Systems Engineer/Developer

Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE: ESNT) is a Bermuda-based holding company (collectively with its subsidiaries, "Essent") which serves the housing finance industry by offering private mortgage insurance, reinsurance, risk management products and title insurance and settlement services to mortgage lenders, borrowers, and investors to support homeownership. We are focused on managing risk and dedicated to serving as a strong and fair counterparty. As a company, we bring strong private capital and a commitment to risk management to the mortgage insurance industry.

Title: Systems Engineer/Developer

Location: Winston Salem, NC (Fully on-site)

Solution design and develop procedures and systems that solve complex business problems and convert these procedures into applications and programs required for computer solutions. Will be asked to occasionally perform in a lead role on projects and to operate developed systems as necessary.

As a dynamic and resourceful professional, we will rely on you to perform the following duties:

• Develop applications, programs, and user interfaces based on technical design specifications
• Develop unit test plans and cases for programs and applications
• Document technical design specifications for programs and data structures based on business requirements.
• Develop integration/ Systems test plans and test cases for program and applications
• Work with team members to develop program unites that integrate seamlessly into the overall system
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve problems within application software
• Educate users on the capabilities and use of current technologies
• Research and recommend new cloud and AI technologies
• Develop project plans, activity, and progress reports
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent experience. Masters preferred
• 1-3 years of related experience preferred
• Ability to use configuration management software
• PC operating systems and tools
• Training in systems analysis, especially structured methods
• Good communication skills, oral and written
• Diagnostic and conceptual analysis skills
• Strong development, debugging and problem-solving skills
• Strong knowledge of SQL, Java, Python, C, Rust and C#
• Ability to quickly and accurately make decisions
• Capability to work effectively with others
• Working knowledge of relational databases, schema design and use of associated tools
• Linux operating systems and tools
• Project management and time management principles
• Knowledge of mortgage insurance industry and data exchange standards (e.g., EDI, MISMO, Fannie Mae, DU, XML, JSON)
• Customer focused
• Displays intellectual curiosity and a keen interest in cloud technology
• Applies analytical techniques and uses results to make appropriate decisions
• Demonstrates leadership and teambuilding skills
• Analyzes problems and offers appropriate solutions

As a part of their job function the candidate will be expected to acquire the skills and knowledge to complete their tasks including:

• Acquire knowledge of mortgage insurance industry and data exchange standards (e.g., EDI, MISMO, Fannie Mae, DU, XML, JSON)
• Acquire one or more AWS Certifications
• Acquire knowledge in the use, design, and development of the following AWS cloud technologies: Lambda, DynamoDB, Step Functions, Amplify, Docker, Kubernetes, API Gateway, RDS, and S3
• Acquire knowledge in use of Terraform, AWS Cloud Formation, AWS CDK, AWS CLI
• Acquire knowledge of DevOps and Agile development methodology, process and tools including use of Azure DevOps, Jira, AWS Code Pipeline, GitFlow and/or similar CI/CD tooling
• Acquire knowledge with Cloud logging facilities such as X-Ray, CloudWatch, Data Dog, and/or Dynatrace and how to use it for debugging and performance tuning.
• Acquire knowledge of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms, techniques, libraries, and tools such as XGBoost, BERT, Random Forest, SageMaker, EMR, S3, Athena, Quicksight, NUMPY, SCIPY, and PANDAS
• Acquire knowledge of developing, deploying and consuming web services and APIs including using security protocols such as OAuth, OpenAPI, etc.
• Acquire knowledge of web-based user interface design, languages, and frameworks such as HTML, Javascript, CSS, React, VueJS, AngularJS
• Become skilled with integrated development tools such as AWS Cloud9, Microsoft VS Code, Eclipse and version control system such as Git or Azure DevOps.

Our commitment to your success is enhanced by our competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, 401(k) and disability benefits. We work to maintain a positive environment for our employees, where people can learn and grow with the company. Essent is an Equal Opportunity Employer.