Software Development Manager

About Us:

American Integrity Insurance, a premier writer of homeowners insurance, has more than 280,000 customers and is exclusively represented by more than 1,000 independent agents who specialize in this complex and ever-evolving market. We offer sound and comprehensive home and dwelling insurance to families throughout the Southeast. Comprised of more than 300 insurance professionals, most of whom work in our Tampa-area headquarters, we have been recognized as a Top Place to Work in Tampa by the Tampa Bay Times and a Best Places to Work in Insurance by Business Insurance magazine for the past ten years.  We have also rated among the Top Workplaces in the USA by USA Today for the past four years.

A Day in the Life:

Who Says Insurance Can’t Be Fun? From company picnics to charity events, no one can ever say American Integrity Insurance doesn’t understand the importance of having fun, helping others and giving back. Our company culture is priceless, and we hold true to our six core values: integrity, commitment, teamwork, humility, passion and fun. As a team working to provide home insurance solutions to our policyholders, together we aim to achieve greater heights each day and celebrate each other's accomplishments along the way. It is our mission to continue providing reliable, customer-centric homeowners insurance and paying claims in a timely manner when our customers suffer a loss – and to do so with Integrity.

Learn more about American Integrity Insurance and our job opportunities at https://careers.americanintegrityinsurance.com.

Job Title: Software Development Manager

You'll Report To: Director of IT Application Development 

Job Summary:

The Software Development Manager will bring technical leadership to our Development Team to ensure sound efficiency and productivity as they deal with project assignments and DEV processes.  This role is responsible for managing team assignment and resource planning to ensure business initiatives are performed with the expected quality and timeliness.  The Software Development Manager will work with other IT team members to analyze, validate, verify and project plans delivery expectations.  This position will conduct performance evaluations and will promote American Integrity’s culture among team members.  The Software Development Manager will be a code development contributor by analyzing and translating business requirements to efficient code design, while leveraging the existing code set and minimizing customizations in the system that would make it harder for upgrades at a later time.

Key Job Functions:

• Provide hands-on leadership to balance team management, coaching, and coding. 
• Mentor Developers to increase in-house knowledge and drive toward self-sustainability.
• Strategize with IT leadership to drive resource and technical visions 12-24 months into future state.
• Drive optimal use of Development resources. Perform resource planning and resource allocation to meet project milestones. Resources include internal staff and external consultants.
• Act as an escalation point and mentor in the design, development, and testing of new and/or modified web-based applications, notably Guidewire’s Java-based InsuranceNow® Policy, Billing and Claims administration system.
• Design, document, and develop Object Oriented Design best practices and techniques.
• Understand integration objectives by analyzing user requirements, and determine best ways to use API’s from vendors such as ISO, Xactimate, and credit card processors.
• Work closely with business partners to understand business requirements to design quality technical solutions that align with business and IT strategies and to comply with the organization's architectural standards.
• Conduct various proof of concepts on new technologies and work to develop recommendations that align with the IT needs and strategy.
• Resolve problems that result in a decreased time to market; improve quality, enhance flexibility, and embrace the solution provider mindset.
• Manage vendor development estimates, solutioning, and code quality.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field, required. Master's Degree preferred. 

Experience:

• Minimum of Seven (7) Years’ experience with Java programming.  
• Minimum of Two (2) to (3) Years' experience with direct people management. 
• Insurance or P&C experience preferred.  

Skills and Knowledge:

• Extensive Java API Webservices, SpringBoot, Outsystems, and UI/UX expertise. 
• Object-Oriented Analysis and Design using common design patterns (GoF) and principles (SOLID, GRASP).
• Web services design and integration using SOAP and HTTP REST protocols.
• Design and implementation of distributed, event driven systems using Message Brokers and JMS API.
• Canonical Domain Modeling efforts, turning tribal business domain knowledge into UML, object-relational diagrams, and APIs.
• Microservices scope definition, design, and implementation.
• Defining service orchestrations, collaborations, and data access patterns.
• SDLC automation, from planning through implementation.
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies, Test Driven Development (TDD), and a history of writing tests for new features, enhancements, and changes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to effectively interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to anticipate and resolve problems.
• Ability to work under time constraints and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to adhere to all organizational policies and procedures.
• Understand the business drivers and how best to meet them.
• Organize multiple priorities and demonstrate initiative in starting and completing tasks.
• Recent, relevant working knowledge of the following: 
  • Java 8 or newer
  • Springboot
  • Outsystems
  • React/Redux
  • UI/UX
  • AWS (EBS/Beanstalk, Lambda, AKS)
  • API/ Integration
  • Relational or non-relational databases (SQL, SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.)
  • Advanced XML, XSD, JSON, and related tools (i.e. JAXB/JAXP, Jackson, GSON)
  • RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, Spring Web Services, etc.)
  • Unit Test tools (Selenium)
• Past or current experience or familiarity with
  • Application Architecture 
  • Windows and/or UNIX/Linux OS familiarity for workstations and/or deployments
  • IntelliJ
  • Apache Ant, Tomcat, Velocity
  • DocOrigin
  • HTML, JavaScript, CSS
  • Java Servlets API, JAX-WS, Axis, and/or Axis2 SOAP Web Services
  • IT Service Management
  • ITIL v4