Job Description

Applied Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in insurance technology, is currently searching for a Manager of Software Engineering. In this role, you will be guiding a technical team focused on transforming the insurance industry. The ideal Manager will have a track record of delivering results, a passion for quality, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to see the big picture to invent new solutions as well as simplify existing ones.

In this new role, you will guide a team to success by unblocking issues, driving toward priorities, taking feedback, and applying appropriate resources to the problem. At Applied, we’re committed to our work, customers, having fun, and most importantly to each other’s success.

We are an engineering and product-focused company. Our engineers and product owners take a leading role in designing, architecting, building, and testing our products.

The Manager of Software Engineering will be responsible for carrying out product vision with a high level of quality and technical excellence. Successful execution will require fluency in SaaS-based application development, test automation, attention to detail, analytical skills, an understanding of business processes, and an unwavering dedication to quality.

• Lead a team of software engineers to deliver high-quality results with consistency
• Empower the team with clear goals and a data-informed approach to ensure excellence
• Contribute to the full stack progress of a variety of new and existing features and products
• Guide the team to maintain and update automated test systems as functionality evolves
• Teach, mentor, and foster a collegial atmosphere focusing on feedback, including technical feedback through code reviews, design reviews, and guidance on the technical vision
• Ensure delivery of releasable, high-quality, high-value increments to maximize team velocity
• Monitor application performance in production and non-production environments
• Create a data-informed culture with high standards of operational excellence and identify opportunities for continuous improvement within the team
• Collaborate with Product Management and Software Engineering Leaders to define the work and support the team by reducing scope change, addressing blockers, and driving collaboration
• Keep up to date on industry standards and the latest software trends and tools

What You’ll Need to Succeed 

 We’re looking for someone who: 

• Has the ability to work from an Applied Systems office or 100% remotely

Your experience should include some or all of the following:

• B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical field
• 5- 8 years' experience in software engineering
• 2 years’ experience leading a software development team
• Solid Computer Science and well-rounded software engineering skills and equivalent experience
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices including complete software development life cycles, coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Microsoft stack experience: C#, Asp.Net, .Net, JavaScript, Angular 2 , SQL
• Full stack, commercial, SaaS software experience
• Fundamental knowledge of data types, data structures, data sets, data access, and software design patterns
• Solid understanding of various technologies and systems such as HTTP, REST APIs, Distributed Systems, Services, Messaging, Queues, Caching, SQL / NoSQL databases and Angular web applications
• Experience with one or more of the following sets of technologies: ASP.Net Core, MVC, Entity Framework, Dapper, Dependency Injection, Nunit, xUnit, Moq, AngularJS, Postman, Jest, Splunk, Data Dog, Git
• Experience with testing patterns and best practices
• Software security best practices
• Experience in leveraging cloud environments (e.g. AWS, Azure) and open source tools
• Experience in logging, performance metrics, debugging, optimizations and defect resolution.

What You’ll Gain

Benefits from Day One

• Health insurance plans, dental, and vision
• Wellness incentives
• 401(k) and/or RRSP retirement savings plans with employer match

Work-Life Balance

• Competitive paid vacation time and a free day for your birthday
• Personal/sick time
• Paid holidays
• Flex Time
• Paid parental leave (U.S. candidates)
• Volunteer time off

Empowering Career Growth and Success – We invest in talent, care about our people, and are empowered by the results of our work. We grow our teams from within and give our employees opportunities to advance.

What We Value

We strive for excellence at every turn to be the best at what we do. We invest in talent, care about our people, and are empowered by the results of our work. We fulfill the promise of insurance – safeguarding and protecting what matters most in people’s lives. And there is no more important job than that.

Our focus on the workforce, workplace and marketplace gives us a qualified individual in an environment in which they can be productive while we maintain our position in the industry. To help drive that change toward a vibrant, modern workplace, we have employee-driven networks with commonalities in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and military status.

Who We Are

For more than 35 years, Applied Systems has created innovative technology for the global insurance industry. Today, we are a rapidly growing software leader that is revolutionizing the way agencies and brokerages succeed.

We are smart and curious people in a tech-first environment that champions bold and powerful thinking. We are transforming a complex industry through digitization, automation, and innovative new partnerships. Together we are driving the industry fearlessly forward.

It’s an exciting time at Applied. You can do big things here, in an environment that supports creative thinking and bold ideas. Visit http://www.AppliedSystems.com for more information on how you can challenge what’s possible.

EEO Statement 

Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don’t discriminate, and we are committed to recruiting, develop, retain, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

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