Software Engineer

For more than 20 years, FJA has been serving the insurance industry, helping our customers achieve accuracy and consistency across their entire organization. Our flagship product, The Unified Product Platform is universally known as the leader in enterprise automation enabling operational efficiency and distribution supremacy. We have domain supremacy in healthcare, group life and property & casualty insurance.

Our mid level software engineers work in small to medium agile teams to design, prototype and build new software offerings and enhance existing software and tools. Additionally, they mentor team members, conduct code reviews, and may perform other lead development efforts. These positions design, develop, support and document enterprise application and framework code in Java, Spring, Hibernate, JavaScript, JQuery, HTML and CSS.

* Designs, codes and deploys applications following specifications using the appropriate tools. * Create and execute test cases, reports and scripts to ensure validity and accuracy of work. * Handles lifecycle of product data using standard software development methodologies. * Review, understand and interpret written business documentation. * Responsible for framework code, core projects and applications.

**Qualifications** * High School Diploma required; College degree in Computer Science or closely related field preferred. * Minimum 3 years recent software development experience required. * Minimum 3 years recent experience required: Java or JavaScript, RDBMS (Oracle, DB2, and/or SQL Server preferred) * Strong understanding and working knowledge of design patterns and data structures required. * Preferred: Spring, Hibernate, Maven, Mercurial, Subversion * Pluses: Agile Methodologies, Scrum, JIRA, Confluence * Group or Individual Life and Disability Insurance industry experience is a plus. * Healthcare industry experience, especially claims processing and/or products and benefits management is a plus. **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities** * Demonstrates and facilitates professional communication skills by listening, writing, and speaking effectively. * Establishes and maintains solid interpersonal relationships with clients and FJA team members across all levels of an organization. * Effective facilitation, collaboration, negotiation and conflict resolution abilities * Ability to create and conduct presentations in a professional and confident manner to a variety of audiences. * Strong analytical, research and problem solving skills. Pro-active ability to identify, assess, improve/refine and solve complex challenges, processes and/or situations. * Flexible and able to thrive in a fast paced, high growth, team based environment while successfully handling competing and ever changing priorities and responsibilities. * Creative self-starter with a passion for continuous learning and improvement. * Advanced software proficiency utilizing various applications. **Working Environment** * This job generally operates in a professional office environment. * This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers/keyboards/mice, printers, phones, mobile devices, photocopiers, filing cabinets, fax machines, etc. * The noise level in the office work environment varies from moderate to loud. * When traveling to client sites, the employee may be exposed to various unknown work environments. **Physical Demands** * Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. * While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear; sit; stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; grasp and/or reach with hands and arms; repetitive movements of the wrists, hands and/or fingers. * Specific vision abilities required by this job include close visual acuity and ability to adjust focus to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing computer monitor(s); extensive reading; and legally operate a motor vehicle **Work Schedule** This position may occasionally necessitate working additional hours and weekends outside of the employee's regular work schedule. **Travel** Possible local and/or national travel up to 10%