Lead Software Engineer (Hybrid)

American Family Insurance - Corporate • Madison, WI • 4h ago

As the Lead Software Engineer with American Family Insurance, you will collaborate with others to deliver applications that meet our needs. Responsible for leading a large-scale application migration project, including planning, coordination across technical and partners, and execution to ensure a smooth transition with minimal disruption. Accountable for the design and development of enterprise business solutions and for providing technical guidance and direction for specific applications and associated platforms.

You will report to the Manager, Engineering.

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Position Compensation Range:

$131,000.00 - $220,000.00

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities:

Lead a large-scale enterprise migration project, driving planning, execution, and cross-team coordination.

Provide early-phase project expertise (resource/skill/time estimates, tool/technology selection, and proof of concept participation).

Analyze high-level system specifications, business requirements, and use cases; identify system dependencies and impacts.

Translate requirements into detailed specifications and system design plans for the development team.

Validate complex design decisions with stakeholders; provide advanced coding guidance to mitigate high-risk features and technical challenges.

Create and maintain required documentation (design decisions, estimating assumptions, code modules, performance metrics) in alignment with organizational standards.

Define, conduct, and mentor others on development standards and best practices.

Lead development walkthroughs.

Partner with teams to evaluate system flows, data usage, and manual/automated processes to confirm requirements and solution effectiveness.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements:

Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support, or service.

Demonstrated experience analyzing and understanding complex software/systems.

Demonstrated experience communicating technical information.

Demonstrated experience developing different solution-delivery and design approaches and solutions to customers.

Demonstrated experience developing complex software/systems using one or more programming languages.

Demonstrated experience analyzing and estimating project size and work efforts for software solutions.

Demonstrated experience providing technical guidance to less experienced staff.

Extensive knowledge and understanding of software development and design standards and methodologies.

Extensive knowledge and understanding of infrastructure technologies, operating systems, and the interconnectivity between infrastructure platforms and software tools.

Extensive knowledge and understanding of systems development life cycle (SDLC).

Solid knowledge and understanding of application architecture and design alternatives.

Solid knowledge and understanding of integration and migration strategies and technologies.

Preferred experience:

Leading a large-scale migration project.

Python/Java

Licenses:

-Not Applicable.

Travel Requirements

-Up to 10%.

Physical Requirements

-Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

Working Conditions

-Not Applicable.

Additional Information

To ensure a strong start, all employees participate in our New Employee Orientation during their first week. ?This experience is held in person at our Madison, WI Headquarters or one of our AmFam core locations to help you connect with our mission, meet key team members and build relationships that support your growth. ?At times, sessions may be delivered virtually based on scheduling and availability.?

Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks

Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions

Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting

In this hybrid role, you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month out of the Madison, WI or Boston, MA offices.

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email AskHR@AmFam.com to request a reasonable accommodation.

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