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Penn Mutual is looking to hire a motivated and experienced Senior Software Engineer, to strengthen and lead our financial services engineering team. This team manages a financial data platform, using big data technologies and a distributed compute engine in the Cloud to process and store large amounts of financial data. The platform also serves as an integration point to send and receive data from other systems. The ideal candidate has a software engineering background and experience supporting financial systems. This is a hands-on position with a people mentoring component. The position partners closely with Accountants and Actuaries, in the business, to sustain daily operations and end of quarter activities. Excellent communication skills in both technical and business areas are a must.
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll partner in a team of experienced software engineers, removing impediments and enabling the teams to deliver business value.
- Ensure team ownership of legacy systems with an emphasis on maintaining operational stability.
- Be a passionate leader committed to the development and mentorship of your teams.
- Partner with business and IT stakeholders to ensure alignment with key corporate priorities.
- Share ideas and work to bring people together to help solve sophisticated problems.
- Create a positive and collaborative environment by championing open communication and soliciting continuous feedback.
- Stay current with new technology trends.
Additional Responsibilities
- Participates in the discussion and documentation of best practices and standards for application development
- Complies with all company policies and procedures
- Remains current in profession and industry trends
- Successfully completes regulatory and job training requirements
- 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with any object-oriented language, Java or Scala preferred.
- 3+ years of experience using Spark, EMR, Glue or other serverless compute technology in the Cloud.
- 3+ years of experience architecting and enhancing data platforms and service-oriented architectures.
- Experience working within Agile/DevSecOps development environments.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills.
- More recent experience in Cloud development preferred.
- Experience working with modern, web-based architectures, including REST APIs, Serverless, event-driven microservices.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline.
Desired Experience
- Experience working with financial management stakeholders.
- Experience with Workday or other large ERP platforms desired.
- Life Insurance or financial services industry experience a plus.
The interview process will include several rounds of video interviews and may also include an in person component.
Base Salary Range: $135,000 - $165,000
For over 175 years, Penn Mutual has empowered individuals, families and businesses on the journey to achieve their financial goals. Through our partnership with Financial Professionals across the U.S., we help instill the confidence and reliability that comes from a stronger financial future. Penn Mutual and its affiliates offer a comprehensive suite of competitive products and services to meet the unique needs of Financial Professionals and their clients, including life insurance, annuities, wealth management and institutional asset management. To learn more, including current financial strength ratings, visit www.pennmutual.com.
Penn Mutual is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We provide employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified applicants and associates, according to applicable laws. This is reflected in our practices for hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment, compensation, selection or training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. All employment-related decisions and practices are free from unlawful discrimination. This includes: race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship age, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, domestic partnership or civil union status, marital status, genetic information, disability, religious observance or practice, liability, veteran status or any other classification protected under applicable law.
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