Senior Staff Software Engineer (Java & AWS)

Senior Staff Software Engineer - IE07HE

We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.   

The Hartford’s Property & Casualty IT Team is seeking a highly experienced Senior Staff Software Engineer with deep expertise in Java and AWS to lead the design, development, optimization and transformation of our cloud-based applications. In this role, you will provide technical leadership, drive key technical design decisions, and mentor a team of engineers to build scalable and high-performance systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape the technical vision, improve development practices, and ensure the reliability of our distributed applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect & Develop: Design, develop, and optimize enterprise-scale applications using Java and AWS services.

• Cloud-Native Solutions: Architect and implement highly available, scalable, and secure solutions using AWS services like Lambda, ECS, S3, RDS, Glue,  Step Functions, SNS, SQS, Event Bridge and Service Catalog.                            

• DevOps & Automation: Advocate for CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with AWS CloudFormation and/or Terraform, and automated testing to ensure software quality and deployment efficiency.

• Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in applications, databases, and cloud infrastructure.

• Security & Compliance: Build secure solutions and use shift left approach to do security testing within development cycle.

• Technical Leadership: Guide and mentor software engineers, conduct design reviews, and drive best practices in cloud development.

• Collaboration: Work closely with Product Managers, Architects, and other stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.

• Innovation: Stay up to date with emerging technologies and help drive innovative and AI-based solutions to improve system performance and maintainability.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Computer Science or related discipline

• 7+ years of professional software development experience, with a focus on Java.

• 2+ years of experience working with AWS and cloud-native application development.

• Expertise in microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and event-driven systems.

• Hands-on experience with IaC tools like AWS CloudFormation, Terraform or CDK.

• Strong background in relational (PostgreSQL, Oracle) databases.

• Experience implementing scalable, high-availability solutions with distributed systems.

• Experience with continuous integration and DevOps methodologies, preferred tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline, SonarQube etc.,

• Experience with Agile development frameworks like Scaled Agile, Scrum, Kanban.

• Strong understanding of security best practices, authentication and IAM policies.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to mentor junior engineers.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Spring Boot framework or similar Java frameworks

• Proficiency in containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, or EKS).

• Experience in Python.

• Knowledge of AI services on AWS.

• Familiarity with observability tools like AWS CloudWatch, Splunk.

This role will have a Hybrid work schedule, with the expectation of working in an office (Columbus, OH, Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT or Charlotte, NC) 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday).

Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.

Compensation

The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is:

$126,160 - $189,240

Equal Opportunity Employer/Females/Minorities/Veterans/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity or Expression/Religion/Age

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