Software Engineer

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The work we do has an impact on millions of lives, and you can be a part of it. We help protect our customers against life’s uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the company,

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Software EngineerSoftware Engineering

The work we do has an impact on millions of lives, and you can be a part of it.

We help protect our customers against life’s uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the company, you’ll be helping provide protection and peace of mind when our customers need it most.

Protective Life is searching for a Software Engineer to join the Licensing, Contracting and Compensation team of the Information Technology department. This team is responsible for maintaining contract information on our agents and the calculation and payment of agent compensation.

Success in this role requires leadership ability among peers, excellent oral and written communication skills, and effective collaboration with others, both internal and external to the team and company. The candidate should be self-motivated and show an inquisitive nature, seek improvements, and demonstrate strong accuracy and attention to detail. Other abilities include accepting responsibility and accountability for your own job and performance, demonstrating independent work behaviors, and having decision-making skills to achieve desired results. A successful candidate should have a desire to challenge others and be challenged to foster the best outcome.

Primary focus will be on working on a team developing, implementing, and testing a next generation agent compensation system.

The Software Engineer is responsible for designing, coding, testing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting software applications.

Works closely with business analysts and customers to gather requirements to ensure the customer’s business needs and expectations are met in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Diagnoses, isolates, and debugs software problems and provides resolution.

Prepares and modifies technical documentation.

3+ years software development experience

3+ years .NET development experience

Experience in SQL database development

Typically, a post-secondary degree, preferably in Management Information Services, Computer Science or Math related field may substitute for work and/or technical experience

Must be able to manage multiple, changing priorities, resolve conflicts

Must be self-motivated, able to work independently and willing to self-teach and take responsibility for ongoing professional development

Requires oral and written communication skills sufficient to communicate clearly with peers and customers

Ability to perform reviews of other developers’ code and provide sign off and or constructive feedback

Experience in agile methodologies is a plus

Experience with automated testing is a plus

Required Skills:

Visual Studio

Webservices (ASP.NET Web API, WCF, SOAP)

ASP .Net MVC 5+

SQL Server 2008+

Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript