Starr Insurance Companies is a leading insurance and investment organization providing commercial property and casualty insurance including travel and accident coverage to almost every imaginable business and industry in virtually every part of the world.
Cornelius Vander Starr established his first insurance company in Shanghai China in 1919. Today we are one of the worlds fastest growing insurance organizations capable of writing in 128 countries on 6 continents.
Why Join Starr Companies
At Starr Companies our software development team pride ourselves on fostering a culture of excellence where merit innovation and collaboration are at the forefront. We believe in empowering our employees to grow professionally and contribute to the success of our global mission. Heres what you can expect working with us:
- MeritBased Environment:We are committed to recognizing and rewarding outstanding performance ensuring that the best ideas and contributions are always given the opportunity to shine.
- Innovative Spirit:Continuous improvement is part of our DNA. We encourage creative problemsolving and the exploration of new technologies to stay ahead in our industry.
- Collaborative Teamwork:Our team is our greatest asset. We work together in a supportive atmosphere that values open communication and perspectives.
- Professional Growth:We invest in our employees through professional development opportunities training programs and a culture that promotes career advancement.
DaytoDay Responsibilities:
- Design and build intuitive efficient user interfaces using the latest stable releases of Angular and Blazor WASM.
- Develop maintain and deploy stable scalable and secure APIs with .NET 8.
- Employ modern design practices with HTML5 and CSS.
- Focus on building and maintaining automated build and release pipelines enhancing the deployment process in Azure DevOps.
- Engage in active development by fully leveraging a wide range of Azure services and tools optimizing performance and scalability through native serverless and PaaS Azure resources.
- Work closely with customers and business stakeholders to comprehensively understand their needs and requirements and ensure that software applications are aligned and developed to meet those needs.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams both within IT and the business to identify and prioritize software development initiatives.
- Effectively communicate development progress and issues to executive leadership.
Skills and Experience:
- Bachelors degree in computer science or a related field.
- Extensive professional experience 5 years) with the Microsoft stack particularly with .NET (including .NET 6 and Angular.
- Solid background in MSSQL & NoSQL encompassing database design maintenance and optimization. EF (Entity Framework) code first experience is a must.
- Proficiency in JavaScript and frontend frameworks/libraries.
- Proficiency in designing and implementing stateoftheart APIs with a focus on modern standards and best practices in API architecture.
- Competence in source control management using Git.
- Proven ability in writing effective unit tests and refining testing practices leveraging nUnit/xUnit.
- A deep understanding of cloud architectures and DevOps practices.
- Strong understanding of software development life cycle including requirements gathering design development testing and deployment.
- Knowledge of software development best practices and methodologies.
- Proficiency in leadership and management abilities.
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
- Selfmotivated with the capability to prioritize and execute tasks in a highpressure environment.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Additional certifications and relevant training are highly valued.
NicetoHaves:
- Experience with designing developing and maintaining Blazor WASM applications in a production environment.
- Indepth experience with various Azure services showcasing a comprehensive understanding of the platform.
- Experience in the insurance industry.
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Starr is an equal opportunity employer which means well consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression ethnic origin nationality religion or beliefs age sexual orientation disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and were committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.
Required Experience:
Senior IC