experienced with CICD, Pipelines, Jenkins, GIT, versioning and release management best practices
• Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws preferred.
• Intermediate knowledge of Windows, Composer and IIS Setup

Education/Certifications:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED) required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, information systems or related field preferred

Where you’ll be doing it.

This is a hybrid role based out of our San Diego, CA office. As a hybrid role, you will be working onsite 1-2 days a week and working from home 3-4 days a week.

When you’ll be doing it.

While there is some flexibility in the hours, this position will be Monday-Friday during regular business hours (approximately 8:00am-5:00pm). Occasional overtime may be required according to business need.

Apply today to begin your next chapter.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Generali Global Assistance, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and enriching workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

California Residents - Privacy Notice for California Residents Seeking Employment with Generali Global Assistance is available here: https://us.generaliglobalassistance.com/privacy-notice-for-california-residents-seeking-employment/

The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all our employment programs and decisions. Discrimination in employment on the basis of any classification protected under federal, state, or local law is a violation of our policy. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, pregnancy, childbirth, medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, genetic information, marital status, military status, HIV/AIDS status, mental or physical disability, use of a guide or support animal because of blindness, deafness, or physical handicap, or any other legally protected basis under applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruitment and hiring, classification, placement, promotion, termination, reductions in force, recall, transfer, leaves of absences, compensation, and training. Any employees with questions or concerns about equal employment opportunities in the workplace are encouraged to bring these issues to the attention of Human Resources. The Company will not allow any form of retaliation against individuals who raise issues of equal employment opportunity. All Company employees are responsible for complying with the Company’s Equal Opportunity Policy. Every employee is to treat all other employees equally and fairly. Violations of this policy may subject an employee to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Insurance, Financial Services, and Technology, Information and Media

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