Sr. Software Engineer I, Tech Lead

WHO WE ARE:

Zinnia is the leading technology platform for accelerating life and annuities growth. With innovative enterprise solutions and data insights, Zinnia simplifies the experience of buying, selling, and administering insurance products. All of which enables more people to protect their financial futures. Our success is driven by a commitment to three core values: be bold, team up, deliver value – and that we do. Zinnia has over $180 billion in assets under administration, serves 100+ carrier clients, 2500 distributors and partners, and over 2 million policyholders.

WHO YOU ARE:

Sr. Software Engineer I, Tech Lead plays a key role in the design, development/configuration, unit testing, installation, and ongoing maintenance of Zinnia software platforms. Zinnia Senior Software Engineers work with stakeholders to develop solutions and/or products that fulfill the needs of Zinnia's internal stakeholders and clients. Those solutions and/or products help Zinnia and Zinnia clients to be more efficient and provide better service to end customers. Senior Software Engineer interacts directly with project managers and business stakeholders and may periodically interact directly with Zinnia's clients. Senior Software Engineer will facilitate, lead, and enable junior team members by acting as a mentor for soft skills and/or technical subject matter experts.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:  

• Work as part of a global, cross-functional team to develop innovative software for ZINNIA stakeholders.
• Contribute to projects by creating well-designed, customized, testable, efficient code for ZINNIA platforms.
• Assist our teams in providing ongoing support, troubleshooting, improvements, or custom enhancements to existing ZINNIA platforms.
• Flexibility to support the challenging development and delivery needs of ZINNIA
• Collaborate with our global teams, internal stakeholders, and customers.
• Act as a mentor and technology expert for team members and conduct technical reviews.
• Architect, Design, develop and validate various requirements for the ZINNIA platforms
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, recognize and react to changing business needs and effectively prioritize tasks
• Must be self-motivated and able to work both independently and in conjunction with team members and business units. Enthusiasm and flexibility to work on a variety of projects

  WHAT YOU'LL NEED:  

• BS/BE in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent technical experience.
• 8-11 years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
• 5+ years of experience programming in object-oriented languages such as Java
• 3+ years of experience in creating backend engineering solutions. Must have experience in building micro services.
• Hands-on experience developing large-scale, distributed systems, and databases
• Hands-on experience of cloud platforms (Preferably AWS)

Preferred/Optional Skills:

• Has some work experience dealing with pdf or pdf creation tools/software
• Has experience with tools like OpenText, Apache POI, Apache PDFbox libraries, etc.

 WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?  

At Zinnia, you collaborate with smart, creative professionals who are dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technologies, deeper data insights, and enhanced services to transform how insurance is done. Visit our website at for more information. Apply by completing the online application on the careers section of our website. We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

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