What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Developer - Digital Legacy Team position at Western & Southern Financial Group?
Welcome to Western & Southern Financial Group – Our focus on creating value for our customers through everything we do is foundational to who we are. We provide meaningful and challenging work for our associates, a key facet of our incredible culture that helps make Western & Southern a career destination.
135 years of operating history
• Born as a modest, door-to-door life insurance business and built to last forever
• Ranked 372 on Fortune 500
• Award winning Talent Development Team
• Top 10 for Top Spouse Employer and Military Friendly Employer in 2023
• We consider Cincinnati the best place to live, work and celebrate life – that is why we are committed to doing good for our community
Our Culture
We are building our company to thrive and provide value to our customers, business partners and associates over the long term. To accomplish this, we look for professionals who embody our culture of integrity, top-notch performance, collaboration and teamwork. We are committed to hiring and developing associates who are driven to excel, have a strong work ethic and use astute, fact-based and ethical judgment in decision-making.
A Day in the Life
The Software Developer III is a full-stack developer supporting web portals, reporting, and information management for one of our subsidiaries. This position suits a versatile developer skilled in bridging legacy and modern platforms, advancing continuous improvement across the IT landscape to meet evolving business and customer demands. You’ll work across legacy and modern tech stacks to enhance, support, and refactor critical systems. Your work will include 40% enhancements and new projects, 40% production support, and 20% modernization.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Design, build, and maintain full-stack business applications using .NET, C#, and PHP — working across both back-end (50%) and front-end (50%) development.
• Take the lead on projects, from gathering technical requirements to designing scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions that drive business value.
• Review code and champion quality, ensuring alignment with SDLC best practices and promoting standards for logging, testing, and documentation.
• Collaborate across teams to modernize legacy applications while continuously delivering new features and enhancements.
• Embrace AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.) to accelerate coding, refactoring, and problem-solving — and share your insights to help the team gr
ow.• Own production support, troubleshoot issues, and lead root cause analysis to keep systems stable, reliable, and performing at a high level.
Premier Benefits to Support YOU
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, prescription, pet insurance, life insurance, disability, Fertility, maternity/caregiver & parental leave, and more!
• Retirement solution with our 401(k) savings AND pension plan!
• Paid time off that increases with tenure.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Subsidized affordable parking.
• On-site Cafeteria and fitness center (including sports leagues).
• On-site Registered Nurse.
• Career Coaching/Mentoring.
• Individualized development plans and career pathing.
Learn more about who we are visit; www.westernsouthern.com/careers/home-office-careers.