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American Family Insurance - Corporate Lead Application Development Engineer (Flex Home/Office) in Madison, Wisconsin

In this position, you will work collaboratively with diverse team members across the division to develop and maintain applications that address a wide range of business needs. You will report to a senior manager and be responsible for designing and developing complex and/or large-scale business solutions, while also providing technical guidance for specific applications.

Position Compensation Range:

$125,000.00 - $212,000.00

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities

  • You will provide expertise during the initial phases of the project, including estimating resources, skill requirements, time requirements, identifying tools and technologies, and participating in proof of concepts, etc.

  • You will analyze high-level system specifications, business requirements, and/or use cases, and convert information into the appropriate level specifications and system design plans for the development team.

  • You will understand and identify system dependencies.

  • You will consult with diverse team members to validate complex design decisions and provide advanced coding expertise to mitigate high-risk features or technical challenges.

  • You will provide appropriate documentation for design decisions, estimating assumptions, code modules, and performance metrics as required by organizational standards.

  • You will define, conduct, mentor others, and/or participate in testing (e.g., unit, system integration). You will prepare, lead, and/or participate in development walkthroughs.

  • You will collaborate with others regarding the effectiveness of systems flow, data usage, and manual or automated processes to verify requirements.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service

  • Demonstrated experience analyzing and understanding complex software/systems.

  • Demonstrated experience communicating technical information.

  • Demonstrated experience developing different solution-delivery and design approaches and solutions to customers.

  • Demonstrated experience developing complex software/systems using one or more programming language.

  • Demonstrated experience analyzing and estimating project size and work efforts for software solutions.

  • Demonstrated experience providing technical guidance to less experienced staff.

  • Extensive knowledge and understanding of software development and design standards and methodologies.

  • Extensive knowledge and understanding of infrastructure technologies, operating systems, and the interconnectivity between infrastructure platforms and software tools.

  • Extensive knowledge and understanding of systems development life cycle (SDLC).

  • Solid knowledge and understanding of application architecture and design alternatives.

  • Solid Knowledge and understanding of integration and migration strategies and technologies.

Travel Requirements

  • Up to 10%.

Physical Requirements

  • Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

  • You have demonstrated expertise in developing applications with one or more of the following: Java/Spring Boot, Node.js, React.js, or .NET.

  • You have demonstrated experience in developing infrastructure as code with at least one of the following: Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.

  • You have demonstrated experience in developing applications on at least one of the cloud platforms: AWS or GCP.

  • You have demonstrated experience, knowledge, and understanding of CI/CD using GitLab.

  • You have knowledge and understanding of developing applications using Kubernetes (GKE or EKS).

  • You are willing to participate in professional development activities to stay current on industry knowledge.

In this flex office/home role, you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month from one of the following office locations: Madison, WI 53783; Boston, MA 02110

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Internal candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of location and will be considered based upon the needs of the role.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the requirements listed above. Skills can be used in many different ways, and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what a list of requirements will capture. We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply!

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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