Senior Software Engineer – API & Cloud Integrations (Java, AWS)

Aegon; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus based on performance

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Aegon is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Denver team. This role requires expertise in Core Java and cloud technologies, with a focus on building and supporting application solutions. You will collaborate in an agile environment, working closely with development teams and business owners to deliver innovative solutions.

Ideal candidates have a strong foundation in software development, excellent problem-solving skills, and a keen interest in new technologies. This position offers a hybrid work model, necessitating three days in the office weekly, and a competitive salary ranging from $94,000 to $120,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Three years of experience in Core Java development.
• Strong knowledge of coding platforms and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development staff and business product owners.
• Code, test, and document solutions to business challenges.
• Perform design and analysis for deliverables.

Skills

Core Java

Cloud technologies (AWS/Azure)

Database design techniques

Microservices and REST APIs

Continuous integration/deployment tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Git/Bitbucket

Maven

Visual Studio

Docker

Job description

Senior Software Engineer – API & Cloud Integrations (Java, AWS)

Full Time

Information Technology

United States

Job Description Summary Enterprise Technology is a global organization within Transamerica. We provide dedicated application support to Transamerica, and we bring all of Aegon's business units together through the use of technology. We provide the backbone - the infrastructure - for how everything works. We’re creating the company’s AI environment, building a flexible ‘cloud experience’ for internal hosting services, designing frameworks for data governance and management, and ensuring the security and stability of the company’s technology. In short, we enable the business units to move more quickly and deliver to our clients in the best possible way. Whether customers are interested in insurance products or annuities or financial services, we're here to ensure they don't have to worry whether their information is safe. The people we employ are incredibly diverse, both in terms of backgrounds and skill sets. There are over 1000 of us representing a dozen or so nationalities and located in the UK, the US, the Netherlands, Hungary, Spain, and Hong Kong. Our global teams are comprised of experts in areas such as application development, information security, infrastructure services, data & analytics, risk & controls, procurement, program management, and architecture. With the breadth of functions within Enterprise Technology, individuals can pursue a wide variety of careers, and we have a focus on supporting employees’ development. The most important quality in the people who join us is curiosity. A lot of what we do is problem solving, requiring colleagues to take what they know and apply it to new situations. We have many mature processes, but we’re always looking for opportunities to improve, so we want people who are naturally inquisitive and confident enough to challenge the way we do things. Technology is constantly, rapidly changing – we need you to help us continue to change with it. The Senior Software Engineer utilizes web and cloud technologies, APIs, and third‑party software development frameworks to build and support application solutions. Provides support for design and development to an application development team, and advises a team of local or outsourced software engineers to build and support business application solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with other development staff, including contract and offshore Software Engineers, and business product owners in an agile environment.
• Code, test, identify, implement, and document solutions to business challenges utilizing web and cloud technologies.
• Perform design and analysis for deliverables. Lead larger team design sessions for system‑level architecture solutions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for a wide range of areas, applications, and technologies and mentor other team members in design/coding standards.
• Recommend solutions which take into consideration costs, business needs, and system impacts.
• Support analysis and general architectural design across platforms toward the development of end‑to‑end solutions.
• Utilize third‑party software development frameworks, open‑source libraries, and APIs to develop basic application solutions.
• Learn and keep pace with the latest advances in the field and rapidly grasp new technologies to support the environment and contribute to project deliverables.
• Assist with preparing presentations and may lead development meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, math, engineering, or other technical field, or equivalent education/experience.
• Three years of Core Java experience.
• Strong knowledge of coding platforms/frameworks (e.g. JAVA, OOD, OOP, Functional Programming, Spring Framework, J2EE Development, OOP, Service Oriented Architecture, Dependency Injection, and Core Architecture).
• Two years of experience and proficiency in database design techniques and philosophies (e.g. RDBMS, Document, Star Schema, Kimball Model).
• Experience with NoSQL database technologies (e.g. MS Cosmos DB, Apache Cassandra, Amazon DynamoDB).
• Understanding of cloud services (e.g. AWS/Azure) utilizing various supporting tools (e.g. EC2, ECS, S3, Kinesis, VMs, Blob, Cosmos, Data Factory, SQL Data Warehouse, ARM Templates, Event Hubs).
• Experience with build and deployment tools (e.g. Visual Studio, Git/Bitbucket, Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, SQL Management Studio, Nunit, Ajax).
• Knowledge of developing distributed computing (MS HPC, Sagemaker, Spark).
• Two years of experience with integration and service frameworks (e.g. API Gateways, Apache Camel, Swagger API, Zookeeper, Kafka, messaging tools, microservices).
• Knowledge of Microservices and REST based API development (e.g. Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Entity Framework, IIS, Swagger, Odata, .NET API 2, .NET API Core, AutoMapper).
• Knowledge with continuous integration/development tools (e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Containers, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and container automation) in a Ci/CD pipeline.
• Familiarity with modern frontend development frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Vue.js, ASP.NET MVC, HTTP, HTML, JS, CSS, Ajax).
• Advanced understanding of software development and research tools.
• Attention to detail and results oriented, with a strong customer focus.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
• Analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Technical communication skills.
• Problem‑solving and technical communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize workload to meet tight deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of advanced analytics and machine learning concepts and technology implementations.
• Understanding of big data and real‑time streaming analytics processing architecture.
• Experience with agentic coding platform like kiro and copilot.
• Understanding of data warehousing architecture and implementation, including source to target mappings and ETL.
• Technology or platform certifications (e.g. AWS, Microsoft).
• Knowledge of the financial services industry.

Working Conditions

• Work outside of normal business hours may be required.
• Occasional Travel <10%.

Compensation

The Salary for this position generally ranges between $94,000-$120,000 annually. Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in‑office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.

Additionally, this position is typically eligible for an Annual Bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan/Individual Performance and is at the Company’s discretion.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

This is a hybrid position requiring three days in office per week in our Denver or Cedar Rapids hub location. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.

This job description is not a contract of employment nor for any specific job responsibilities. The Company may change, add to, remove, or revoke the terms of this job description at its discretion. Managers may assign other duties and responsibilities as needed. In the event an employee or applicant requests or requires an accommodation to perform job functions, the applicable HR Business Partner should be contacted to evaluate the accommodation request.