A career at Auto-Owners is challenging and rewarding. Our group of caring associates create financial security by helping individuals and businesses make a new start when a loss occurs.
Job Description
We offer a merit-based work-from-home program based on job responsibilities. After initial training in-person, this specific role could have the flexibility to work from home up to 3 days per week.
Please note that we are not currently hiring fully remote positions. All candidates must have the ability to work in one of our tech offices. Our tech office for this role is in Lansing, Michigan only.
Auto-Owners Insurance, a top-rated insurance carrier, is seeking a motivated individual to join our IT Division as an experienced Modern Technology Software Developer. Responsibilities include developing, maintaining, and supporting software applications for new and existing systems. The position requires the person to:
- Define, develop, test, analyze, and maintain new and pre-existing software programs and applications.
- Actively participate in code/design reviews and brainstorming sessions.
- Develop program and system documentation.
- Share technical knowledge and experience with others through informal and formal mentorship.
- Analyze and fix software errors in a timely and accurate fashion.
- Consult with users, architects, project leaders, and management to resolve problems and suggest alternatives.
Desired Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, a related field, or equivalent experience is required.
- Minimum of 5 years of development experience is strongly preferred.
- Experience with Java, Kotlin, and a modern IDE is strongly preferred.
- Experience with OpenShift, SQL and Kafka is a plus.
- Experience with source control management software is a plus.
- Enthusiasm for driving improvement by finding and implementing solutions to new challenges.
- Must be able to learn and effectively use tools and software development techniques as practiced, acquired, or adopted within the IT Division.
Benefits
Auto-Owners offers a wide range of career opportunities, and we are seeking talent that will help us continue our long tradition of success. We offer a friendly work environment, structured training program, employee mentoring and an excellent compensation/benefits package. Along with a competitive base salary, matched 401(k), fully-funded pension plan (once vested), and bonus programs, Auto-Owners also provides generous paid time off including holidays, vacation days, personal time, and sick leave. If you're looking to do rewarding work alongside great people, Auto-Owners is the place for you!
Equal Employment Opportunity
Auto-Owners Insurance is an equal opportunity employer. The Company hires, transfers, and promotes on the basis of ability, without consideration of disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, height, weight, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, or any factor contrary to federal, state or local law.
*Please note that the ability to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship is a requirement.
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What We Do
We are a team of hard working associates and local, independent agents who are proud to be among the nation's largest insurers of Life, Home, Car, and Business; and consistently ranked as a Fortune 500 company since 2002.
Our guiding core values lead us to success and have helped us achieve many industry service awards as well as our recent certification as a Great Place To Work®.
Careers:
As an Auto-Owners associate, you have the opportunity to thrive in our certified Great Place To Work® environment, while benefiting from a workplace that is stable, profitable and invests in you. Some perks you enjoy as an Auto-Owners associate include:
• Less than a 40 hour work week
• Educational opportunities
• Working in a certified Great Place To Work® environment
• On-site dining (Lansing location)
• Professional growth opportunities
To view employment opportunities with Auto-Owners Insurance, please go to: http://www.auto-owners.com/career-center/career-opportunities
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