IT Senior Programmer (Finance)

Division or Field Office:

Product & Sales Technology Division
Department of Position: Erie Family Life Tech Dept
Work from:
Corporate Office in Erie, Pa Salary Range:
$86,954.00-$138,899.00*

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 6,000 employees and over 13,000 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

Under a moderate level of supervision, builds small, encapsulated pieces of code/configuration based on technical designs, patterns, standards, and best practices that are provided to the individual.

The work is limited in complexity and impact.

What You'll Do:
This opportunity is for an IT Senior Programmer to participate in the technical development effort for Erie Family Life initiatives. Currently, work is focused on the Erie Family Life technology platform framework re-structuring which will optimize agent and customer utilization. This program is transitioning Erie's Life products to both new front-end and back-end modern technical platforms. Development will be performed with a moderate level of supervision within an agile environment.

• Development of clean and efficient code aligned to provided technical design with close support from a software engineer
• Performs as an individual contributor on a project team or support team with mentorship and oversight
• Runs software unit tests to spot and resolve bugs and inconsistencies.
• Troubleshoots defects and provides code fixes with mentorship and oversight.
• Writes and continually updates documentation for all work done as reference for future maintenance.
• Communicates effectively with other SCRUM team members.
• May coach/mentor junior programmers.
• Develops intermediate level expertise in one technology or application.

Preferred Experience & Skills:

• Prior software development experience and technology implementation experience preferred.
• Collaborates and practices within agile processes, scrum teams, and knowledge of related IT disciplines required.
• Ability to successfully align conceptual approach to technical design required.
• Insurance industry knowledge preferred.
• Prior experience and/or knowledge of the following technologies:
  • Mendix (preferred)
  • Python
  • Java
  • HTML
  • SQL
  • .NET
  • Systems integration

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Prior successful software development experience
• Experience with ERIE's Personal, Commercial, and/or Erie Family Life products
• Demonstrated technical competency to ensure successful outcomes.
• Experience executing on agile teams and/or Enterprise Business Agility
• Experience with Jira and Miro

Duties and Responsibilities

• Writes code aligned to provided technical design with close support from a software engineer.
• Performs as an individual contributor on a project team or support team with mentorship and oversight.
• Runs software unit tests to spot and resolve bugs and inconsistencies.
• Troubleshoots defects and provides code fixes with mentorship and oversight.
• Writes and continually updates documentation for all work done as reference for future maintenance.
• Communicates effectively with other SCRUM team members.
• May coach/mentor junior programmers.
• Develops intermediate level expertise in one technology or application.

The first 6 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.

Capabilities

• Collaborates
• Cultivates Innovation
• Customer Focus
• Decision Quality
• Ensures Accountability
• Instills Trust
• Nimble Learning
• Optimizes Work Processes (IC)
• Self-Development
• Values Diversity

Qualifications

Minimum Educational and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in IT, MIS, Business or related field plus 2 years related experience.
• Associate's degree in technical field plus four years' related experience and completion of a relevant IT-career preparation program approved by ERIE's Human Resources and IT Talent Optimization Departments if unrelated degree.
• High School diploma plus 6 years' related experience and completion of a relevant IT-career preparation program approved by ERIE's Human Resources and IT Talent Optimization Departments if unrelated degree.

Physical Requirements

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

Nearest Major Market: Erie