Software Engineer - II (Quadient Inspire)

Travelers; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Job summary

Travelers is looking for a Software Engineer II to advance our technology landscape. You will perform end-to-end engineering tasks, design, develop, test, and document solutions while guiding others and coordinating resources to meet system requirements.

The role emphasizes independent work, strong problem solving, and a commitment to delivering high-quality software across multiple platforms and domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related STEM field.
• 4 additional years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with Quadient Inspire / Content Composition.
• Advanced knowledge of Java / C++ / Python and AWS.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills.
• Ability to estimate timelines and deliver in small batches.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, develop, and configure software with high accuracy.
• Resolve defects and incidents of advanced complexity.
• Work independently to tackle well-scoped problems.
• Mentor less experienced engineers and share knowledge.
• Coordinate with team resources to meet requirements.

Skills

Programming

Delivery

Domain expertise

Quadient Inspire

Java

C++

Python

AWS

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Quadient Designer

Quadient ICM

Quadient Scaler

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

$120,400.00 - $198,700.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

Travelers is seeking a Software Engineer II to join our organization as we grow and transform our Technology landscape. Individual will complete advanced end to end engineering tasks for specific system assignments including designing, developing, analyzing, configuring, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, documenting, health monitoring/alerting, and implementing based on user or system specifications, consulting with users to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications, managing interaction between the systems and other technical support areas and defining technical requirements and coordinating team resources to solve problems.

What Will You Do?

• Perform analysis, design, development, and configuration functions (includes defining technical requirements) with a high degree of accuracy and speed, operating as an individual contributor to team goals.
• Perform analysis, assessment and resolution for defects and incidents of advanced complexity and escape appropriately.
• Work independently to tackle well-scoped and loosely scoped problems.
• Seek opportunities to expand technical knowledge and capabilities.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced employees.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Four years of programming/development experience.
• Delivery - Intermediate delivery skills including the ability to estimate accurate timelines for tasks and deliver work at a steady, predictable pace to achieve commitments, contribute to the software design strategy and methodologies used to best meet the system requirements, consider and build for many different use cases, avoid over engineering, and ensure automation, deliver complete solutions but release them in small batches, and identify important tradeoffs and negotiate them.
• Domain Expertise - Demonstrated track record of domain expertise including understanding technical concepts necessary to do the job effectively and aware of industry trends, demonstrate willingness, cooperation, and concern for business issues and priorities, and possess in depth knowledge of immediate systems worked on and some knowledge of adjacent systems.
• Quadient Inspire / Content Composition - Advanced. Hands-on experience designing and delivering content composition solutions in Quadient (Designer, ICM and Scaler), including forms and workflow development.
• Software Engineering (Java / C++, Python & AWS) - Advanced. Strong end-to-end engineering skills across analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation, with working knowledge of AWS cloud services.
• Problem Solving - Strong problem solver who ensures solutions are built for the long term, is able to resolve new issues, recognizes mistakes using them as learning and teaching opportunities and consistently breaks down large problems into smaller, more manageable ones.
• Communication - Strong communicator who possesses the ability to articulate information clearly and concisely with the business, document work in a clear, easy to follow manner, collaborate well with team members as both a mentor and mentee, take in vague requirements and ask the right questions to ensure clarification, offer feedback appropriately and effectively, seek out and receives constructive criticism well, listen when others are speaking and make space for colleagues to share their thoughts.
• Leadership - Intermediate leadership skills with the ability to help create a safe environment for others to learn and grow as engineers and a proven track record of self-motivation in identifying opportunities and tracking team efforts.

What is a Must Have?

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

What Is in It for You?

• Health Insurance : Employees and their eligible family members - including spouses, domestic partn