Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Protective Life is a company dedicated to providing protection and peace of mind to its customers. They are looking for a Senior Application Developer to design, implement, and maintain complex administration systems while ensuring quality customer support and project management. The role requires strong technical skills and the ability to lead and mentor others in the team.
Responsibilities
- Research, compile, and evaluate information used in the development and maintenance of large and complex systems and processes to satisfy business needs. Design large and complex systems and/or support processes that meet customer requirements while effectively interacting with existing systems/support processes
- Construct, modify, and test large and complex system changes
- Quickly diagnose complex problems; determine and implement quality solutions in a timely fashion. This covers all areas of production support and daily problem research and resolution. Production incidents need prompt attention and correction to reduce impact on the business area. Nighttime support may be required
- Provide thorough and complete documentation for all programming changes and enhancements
- Understand the business needs of the customer and provide quality customer support by providing appropriate communication, anticipating customer needs and/or problems, and understanding the broad impact of changes on all customer processes. Provide appropriate solutions and proactively suggests process improvements
- Perform project management duties for the technical aspects of large and complex projects as needed depending on the nature of the project. Manage individual tasks on projects to ensure that all tasks are delivered according to the project plan
- Provide leadership as a model of how others should interact and accomplish tasks. Top expert in one or more important areas of expertise, such as, a programming language, computer system, database, etc. Provide an appropriate level of feedback to peers, support and interface areas, and management. Willingly share and assist in the development skills of others
Skills
- Must have a minimum of 8 years of experience as a Software Engineer
- Preference to an individual with extensive experience with COBOL, VSAM, Oracle, Unix, XML, Java, and Web Services development
- A knowledge of LIDP's The Administrator (ADMI) and/or Titanium systems would be ideal
- AI experience in a development space would be ideal
- Bachelor's degree or greater is preferred
- Familiarity with annuity and VUL products, including accounting, claims, and finance experience, is preferred
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
- Mental health benefits and an employee assistance program
- Paid time off, paid parental leave, short-term disability, and a cultural observance day
- Contributions to healthcare accounts
- A pension plan
- A 401(k) plan with Company matching
- ProHealth Rewards, Protective’s platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards
- Additional incentive opportunities through an annual incentive based on individual and Company performance
Company Overview
Protective is a holding company, whose subsidiaries provide financial services It was founded in 1907, and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.protective.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
Protective Life has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 3 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.