Why USAA?

Let’s do something that really matters.
At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation’s military, but we all share in the mission to give back to those who did. We’re working as one to build a great experience and make a real impact for our members.
We believe in our core values of honesty, integrity, loyalty, and service. They’re what guides everything we do from how we treat our members to how we treat each other. Come be a part of what makes us so special!

The Opportunity

We are seeking a dedicated Software Engineer Lead-Java/AWS that will be leading an agile execution team in the Policy Modernization program. We are building the first scalable Insurance Auto Policy product on Guidewire with integrations to multiple on premises and off premises vendors and creating the first unified Digital experience. This position plays a vital role towards building resilient applications using emergent designs, clean code, and automated pipeline validations in an iterative agile development process. This role will work with multiple IT teams across the enterprise to enable the delivery of the solution in a complaint manner.

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week . This position will be based out of San Antonio; TX or Plano; TX. Relocation assistance is available for this position.

Provides support to the Enterprise through delivering best in class technology solutions. Engaged in all phases of the software systems and application development lifecycle which include gathering and analyzing requirements, designing, testing, documenting, and implementing software, responding to outages.

What you'll do:

• Design, develop, code, and test complex cross functional technical solutions, often collaborating with Engineers or Architects outside of team/department.

• Leads the team in code/design reviews to ensure smooth daily operations and accurate planning for multiple teams.

• Organize work and lead multiple teams to deliver features and solutions.

• Independently resolves complex production issues and leads troubleshooting of end-to-end solutions that span multiple applications and systems.

• Mentor and coach junior / experienced engineers.

• Work with architecture to help define directions for cross functional or highly complex key technologies within a specific domain.

• May begin advancing professional development through active participation in industry organizations, writing programming publications, pursuing educational opportunities, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.

• Leverages Site Reliability Engineering practices in their domain.

• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree or 4 additional years of experience beyond the minimum requirement can be used in lieu of a degree.

• 8 years of software development experience demonstrating depth of technical understanding within a specific discipline(s)/technology(s) to include 2 years demonstrated leadership driving enterprise technology projects or initiatives.

• 6 years of experience delivering technology solutions in all phases of the software systems and application development lifecycle.

• Highly proficient in software engineering languages and tools; ability to develop on multiple platforms.

• Knowledge and advanced experience of leading code/design reviews.

• Demonstrated ability to address complex production issues by troubleshooting applications and systems.

• Ability to quickly understand applicable business acumen to provide appropriate Engineering solutions.

• Deep Understanding of one or more of the following: Java, Swift, Objective-C, Cobol, JavaScript, Kotlin, C , HTML, CSS, SQL.

• Demonstrated experience working with cloud technologies and tools.

What sets you apart:

• 3-5 years of effective team leadership working across IT and business areas.

• Up to 3 years of experience in large AWS Cloud Migrations and or establishing new Cloud environments leveraging EKS, Lambda, SE and other AWS services

• 5 years of Java Rest Services , REACT and Database technologies.

• 2 years hands on experience with Openshift on-prem deployments and EKS deployments in AWS into production, using strong SRE principles

• Up to 4 years of hands-on experience in Terraform development to facilitate auto provisioning infrastructure-as-code and using Artifactory repositories and Cloud Databases.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

What we offer:

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location. The salary range for this position is: $120,550- $230,400 .

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, please visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.