Software Engineer

About Us

At Ogon Consulting, we transform the Professional Services experience for Insurers and Insurance Software companies led by deep industry experience and a mission for excellence in customer engagement. At Ogon, we foster collaboration, nurture a good work-life balance and take pride in our work and the success of our clients. We are growing fast! If you have experience in consulting, implementation and support of commercial off-the-shelf Insurance products (Life and/or P&C), we would love to talk to you.

Responsibilities

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with experience in software development to work in our Technical Services team. You will work on a multi-disciplined project team and will be responsible for the configuration of one or more Insurance policy administration software for new and existing customers.

• Develop technical solutions to business problems; validate and communicate technical solutions with other team members, test solutions and ensure it meets specifications.
• Work with the business analysts to review requirements
• Analyze, estimate and communicate development work effort corresponding to the business requirements.
• Design, build, test deliveries of software configuration, enhancements and bug fixes
• Develop proof of concepts as needed.
• Provide ongoing production support for respective projects
• Document Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as part of the regular support & maintenance activities.
• Collaborate closely with other cross-functional IT teams to define and implement effective and efficient solutions to business challenges and opportunities.
• Communicate and document the critical process &/or system functionality changes to the business users.

Successful candidates for this role typically have:

• Prior work experience in Java/XML and related technologies.
• Experience in implementing packaged enterprise software
• Knowledge and working experience of Agile software development processes and SCRUM methodologies
• Strong coordination skills with the ability to multi-task and address multiple priorities.
• Demonstrate initiative in starting and completing multiple projects
• Ability to play a leading role in a client-billable resource team
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Develop significant application and related business requirements expertise.

Qualifications required for the role:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in CS or equivalent experience
• 2-5 years of software development of IT services (application development or support) experience
• Experienced working with Java environments like Apache Tomcat and databases like Oracle, SQL Server, or MySQL is a plus
• Knowledge of Java Enterprise development
• Knowledge of scripting languages XML, HTML, Java Script, and Velocity
• Experience in software development with tools such as Enterprise Architect, Eclipse IDE, source version control with GitHub or CVS, and build tool ANT
• Experience with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Teamwork is preferred
• Understanding of cloud-based services and infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc.) is preferred
• Financial application software and/or industry experience is preferred
• Life or Property and Casualty Insurance knowledge is a preferred