Serves as a senior technical leader across multiple software initiatives, combining hands-on engineering with strategic solution design. Translates complex business and user requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable systems. Guides system architecture, development standards, integrations, and best practices. Collaborates closely with architects, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment, improve quality and delivery efficiency. Acts as a mentor to other engineers.
Technical/Functional Expecations:
- Development/Coding: Applies advanced expertise in software development, architectural design, and engineering best practices to deliver scalable, secure solutions across systems and teams. Leads resolution of complex technical issues while guiding solution design, implementation strategy, and code quality. Drives adoption of modern technologies and practices aligned with business goals. Collaborates effectively with technical and business stakeholders to translate complex solutions, identify risks and optimization opportunities, and promote consistent development standards while mentoring engineers.
- Production Support Admin: Provides advanced troubleshooting and technical leadership for complex production issues across systems and integrations. Resolves escalated support incidents, performs root cause analysis, and implements sustainable solutions to improve system stability and operational efficiency. Develops and optimizes solutions for production analysis, data corrections, and issue resolution. Documents technical findings, resolutions, and best practices; collaborates with technical and business stakeholders.
- Project Leadership: Leads large-scale and cross-functional technical initiatives. Partners with Architects, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to drive implementation strategy, technical alignment, risk mitigation, and delivery execution. Provides technical oversight across projects and contributes to continuous improvement of engineering processes, scalability, reliability, and software quality outcomes.
- Testing: Provides technical leadership in test strategy, automation, and quality engineering practices across multiple application systems and integrations. Reviews and contributes to complex test plans, test cases, regression strategies, and validation approaches to ensure solution reliability, scalability, and performance. Collaborates across teams to improve testing standards, coverage, and overall release quality.
- Leadership: Serves as a senior technical mentor and advisor to engineering teams. Promotes engineering excellence, knowledge sharing, and adoption of modern technologies and best practices across teams.
Business Experience:
- 10+ years of experience in the software engineering field or in a related area. Demonstrated experience leading complex technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction across teams.
Insurance Experience:
- Advanced knowledge and experience in the insurance industry with strong understanding of enterprise systems, integrations, and business processes. Broad knowledge across multiple business domains and platforms is preferred.
Education:
- BA/BS-Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
Preferred hiring/work states include Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, or Texas.
The pay range for this position is $70,304 - $105,456 per year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills and experience. The company also offers a full range of medical, financial and other benefits, including eligibility for the company’s performance sharing plan and paid time off such as holidays, vacation, sick and personal holidays.
California Casualty is an Equal Opportunity Employer
10+ years software engineering experience; demonstrated leadership in complex technical initiatives; advanced insurance industry knowledge; Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
Key Responsibilities
- leading technical initiatives
- designing scalable solutions
- mentoring engineers
Job Details
- Category: Software Development
- Seniority: Senior Level
- Commitment: Full Time
- Workplace: Remote — Arizona or Colorado or Florida or Idaho or Kansas or Missouri or Texas
- Salary: USD 70,304 – 105,456 / year
- Languages: English
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
About California Casualty
An insurance company offering a range of medical, financial, and other benefits to employees. — Industry: Finance