Software Engineer III (AI)

hackajob is collaborating with Verisk to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

Description

The Senior Software Engineer operates as a senior/lead team member of a team, assisting assigned Insurance Carrier project teams ("our clients") to implement, integrate, leverage and enhance the FAST platform. We rely on a dynamic team of engineers to create solutions for our rapidly evolving technical stack. We're seeking a full stack developer who is smart, proactive, and results-oriented to build elegant solutions for the Life insurance industry's complex business domain and make our industry-leading products even better.

The ideal candidate has experience building products across the stack and a firm understanding of web frameworks, APIs, databases, and multiple back-end languages for a SaaS application. The full stack developer will join a small team to solve challenges for both the front-end and back-end architecture, ultimately delivering amazing experiences for the Life insurance industry.

This role is on onsite role in our Holmdel, NJ location, which has a flexible hybrid work model.

Responsibilities

Objectives of this role

• Help develop GenAI and AgenticAI offerings leveraging AWS Services on the FAST Policy Administration Platform
• Be a leading voice in the design and implementation of AI based solutions for the insurance industry
• Provide guidance to junior and mid-level engineers, helping them develop their technical skills, career growth, and problem-solving abilities
• Work across the full stack, building highly scalable distributed solutions that enable positive user experiences and measurable business growth
• Develop new features and infrastructure in support of rapidly emerging business and project objectives
• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, and maintain high standards for code quality and application design
• Develop new features and infrastructure in support of rapidly emerging business and project requirements
• Continuously enhance the base platform in accordance with SaaS development principles

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for technical discussions with senior management, other engineering teams, and business units. Translate complex technical topics into clear, understandable language for non-technical stakeholders
• Participate in all aspects of agile software development, including design, implementation, and deployment
• Design and provide guidance on building end-to-end systems optimized for speed and scale leveraging services design principles on .NET platforms
• Work primarily in technologies like .NET, Angular/REACT, Java Script, SQL Server, Postgres, etc.
• Engage with inspiring designers and front-end engineers, and collaborate with leading back-end engineers to create reliable APIs
• Develop next generation user interfaces for all applications and innovate on integration patterns using Microservice design

Qualifications

Soft Skills and Personal Attributes

• Strong analytical skills to breakdown complex objectives and provide appropriate solutions within the context of the FAST application.
• A strong focus on delivering value to clients, ensuring that their needs are prioritized while balancing operational and regulatory constraints.
• Communication & Presentation: Excellent communication skills, particularly in articulating complex product features and benefits to clients in a clear, concise, and persuasive manner.
• Communication and Interpersonal skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information clearly to various stakeholders. Strong relationship-building skills to foster collaboration across departments.

Required Technical Skills and qualifications

• At least 5-7 of Industry experience in working and building large-scale software applications
• Experience with building Generative AI solutions using AWS Bedrock, MCP
• Deep understanding of Prompt Engineering and best practices
• Experience in building web applications
• Demonstrated programing expertise in Java, C#, or Python
• Strong skills with object-oriented programming and Enterprise software design principles
• Development experience with javascript frameworks (React, Angular, ExtJS) a plus
• Prior development utilizing SOA concepts and methodologies.
• Strong leader capable of motivating and energizing resources
• Prior leadership and/or management experience of on-shore and off-shore resources
• Experience in designing and integrating RESTful APIs
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills
• Experience in unit/integration testing
• Experience with AWS Services

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in computer science, information technology, or engineering (Masters a plus)
• Interest in learning new tools, languages, workflows, and philosophies
• Professional certifications