Software Engineer/Sr Software Engineer (Mainframe) - Erie Insurance

Division or Field Office:

Corporate Enablement Technology Division
Department of Position: Personal Lines Tech Department
Work from:
Corporate Office in Erie, Pa Salary Range:
$74,622.00-$119,202.00*

salary range is for thislevel and may vary based on actual level of role hired for

*This range represents a national range and the actual salary will depend on several factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the skills, education, training, credentials, location, and experience of an applicant, as well as level of role for which the successful candidate is hired.Position may be eligible for an annual bonus payment.

At Erie Insurance, you're not just part of a Fortune 500 company; you're also a valued member of a diverse and inclusive team that includes more than 5,000 employees and over 2,200 independent agencies. Our Employees work in the Home Office complex located in Erie, PA, and in our Field Offices that span 12 states and the District of Columbia.

Benefits That Go Beyond The Basics

We strive to be Above all in Service® to our customers-and to our employees. That's why Erie Insurance offers you an exceptional benefits package, including:

• Premier health, prescription, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents.Coverage begins your first day of work.
• Low contributions to medical and prescription premiums.We currently pay up to 97% of employees' monthly premium costs.
• Pension.We are one of only 13 Fortune 500 companies to offer a traditional pension plan. Full-time employees are vested after five years of service.
• 401(k) with up to 4% contribution match.The 401(k) is offered in addition to the pension.
• Paid time off.Paid vacation, personal days, sick days, bereavement days and parental leave.
• Career development.Including a tuition reimbursement program for higher education and industry designations.

Additional benefits that include company-paid basic life insurance; short-and long-term disability insurance; orthodontic coverage for children and adults; adoption assistance; fertility and infertility coverage; well-being programs; paid volunteer hours for service to your community; and dollar-for-dollar matching of your charitable gifts each year.

Position Summary

Translates and develops requirements into workable software solutions. Maintains and develops programs for use in business and IT automation. Incorporates various accepted methodologies to design software and applications at a moderate risk level to project or release. May perform duties in one or more of the following disciplines: Open Systems Mainframe Application Configuration

This is an opportunity for aSoftware Engineer or Senior Software Engineeron the Personal Lines Delivery team. The position will focus on Mainframe development tools to deliver additional rating related features and functionality to our customers.

Preferred Experience & Skills Include:

• Mainframe development skills in utilizing COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, Endeavor, Expeditor, and IBM MQ
• Experience performing analysis, technical designs, coding, unit testing, performance testing and system documentation
• Desire to learn - ability to deal with uncertainty
• Desire to grow into the Tech Lead role
• Clear and effective communicator (written, verbal, interpersonal)
• Skills in Mendix application development and/ or Oneshield Designer are beneficial
• Experience executing Agile techniques
• Auto and Property product knowledge preferred
• AWS Cloud knowledge preferred

Duties and Responsibilities

• Incorporates development standards into outcomes and implements basic code and configuration changes under direction.
• Develops program logic for new, basic applications or analyzes and modifies logic in existing applications.
• Presents unit tests to an engineer or project leader.
• Performs supplementary work that contributes to the end product submitted by more experienced developers. Codes, tests, debugs, documents, implements and maintains software applications. Analyzes requirements, and maintains, tests and integrates application components.
• Effectively communicates with customers, teammates or other stakeholders to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications.
• Shares knowledge of systems and may mentor or train others.

The first five duties listed are the functions identified as essential to the job. Essential functions are those job duties that must be performed in order for the job to be accomplished.

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the incumbent. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instruction and to perform any other duties as requested by their supervisor, or as become clear.

Competencies

• Self-Development
• Collaborates
• Cultivates Innovation
• Instills Trust
• Decision Quality
• Values Diversity
• Nimble Learning
• Customer Focus
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Ensures Accountability
• Coding And Converting
• Information Management Skills
• Job-Specific Knowledge
• Proofing Text And Numbers
• Using Tables And Graphs

Qualifications

Minimum Educational Requirements and Experience Equivalencies:

• Bachelor's degree in IT, MIS, Business or related field, plus two years' related experience; or
• Associate's degree in technical field, plus four years' related experience; or
• High school diploma plus six years' related experience.

Physical Requirements

• Lifting/Moving 0-20 lbs; Occasional (<20>
• Lifting/Moving 20-50 lbs; Occasional (<20>
• Ability to move over 50 lbs using lifting aide equipment; Rarely
• Driving; Occasional (<20>
• Pushing/Pulling/moving objects, equipment with wheels; Rarely
• Manual Keying/Data Entry/inputting information/computer use; Frequent (50-80%)
• Climbing/accessing heights; Rarely

Nearest Major Market: Erie