Software Engineer I - Elixir, Python, AWS

Travelers Canada; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 99,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) match

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Volunteer Opportunities

Job summary

Travelers Canada is seeking a Software Engineer I to join our technology team as we grow our cyber and underwriting platforms. You will perform intermediate engineering tasks across Elixir, Python, and JavaScript/React, contribute to design, coding, testing, and troubleshooting, and help implement scalable cloud-based solutions on AWS.

Ideal candidates hold a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related STEM field and have at least two additional years of software engineering experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related STEM field or equivalent experience
• 2 additional years of software engineering experience

Responsibilities

• Perform end-to-end engineering tasks for system assignments including design, development, configuration, testing, debugging, and documentation.
• Troubleshoot defects and incidents of intermediate complexity and escalate as needed.
• Collaborate within a team to tackle well-scoped problems and expand technical knowledge.

Job description

Who Are We?

Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Job Category Technology Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.Salary Range $99,100.00 - $163,400.00 Target Openings 1

What Is the Opportunity?

Travelers is seeking a Software Engineer I to join our organization as we grow and transform our Technology landscape. Individual will complete intermediate end to end engineering tasks for specific system assignments including developing, analyzing, configuring, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, documenting, health monitoring/alerting, and implementing based on user or system design specifications, as well as participating in troubleshooting, conducting impact analysis and escalating appropriately. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. The company does not sponsor/support H-1B petitions, TN, or Forms I-983/STEM OPT, for this role.

What Will You Do?

This engineer will contribute to the BSI Cyber Scan platform — a multi-codebase system spanning Elixir services, Python components, JavaScript/React front-end, PostgreSQL databases, and AWS Lambda/Step functions. The platform is central to Travelers' cyber underwriting capability and feeds multiple stakeholder groups: Data Science, Risk Services, Data Platform, Underwriting, Pricing, and RQI Platforms.

Per the job requisition, this role is responsible for:

• Performing analysis, design, development, and configuration functions and defining technical requirements for assignments of intermediate complexity.
• Participating with the team to perform analysis, assessment, and resolution for defects and incidents of intermediate complexity, escalating appropriately.
• Working within team guidelines to independently tackle well-scoped problems.
• Seeking opportunities to expand technical knowledge and capabilities.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Delivery Delivers work at a steady, predictable pace; decomposes assignments into small batch releases.
• Contributes to trade-off and negotiation discussions within the team.
• Domain Expertise Demonstrates understanding of technical concepts necessary to do the job effectively.
• Experience with Elixir or another functional/actor-model language strongly preferred; willingness to learn Elixir required.
• Comfort working across multiple languages and codebases (Elixir, Python, JavaScript/React) in a single product ecosystem.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud services — Lambda, S3, RDS, or equivalent.
• Exposure to gRPC or Protocol Buffers helpful but not required.
• Problem Solving Strong debugging skills — able to determine source of issues in unfamiliar code or systems.
• Recognizes and solves repetitive problems rather than working around them.
• Breaks down large problems into smaller, manageable ones.
• Communication Clearly and concisely interacts with team members; documents work in an easy-to-follow manner.
• Takes in well-scoped requirements and asks the right questions to ensure clarification.
• Seeks out and receives constructive criticism well.
• Leadership Self-motivated in identifying personal growth opportunities.
• Comfortable using AI coding assistants as part of everyday engineering work.

What is a Must Have?

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in education and/or work experience.
• 2 additional years of software engineering experience.

What Is in It for You?

• Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
• Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum.
• If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account.
• You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
• Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
• Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
• Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.
• Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.

Employment Practices

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences. In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions. If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you. Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting. To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.

Travelers has more than 30,000 employees in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Open to all employees, our 10 Diversity Networks celebrate culture and communities and create spaces for all employees through powerful forums for dialogue and support. Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.

Travelers has been recognized by organizations such as G.I. Jobs and Military Times. Our employees are valuable assets to their hometowns, volunteering for important causes each year.