Software Application Developer

Location(s)

St. Louis, Missouri

Details

Kemper is one of the nation's leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture, valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kemper's products and services are making a real difference to our customers, who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team, you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises.

Kemper is seeking a senior .net Application Developer to work on key systems on the Kemper Life Insurance team.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, and implementing large-scale software solutions in the Life Insurance industry, focusing on Agent Compensation and Policy Administration Systems.

• Delivers quality and timely results.

• Identifies and resolves complex technical problems and issues with assigned applications and work processes. Escalates problems beyond the level of expertise to manager, more experienced technical staff, or vendor representatives.

• Complies with and supports all corporate, department and team policies and procedures.

• Keeps manager, project teams/managers and business customers informed of activities and problems within assigned areas of responsibility; refers matters beyond limits of authority to manager for direction.

• Recommends improvements to existing processes or proposes new ones, to improve the quality of project deliverables.

• Performs code and design reviews.

• Consults with internal and external customers on the utilization of applications computing technologies, within areas of expertise, to ensure that customers optimize the value of those technologies.

• Leads projects within specified technical disciplines; plans for the appropriate resources needed.

• Develop technical knowledge and performance skills of IS projects teams, within areas of expertise.

• Participates in knowledge sharing and contributes to the overall technical skill improvement of the organization.

• Participates in daily site, cross-site and product team stand ups.

• Able to read other team members code and pinpoint problems accurately.

• Participates in retrospectives to gather feedback and derive actionable items to improve the team and the product.

• Researches, evaluates, and recommends new technologies independently or with the architect's implementation.

• Supports proof-of-concept activities.

• Develop technical specs, design documents, functional designs, and requirements.

Qualifications

• 8 years of application developer experience

• Experience in technical disciplines such as .NET Core 6.0 and C# programming

• Strong knowledge and experience with Oracle PLSQL.

• Experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk, AppDynamics, and Grafana

• Experience with Code Analyzer and scanning tools (SonarQube / Veracode)

• Bachelor's degree, equivalent work experience or appropriate technical certification.

• Life Insurance experience preferred.

• The ability to provide technical leadership on large/complex application installation, development, and support projects

• Advanced knowledge of program design methods and techniques and standard development tools.

• Use knowledge of new frameworks, tools and languages and make recommendations in applications as appropriate.

• Ability to teach and provide instruction to co-workers and provide feedback on progress toward goals.

• Experience with cloud development practices.

• Worked with various project methodologies (agile and waterfall).

• Understands technical controls, security concepts and SOX requirements.

Kemper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination.

Kemper does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Kemper and Kemper will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Kemper will never request personal information, such as your social security number or banking information, via text or email. Additionally, Kemper does not use external messaging applications like WireApp or Skype to communicate with candidates. If you receive such a message, delete it.

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Kemper at a Glance

The Kemper family of companies is one of the nation's leading specialized insurers. With approximately $13 billion in assets, Kemper is improving the world of insurance by providing affordable and easy-to-use personalized solutions to individuals, families and businesses through its Kemper Auto and Kemper Life brands. Kemper serves over 4.8 million policies, is represented by approximately 22,200 agents and brokers, and has approximately 7,500 associates dedicated to meeting the ever-changing needs of its customers. Learn more at ~~~ .

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We value diversity and strive to be an employer of choice. An Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V

Our employees enjoy great benefits:

• Qualify for your choice of health and dental plans within your first month.

• Save for your future with robust 401(k) match, Health Spending Accounts and various retirement plans.

• Learn and Grow with our Tuition Assistance Program, paid certifications and continuing education programs.

• Contribute to your community through United Way and volunteer programs.

• Balance your life with generous paid time off and business casual dress.

• Get employee discounts for shopping, dining and travel through Kemper Perks.