Sr Staff Database Engineer

The Hartford; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Annual bonuses

Long-term incentives

Job summary

The Hartford is seeking a Senior Staff Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, secure, and modernize our enterprise environments across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid platforms. You will apply expertise in automation, IaC, observability, and resilience to improve performance and reduce risk.

Lead cross-functional squads, set engineering standards, and develop scalable infrastructure with AI-enabled capabilities. Hybrid work with in-office days in Hartford, CT (and other locations).

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of applicable software engineering experience.
• Expert proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (Java, C#/.NET, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Strong full-stack expertise (front end frameworks, APIs, back-end services).
• Deep experience with automated testing, CI/CD, and AIOps practices.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containers, and distributed systems.
• Advanced understanding of secure coding, vulnerability remediation, and data protection.
• Proven experience with agentic AI architectures, LLM prompting, and human-AI interaction design.
• Hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity.
• Strong awareness of AI-driven security risks and responsible AI practices.

Responsibilities

• Owns the technical direction, design integrity, and operational outcomes for highly complex infrastructure capabilities across platforms and teams.
• Leads cross-functional squads across Infrastructure, Security, and Architecture to deliver enterprise-critical outcomes.
• Serves as a subject matter expert across infrastructure domains, shaping platform direction and standards.
• Defines and advances scalable infrastructure platforms, automation frameworks, observability, and resiliency across hybrid environments.
• Owns design choices for AI-enabled, AIOps, or agentic infrastructure capabilities when cross-domain trade-offs are required.
• Modernizes infrastructure services, automation, runbooks, deployment patterns, and operational workflows for better efficiency and security.
• Establishes reusable playbooks and documentation standards to enable safe, consistent engineering.

Skills

Java

C#/.NET

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Tools

CI/CD

AIOps

LLM prompting

Job description

Senior Staff Infrastructure Engineer - IEB07BE We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future. Job Summary The Sr Staff Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for design ing, building, securing, and modernizing the technology environments that support reliable, scalable, and efficient enterprise operations. They apply expertise across cloud, hybrid, and on -prem infrastructure, automation, infrastructure as code, resiliency, observability, and operational excelle nce to improve platform performance, reduce risk, and enable faster, more consistent delivery. They partner across engineerin g, security, architecture, operations, and business teams to ensure infrastructure services are stable, cost -aware, compliant, and aligned to evolving business and technology needs.

Span and Responsibility

• Owns the technical direction, design integrity, and operational outcomes for highly complex infrastructure capabilities that span multiple platforms, services, teams, or technology domains, while operating as a senior individual contributor with no direct reports.
• Leads cross -functional virtual squads or technical workstreams across Infrastructure, Security, and Architecture, to deliver enterprise -critical outcomes.
• Serves as a recognized subject matter expert across one or more infrastructure domains, shaping platform direction, engineering standards, reusable patterns, and operating practices beyond a single team.
• Defines, designs, and advances scalable infrastructure platforms, shared services, automation frameworks, observability, resiliency patterns, integrations, and operational controls across hybrid on-premises and cloud environments.
• Owns design choices for AI -enabled , AIOps, or agentic infrastructure capabilities when requirements are broad, standards are evolving, or cross -domain trade -offs are required.
• Modernizes infrastructure services, automation, configurations, runbooks, deployment patterns, and operational workflows to improve scalability, resiliency, security, performance, cost efficiency, and long -term supportability.
• Establishes reusable playbooks, automation patterns, validation practices, and documentation standards that enable other engineers and teams to execute consistently and safely.

Technical Qualifications

• 8–10 years of applicable software engineering experience.
• Expert proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (Java, C#/.NET, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Strong full -stack expertise (front end frameworks, APIs, back -end services).
• Deep experience with automated testing, CI/CD, and AIOps practices.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containers, and distributed systems.
• Advanced understanding of secure coding, vulnerability remediation, and data protection.
• Proven experience with agentic AI architectures, LLM prompting, and human -AI interaction design.
• Hands -on use of AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity.
• Strong awareness of AI -driven security risks and responsible AI practices.

This role will have a Hybrid work schedule, with the expectation of working in an office (Columbus, OH, Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT or Charlotte, NC) 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday). Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.

Compensation

The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is: $137,200 - $205,800

Equal Opportunity Employer/Sex/Race/Color/Veterans/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity or Expression/Religion/Age

Every day, a day to do right. Showing up for people isn’t just what we do. It’s who we are – and have been for more than 200 years. We’re devoted to finding innovative ways to serve our customers, communities and employees—continually asking ourselves what more we can do. Is our policy language as simple and inclusive as it can be? Can we better help businesses navigate our ever-changing world? What else can we do to destigmatize mental health in the workplace? Can we make our communities more equitable? That we can rise to the challenge of these questions is due in no small part to our company values that our employees have shaped and defined.

And while how we contribute looks different for each of us, it’s these values that drive all of us to do more and to do better every day.