Software Developer

Kemper is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers, committed to making a positive difference in the lives of its customers. The Systems Software Developer role involves providing technical consulting for application software development, resolving complex technical problems, and ensuring quality deliverables through various software development methodologies. Responsibilities: Provides technical consulting and support for application software development or computing technologies within areas of expertise; Develops, documents and executes unit test cases; Delivers quality and timely results; Identifies and resolves complex technical problems and issues with assigned applications and work processes; Escalates problems beyond level of expertise to manager, more experienced technical staff or vendor representatives; Review and recommend test plans for impacted areas and test coverage; Complies with and supports all corporate, department and team policies and procedures; Keeps manager, project teams/managers and business customers informed of activities and problems within assigned areas of responsibility; refers matters beyond limits of authority to manager for direction; Recommends improvements to existing processes or proposes new ones, to improve the quality of project deliverables; Performs code and design reviews; Consults with internal and external customers on the utilization of applications computing technologies, within areas of expertise, to ensure that customers optimize the value of those technologies; Leads projects within specified technical disciplines; plans for the appropriate resources needed; Develop technical knowledge and performance skills of IS projects teams, within areas of expertise; Researches, evaluates and recommends new technologies independently or with the architect’s implementation; Supports proof-of-concept activities; Develop technical specs, design documents, functional designs and Qualifications: 5+ Years of developer experience; Proficiency with the latest versions of Java, Angular, React and Spring Boot frameworks; Bachelor's degree, equivalent work experience or appropriate technical certification; Software development experience in enterprise services using Test Driven Development; Worked with various project methodologies (Agile and waterfall); Experience with developing/consuming Web Services (REST, SOAP) and APIs with exposure to auto insurance industry standard models; Experience with Data (SQL or similar query language) and data constructs (XML, JSON) and Databases such as PostgreSQL; Experience with unit test framework (JUnit, Karma/Jasmine, Mockito etc.); Experience with cloud-based services from AWS such as S3, Lambda, SQS, SNS; Experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk, AppDynamics, and Grafana; Experience with Code Analyzer and scanning tools (SonarQube); Ability to support multiple software applications; Ability to code, unit test and debug complex business applications Required Skills: Java, Angular, React, Spring Boot, Test Driven Development, Agile methodologies, Waterfall methodologies, Web Services, REST, SOAP, API development, SQL, XML, JSON, PostgreSQL, JUnit, Karma, Jasmine, Mockito, AWS, AWS S3, AWS Lambda, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Splunk, AppDynamics, Grafana, SonarQube, Insurance industry knowledge