Software Engineer II

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Target Openings
Travelers is seeking a Software Engineer II to join our organization as we grow and transform our Technology landscape. Individual will complete advanced end to end engineering tasks for specific system assignments including designing, developing, analyzing, configuring, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, documenting, health monitoring/alerting, and implementing based on user or system specifications, consulting with users to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications, managing interaction between the systems and other technical support areas and defining technical requirements and coordinating team resources to solve problems.
Perform analysis, design, development, and configuration functions (includes defining technical requirements) with a high degree of accuracy and speed, operating as an individual contributor to team goals.
Perform analysis, assessment and resolution for defects and incidents of advanced complexity and escalate appropriately.
Four years of programming/development experience preferred.
Demonstrated experience with cloud computing (e.g., AWS (Serverless/EKS) and/or Azure)
Terraform, AWS CDK)
React.js, Node.js, and/or .NET.)
Proven proficiency with scripting languages (e.g., JavaScript, TypeScript, and/or Python)
Experience with object-oriented languages (e.g., C# and/or Java)
Experience with relational databases, such as DB2, MySQL, and/or PostgreSQL
Familiarity with document databases, such as MongoDB and/or DynamoDB
Demonstrated experience with AI Enablement:
Experience in AI Agent Programming (e.g., Open AI, Anthropic, and MCP)
Coding Assistant Usage (e.g., Experience with automated testing and unit testing (NUnit/XUnit, Moq, Jest, and Cypress)
Proven CI/CD experience (CloudBees Jenkins, Jenkins Open Source, and/or Azure DevOps)
Experience with observability/monitoring platforms, such as Dynatrace, ELK stack, and OpenTelemetry
Familiarity and experience working with Agile / Scrum methodologies and tools (Jira and Rally)
Delivery - Intermediate delivery skills including the ability to estimate accurate timelines for tasks and deliver work at a steady, predictable pace to achieve commitments, contribute to the software design strategy and methodologies used to best meet the system requirements, consider and build for many different use cases, avoid over engineering, and ensure automation, deliver complete solutions but release them in small batches, and identify important tradeoffs and negotiate them.
Domain Expertise - Demonstrated track record of domain expertise including understanding technical concepts necessary to do the job effectively and aware of industry trends, demonstrate willingness, cooperation, and concern for business issues and priorities, and possess in depth knowledge of immediate systems worked on and some knowledge of adjacent systems.
Communication - Strong communicator who possesses the ability to articulate information clearly and concisely with the business, document work in a clear, easy to follow manner, collaborate well with team members as both a mentor and mentee, take in vague requirements and ask the right questions to ensure clarification, offer feedback appropriately and effectively, seek out and receives constructive criticism well, listen when others are speaking and make space for colleagues to share their thoughts.
Leadership - Intermediate leadership skills with the ability to help create a safe environment for others to learn and grow as engineers and a proven track record of self-motivation in identifying opportunities and tracking team efforts.
Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in work experience.
Two years of programming/development experience.
Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
Retirement: When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.