Lead Full Stack Engineer - Auto - Military Veterans

Why USAA?

Let’s do something that really matters.

At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation’s military, but we all share in the mission to give back to those who did. We’re working as one to build a great experience and make a real impact for our members.

We believe in our core values of honesty, integrity, loyalty and service. They’re what guides everything we do – from how we treat our members to how we treat each other. Come be a part of what makes us so special!

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer with a proven track record of delivering full stack user solutions from the front end through integration with enterprise and 3rd party systems. As a Lead, you will help shape our Member experience for our new modernized Auto Insurance acquisition and servicing platform. You will drive and define the early experience design through development and guide teams through production release.

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, or Phoenix, AZ. Relocation assistance is available for this position.

What you'll do:

• Design, develop, code, and test complex tactical as well as strategic, multi-functional technical solutions, often collaborating with Engineers or Architects outside of team/department.

• Leads the team in in-depth code/design reviews and communicates updates and impacts to stakeholders to ensure smooth daily operations and accurate planning for multiple teams.

• Organize work and lead multiple teams to deliver features and solutions.

• Independently resolves complex production issues and leads troubleshooting of end-to-end solutions that span multiple applications and systems.

• Mentor and coach junior / experienced engineers, including coaching of design principles for their teams and others

• Work with architecture to help define directions for multi-functional or highly complex key technologies within a specific domain.

• May begin advancing professional development through active participation in industry organizations, writing programming publications, pursuing educational opportunities, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.

• Demonstrates Site Reliability Engineering practices in their domain.

• Ensures risks associated with business activities are optimally identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree or 4 additional years of experience beyond the minimum requirement can be used in lieu of a degree.

• 8 years of software development experience demonstrating depth of technical understanding within a specific discipline(s)/technology(s) to include 2 years demonstrated leadership driving enterprise technology projects or initiatives.

• 6 years of experience delivering technology solutions in all phases of the software systems and application development lifecycle.

• Highly proficient in software engineering languages and tools; ability to develop on multiple platforms.

• Knowledge and advanced experience of leading code/design reviews.

• Demonstrated ability to address complex production issues by solving applications and systems.

• Ability to quickly understand applicable discernment to provide appropriate Engineering solutions.

• Deep Understanding of one or more of the following: Java, Swift, Objective-C, Cobol, JavaScript, Kotlin, C++, HTML, CSS, SQL, Go, and Python

• Demonstrated experience working with cloud technologies and tools.

What sets you apart:

• Previous Insurance Industry experience

• 3-5 years technical leadership guiding business partners/dev teams from inception to release of enterprise level web applications (highly integrated, high volume, responsive, etc…)

• 3 years of hands on AWS experience (EKS, Lambda, S3, etc.)

• 5 years hands on React development

• 8 years Java and REST services development

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

What we offer:

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location. The salary range for this position is: $120,550 - $230,400.

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, please visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

 

USAA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.