Sr. Software Development Engineer (Sr. SDE)

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Berkley Technology Services (BTS) is the dynamic technology solution for W. R. Berkley Corporation, a Fortune 500 Commercial Lines Insurance Company. With key locations in Urbandale, IA and Wilmington, DE, BTS provides innovative and customer-focused IT solutions to the majority of WRBC's 60+ operating units across the globe. BTS's wide reach ensures that ideas and opinions are considered at every level of the organization to guarantee we find the best solutions possible.


Driven by a commitment to collaboration, BTS acts as consultants to our customers and Operating Units by providing comprehensive solutions that not only address the challenge at hand, but proactively plan for the "What's Next" in our industry and beyond.


With a culture centered on innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, BTS stands as a community of technology leaders with eyes toward the future - leaders who truly care about growing not only their team members, but themselves, and take pride in their employees who shine. BTS offers endless ways to get involved and have the chance to grow your career into a wide range of roles you'd never known existed. Come join us as we push forward into the future of industry leading technological solutions.


Berkley Technology Services: Right Team, Right Technology, Simple and Secure.


Responsibilities

• Architect and develop configuration and integration workflows within multiple enterprise applications;
• Design and develop scalable microservices;
• Build low-latency, highly fault tolerant APIs to be consumed by multiple client systems;
• Work with a team on automating processes in various stages of SDLC and build pipeline for continuous integrations using DevOps tools like docker, Kubernetes and Jenkins;
• Maintain production systems after release by using monitoring tools;
• Work closely with other members in Software Development Team and perform code review upholding best practices and architectural patterns;
• Translate insurance-related functional requirements for BTS backend systems into technical requirements and/or change orders that will expand the capabilities of our applications;
• Participate in planning software development to generate more efficient backend system processing;
• Conduct unit testing in controlled, real situations before going live; and
• Perform recruiting screening and technical assessments of incoming candidates.

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Qualifications

Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field plus 5 years of progressive experience in any occupation which includes the required experience and skills. In lieu of a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field plus 5 years of progressive experience, employer will accept a Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field plus 3 years of experience in any occupation which includes the required experience and skills.

Experience must include:

• 5 or 3 years of experience (depending on degree) building REST APIs and Microservices.
• 5 or 3 years of experience (depending on degree) architecting, reviewing, and implementing design patterns for scalable, performant, and resilient systems.
• 5 or 3 years of experience (depending on degree) with enterprise Java and object-oriented development.
• 5 or 3 years of experience (depending on degree) working with SQL and SQL server.
• 5 or 3 years of experience (depending on degree) working with DevOps tools including docker, Jenkins and Kubernetes.

Additional Company Details

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT: Approximately 10% domestic travel required to unanticipated locations.