The work we do has an impact on millions of lives, and you can be a part of it.

We help protect our customers against life’s uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the company, you’ll be helping provide protection and peace of mind when our customers need it most.

Protective is searching for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Application Development Engineering Group within the IT department at our Birmingham, AL corporate headquarters. This team is responsible for creating and maintaining websites for both consumers and agents in the field.

The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for designing, coding, testing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting software systems.

Duties

• Works closely with business analysts and customers to gather requirements in order to ensure the customer’s business needs and expectations are met in a timely and cost effective manner.
• Diagnoses, isolates and debugs software problems and provides resolution.
• Provides leadership as a model of how others should interact and accomplish tasks. Is considered 'a top expert' by peers in one or more important areas of expertise, such as, a programming language, computer system, data base, etc.
• Provides an appropriate level of feedback to peers, support and interface areas, and management. Willingly shares and assists in the development skills of others.
• Prepares and modifies technical documentation.
• Researches, evaluates and recommends new development tools and applications as appropriate.
• Responsibilities may include managing work within a project.

• Typically, 7-10 years of web development experience but negotiable based off skill level.
• Typically, post-secondary degree, preferably in Management Information Services, Computer Science or Math related field may substitute for work and/or technical experience.
• Proven experience in all aspects of the software development process
• Technical certifications are desirable.

• Demonstrates a thorough, detailed knowledge of relevant technologies.
• Responsible for designing and implementing how the technologies will be incorporated in current systems or will be used in development of complex new systems.
• Demonstrates a thorough, detailed understanding of various data structures.
• Requires programming skills sufficient to solve difficult and very complex technical problems.
• Must be able to manage multiple, changing priorities, resolve conflicts and be able to work well under pressure.
• Must be self-motivated, able to work independently and willing to self-teach and take responsibility for ongoing professional development.
• Ability to analyze and design software solutions to meet very complex requirements.
• Requires oral and written communication skills sufficient to communicate clearly with peers and customers.
• Ability to perform reviews of other developers’ code and provide sign off and or constructive feedback.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the .Net framework.
• C#
• ASP.Net MVC 5

• SQL Server 2008
• HTML5 & CSS3

• RESTful Services
• JQuery
• Knowledge of responsive design principles.
• Distributed and Asynchronous Design and Development strongly preferred.
• NServiceBus experience a plus.
• TFS Build Server experience a plus.

Note: Pursuant to Colorado law, Protective is providing the applicable salary range for Colorado residents.

Protective’s targeted salary range for this position is $81,000 to $102,450. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors, including but not limited to, job location, skills, and experience. The range listed is just one component of Protective’s total compensation package for employees.

This position also offers additional incentive opportunities through an annual incentive based on individual and Company performance as well as a 401k match and a pension plan.

Employee Benefits:

We aim to protect our employees' wellbeing through a broad benefits offering. For example, we protect physical wellbeing through health, dental and vision insurance. We protect mental wellbeing through mental health benefits and an employee assistance program. We protect time away from work with a variety of paid time away benefits (e.g., paid time off, paid parental leave, short-term disability, and a cultural observance day). We protect financial wellbeing through contributions to healthcare accounts, a pension plan, and a 401(k) plan with Company matching. All employees are encouraged to protect their overall wellbeing by engaging in ProHealth Rewards, Protective’s platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards.

Eligibility for certain benefits may vary by position in accordance with the terms of the Company’s benefit plans.

Diversity and Inclusion:

At Protective, we are committed to providing an inclusive culture where all employees are able to fully contribute and thrive. Our goal is to grow and develop our people, attract diverse talent and support strong, diverse communities.

We support diversity, equity, and inclusion by working to develop a culture of inclusion and belonging led by leaders who develop potential and embrace unique skills and abilities. Our aim is to create an equitable and accountable environment for all leaders and employees that will drive performance and impact business strategy. In this way, we can increase overall diversity for leadership roles and pipelines of talent by maturing our hiring practices, robust development opportunities and focus on retention of key talent.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to being inclusive and attracting, retaining, and growing the talents of a diverse and inclusive workforce.