Senior Software Engineer – Real-time Life Insurance (Remote)

Symetra; United States; Remote; USD 106,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match up to 6%

Paid time away: vacation, sick, flex,

Ten paid holidays

Job summary

Symetra seeks an experienced Senior Software Engineer to support CyberLife, the mainframe policy administration system for life insurance products. You will design, develop, and test enhancements, and help move the platform toward real-time processing and digital capabilities.

You’ll collaborate in Agile ceremonies and mentor teammates to deliver high-quality solutions. The role emphasizes modern API integrations (REST/SOAP/JSON/XML) with legacy systems, ensuring system stability and strong

Qualifications

• Senior Software Engineer with experience supporting life insurance policy administration platforms (e.g., CyberLife, Life70) on mainframe systems.
• Strong background in COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, VSAM for enterprise-scale applications.
• Proven ability to integrate legacy systems with modern tech via REST, SOAP, JSON, XML.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and implement enhancements to the CyberLife policy administration platform.
• Participate in Agile/Kanban ceremonies, gather requirements, and estimate effort for new initiatives.
• Build and maintain secure, high-performing APIs and integrations for real-time data exchange.
• Support testing, deployments, and movement of applications through development, QA, and production.
• Troubleshoot production issues to ensure stability and continuity.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor engineers on best practices and architecture.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Problem solving

REST APIs

SOAP services

JSON

XML

Mentoring

Tools

COBOL

CICS

JCL

DB2

VSAM

Mainframe development

Job description

Symetra seeks an experienced Senior Software Engineer to support CyberLife, the mainframe policy administration system for life insurance products. You will design, develop, and test enhancements, and help move the platform toward real-time processing and digital capabilities.

You’ll collaborate in Agile ceremonies and mentor teammates to deliver high-quality solutions. The role emphasizes modern API integrations (REST/SOAP/JSON/XML) with legacy systems, ensuring system stability and strong