Senior Java Developer
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Company Details
Why Join Us
At Berkley One youll be part of a forward-thinking team thats reimagining personal insurance. Were building solutions that are as sophisticated and agile as the clients we serveindividuals and families who value innovation simplicity and exceptional service. Youll collaborate with passionate professionals leverage modern technology and help shape the future of our industry.
#LI-AV1 #LI-HYBRID
What We Value
- A client-first mindset with a passion for delivering exceptional experiences
- Curiosity creativity and a drive to challenge the status quo
- Collaboration across disciplines to build smarter more intuitive solutions
- Integrity expertise and a commitment to excellence
This role will be based in one of our offices:
- Chicago IL
- Morristown NJ
- Wilmington DE
We offer a hybrid work schedule with 4 days in the office; and 1 day remote where it makes sense to do so.
The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Java Developer you will be a hands-on senior engineer responsible for designing building enhancing and supporting web-based insurance applications primarily on Guidewire InsuranceNow to meet business goals. You will deliver high-quality code contribute to architecture and design decisions and improve performance stability and supportability across the portfolio. This is an individual contributor role: success is measured by technical delivery engineering quality and operational excellence not people management.
What you can expect:
- Culture of innovation teamwork supportive colleagues and leaders willing to invest in talent
- Internal mobility opportunities
- Visibility to senior leaders and partnership with cross functional teams
- Opportunity to impact change
- Benefits competitive compensation paid time off comprehensive wellness benefits and programs employer funded health savings account profit sharing 401k paid parental leave employee stock purchase plan tuition assistance and professional continuing education
Well count on you to:
- Build and enhance InsuranceNow-based Java solutions to support business requirements including configuration/customization within vendor-provided software.
- Design and implement significant new functionality with attention to performance stability scalability and supportability.
- Develop test document and support software solutions across the full lifecycle from requirements through production support.
- Partner with business users and technical teammates to troubleshoot issues perform root-cause analysis and drive resolution across application middleware and infrastructure layers.
- Produce design specifications that demonstrate understanding of interfacing systems and supported business processes.
- Create and execute test plans analyze results and remediate defects to improve quality and reliability.
- Raise engineering quality through thoughtful code reviews design discussions and improving standards (without formal management accountability).
- Proactively identify improvements to supportability and usability; recommend solutions to business problems using current technology and best practices.
- Monitor and assess performance metrics pre- and post-implementation to ensure high-performing scalable solutions.
- Contribute to the technical vision and evolution of the application portfolio in partnership with leadership and senior technical resources.
- Other work and projects as assigned
Qualifications
What you need to have:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a closely related course of study.
- 4 years of enterprise Java development experience including full SDLC delivery and production support
- Hands-on Guidewire InsuranceNow experience (configuration and/or customization) on real delivery work
- Experience designing and implementing REST and SOAP APIs
- Experience with Java frameworks JavaScript jQuery Velocity
- SQL and relational database experience
- Experience with AI-assisted development and the implementation of AI-based business solutions
- Demonstrated problem-solving across application middleware and infrastructure layers
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate fluidly within technical teams and with business stakeholders
- Experience delivering in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
What makes you stand out:
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills a communication style flexible to the situation and able to communicate clearly and with a purpose
- Calm under pressure. You have exceptional organizational skills integrity and great follow-through on tasks. You are comfortable challenging norms and recommending creative solutions
- A strong sense of accountability and ownership
- You are a master collaborator. Being able to bridge the gap between IT and business to understand business priorities and system constraints will be one of your superpowers.
- Natural curiosity a love of learning how things work and always on the lookout for innovative improvements
Additional Company Details
The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees which for this role include:
Base Salary Range: $79000 - $138000
Eligible to participate in annual discretionary bonus.
Benefits: Health Dental Vision Life Disability Wellness Paid Time Off 401(k) and Profit-Sharing plans.
The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the scope complexity and location of the role; the skills education training credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.
Sponsorship Details
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- REST
- Eclipse
- Junit
- Spring
- Struts
- SOAP
- Jpa
- Hibernate
- Maven
- J2EE
- Jdbc
- Java
About Company
Berkley is a leader in commercial lines insurance, with over 60+ specialized businesses - each with deep expertise in an industry, product, or regional niche.
