Principal Software Engineer

Technical Leader

Serve as top-level technical authority on leading edge, complex, state-of-the-art technologies and/or techniques. This position is a senior leader of the organization who serves as leader, collaborator, innovator, role model, champion and subject matter expert.

Member of engineering team supporting CRC Specialty, CRC's brokerage business.

This is a hands-on development position, but also with technical leadership responsibility for onshore and offshore developers. No HR responsibilities.

Support internal facing web applications (REDY and Quick Quotes) that helps our producers better support and service our retail agency partners.

Focus is on design and development for both new and existing applications, including AI-based capabilities.

Applications are 100% cloud based, both IaaS and PaaS.

Applications are built on Microsoft stack, including Microsoft Azure and Open AI.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Act as top-level subject matter expert on assigned technology stack.

2. Lead existing and emerging technology and development processes, ensuring those technologies and processes are aligned with the goals and strategies of the business strategy.

3. Develop/invent highly innovative, complex and critical solutions with assigned technologies that require extensive, in-depth knowledge of the assigned technology.

4. Identify and develop revolutionary business opportunities with significant impacts on financial results.

5. Build strong partnerships with all levels of management to drive improvement of the application portfolio that uses assigned technologies across Technology teams.

6. Identify and develop sound application architecture patterns, frameworks and standards for the assigned technology for use across Technology to drive application architecture consistency.

7. Identify and drive application architecture and business capability consolidation opportunities.

8. Meet with clients to understand their needs and offer consulting services to internal clients and DTS departments as requested/needed.

In an Agile environment: Acts as an Agile champion. Primarily responsible for delivering high quality working software and automating manual/reusable tasks. Leverages continuous engineering practices to deliver business value. Actively participates in refining user stories. Responsible for development and developing unit testing, and supporting integration and functional testing. Responsible for providing warranty support and providing knowledge transfer to production support. Develops code in accordance with the acceptance criteria established by the Product Owner.

Location: This role is hybrid based in Charlotte, Dallas or Atlanta.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Information Systems-related field, or equivalent education and related training

2. Minimum of five + years of experience in leading edge, complex, state-of-the-art technologies and/or techniques with additional experience within software development; should have development experience in C#.NET, Open AI, Cloud (Azure, AWS) and Python

3. Recognized in the industry for their experience and knowledge. May obtain the knowledge through more intense experience, such as working in a technology development company

4. Strong business and financial acumen and effective communication skills

5. Ability to establish strong relationships within the technical community

6. Ability to serve as a visionary concerning future technological capabilities and operational scenarios; ability to create new business models and technologies

7. Ability to create, manage and drive change

8. Ability to unify activities within the technology community, coordinating with other businesses and engineering organizations, as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Fifteen years of industry recognized experience and leadership
• Experienced working with IT leadership at all levels
• Experienced working with onshore and offshore engineering teams
• Affinity for working with agile methodologies and understands importance of process and documentation.
• Adept at designing cloud-based solutions.
• Willingness to wear multiple hats and believes in continuous learning
• Commercial P&C insurance experience preferred
• Commercial P&C insurance brokerage experience is a strong plus
• Strong Azure experience highly preferred.
• Open AI experience is a strong plus, including Python coding experience

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of CRC Group:

At CRC Group, we're committed to supporting every aspect of teammates' well-being – physical, emotional, financial, social, and professional. Our best-in-class benefits program is designed to care for the whole you, offering a wide range of coverage and support. Eligible full-time teammates enjoy access to medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and AD&D insurance; tax-advantaged savings accounts; and a 401(k) plan with company match. CRC Group also offers generous paid time off programs, including company holidays, vacation and sick days, new parent leave, and more. Eligible positions may also qualify for restricted stock units and/or a deferred compensation plan.

CRC Group supports a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status or other classification protected by law. CRC Group is a Drug Free Workplace.