sr software engineer - Java and Spark

Penn Mutual is looking to hire a motivated and experienced Senior Software Engineer, to strengthen and lead our financial services engineering team. This team manages a financial data platform, using big data technologies and a distributed compute engine in the Cloud to process and store large amounts of financial data. The platform also serves as an integration point to send and receive data from other systems. The ideal candidate has a software engineering background and experience supporting financial systems. This is a hands-on position with a people mentoring component. The position partners closely with Accountants and Actuaries, in the business, to sustain daily operations and end of quarter activities. Excellent communication skills in both technical and business areas are a must.

Required Skills

• As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll partner in a team of experienced software engineers, removing impediments and enabling the teams to deliver business value.
• Assist the AVP, Software Architecture to define and manage priorities, technical strategies for modernization, and operational standards across the organization.
• Ensure team ownership of legacy systems with an emphasis on maintaining operational stability.
• Be a passionate leader committed to the development and mentorship of your teams.
• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to ensure alignment with key corporate priorities.
• Share ideas and work to bring people together to help solve sophisticated problems.
• Create a positive and collaborative environment by championing open communication and soliciting continuous feedback.
• Stay current with new technology trends.

Additional Responsibilities

• Participates in the discussion and documentation of best practices and standards for application development
• Complies with all company policies and procedures
• Remains current in profession and industry trends
• Successfully completes regulatory and job training requirements

Required Experience

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with any object-oriented language, Java or Scala preferred.
• 5+ years of experience using Spark, EMR, Glue or other serverless compute technology in the Cloud.
• 5+ years of experience architecting and enhancing data platforms and service-oriented architectures.
• 2+ years of team leadership experience
• Experience working within Agile/DevSecOps development environments.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills.
• More recent experience in Cloud development preferred.
• Experience working with modern, web-based architectures, including REST APIs, Serverless, event-driven microservices.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline.

Desired Experience

• Experience working with financial management stakeholders.
• Experience with Workday or other large ERP platforms desired.
• Life Insurance or financial services industry experience a plus.