Director, Software Engineering (Java, Microservices, AWS)

Who Are We?

• Lead a team of Software Engineers across several agile teams as they design, develop, and support the business partners with a mission to drive long-term value.
• Set technical direction and effectively influences across multiple teams to improve the overall quality of engineering practices and skill sets.
• Provide technical thought leadership, foster a team environment, and provide mentorship and coaching feedback to technical resources while assisting development teams.
• Ability to influence priorities by identifying solutions that are aligned with current business objectives and closely follow industry trends.
• Establish short- and long-term technology roadmaps for the organization.
• Partner with broader software engineering excellence groups in shaping technology best practices for the team.
• Lead POC efforts to investigate new technologies and business capabilities.
• Participate and contribute meaningfully to architecture and design activities, especially as we evolve to the public cloud.
• Provide human resources management, including coaching, performance management, team development and growth, and workforce planning.
• Apply knowledge of current industry trends and techniques to formulate solutions for software engineering problems.
• Act as subject matter expert across multiple applications, systems and technologies.
• Seek opportunities where technology can be utilized to improve the business and provide more efficient processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• 5 years of related experience; including insurance / financial services industry experience.
• Demonstrated experience implementing current technology trends and techniques (e.g., cloud-based solutions leveraging microservices).
• Interprets internal/ external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve SDLC processes.
• Delivery - Advanced delivery skills including the ability to determine the software design strategy and methodology to be used for efforts, use automated tests, analysis, and informed feedback loops to ensure the quality and production readiness of work before release, monitor the health of work efforts and that of adjacent systems.
• Domain Expertise - Demonstrated track record of domain expertise including the ability to develop business partnerships and influence priorities by identifying solutions that are aligned with current business objective and closely follow industry trends relevant to domain, understanding how to apply them, and sharing knowledge with coworkers.
• Problem Solving - Strong problem solver who utilizes data and proofs of concepts to find creative solutions to difficult problems, reflects on solutions, measuring their impact, and uses that information to ideate and optimize. Also adept at making decisions that involve a significant number of factors with broad implications.
• Communication - Strong communicator who possesses the ability to describe technology concepts in ways the business can understand, document initiatives in a concise and clear manner, collaborate effectively with teammates and others regardless of role, quickly extract core issues from discussions and meetings, give and receive constructive feedback, offer help when asked, and ensure everyone has a chance to share their thoughts and are heard; an attentive and empathetic listener.
• Leadership - Advanced leadership skills with the ability to take action even when there is no clear owner, inspire and motivate others, and be effective at influencing team members.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or its equivalent in work experience.
• Three years of programming/development experience.

• Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members - including spouses, domestic partners, and children - are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
• Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
• Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
• Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals. In addition, our Life Balance program provides access to professional counseling services, life coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs. Through Life Balance, you're eligible for five free counseling sessions with a licensed therapist.
• Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.