Software Engineer – Specialist

Transamerica

Specialist Software Engineer focused on design and development of web and cloud technologies. Leading technological strategies and collaborating in an agile environment for Transamerica.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timePhiladelphia • Colorado, Iowa, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $131,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularApacheASP.NETAWSAzureCassandraCloudConsulDockerDynamoDBEC2Entity FrameworkJ2EEJavaJavaScriptJenkinsKafkaKubernetesMavenMicroservices.NETNoSQLOpenShiftRDBMSReactSparkSpringSpring BootSpringBootSQLVaultVue.jsZookeeper

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead analysis and complex architectural design across platforms toward the development of end-to-end solutions; translate architectural guidance into detailed technical design.
Lead committees or projects to help define organization-wide standards, processes, and guidelines.
Work collaboratively with other development staff, including contract and offshore Software Engineers, and business product owners in an agile environment.
Code, test, identify, implement, and document solutions to business challenges utilizing web and cloud technologies.
Perform design and analysis for deliverables.
Lead large team design sessions.
Serve as a subject matter expert for a wide range of areas, applications, and technologies; Recommend solutions which take into consideration costs, business needs, and system impacts.
Utilize third-party software development frameworks, open-source libraries, and APIs to rapidly develop basic application solutions.
Lead web development staff, including contract and off-shore developers; may have supervisory responsibility over employees.
Learn and keep pace with the latest advances in the field and rapidly grasp new technologies to support the environment and contribute to project deliverables.
Prepare presentations and lead development meetings.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, math, engineering, or other technical field, or equivalent experience
Six years of Core Java or .NET experience
Expertise in coding platforms/frameworks (e.g. .NET/C#, JAVA, OOD, OOP, Functional Programming, Spring Framework, J2EE Development, OOP, Service Oriented Architecture, Dependency Injection, and Core Architecture)
Five years of experience and expertise in database design techniques and philosophies (e.g. RDBMS, Document, Star Schema, Kimball Model)
In-depth knowledge of NoSQL database technologies (e.g. MS Cosmos DB, Apache Cassandra, Amazon DynamoDB)
Three years of development experience with cloud services (e.g. AWS/Azure) utilizing various support tools (e.g. EC2, ECS, S3, Kinesis, VMs, Blob, Cosmos, Data Factory, SQL Data warehouse, ARM Templates, Event Hubs)
In depth understanding of Hashicorp Consul and Vault products.
Expertise in build and deployment tools - (Visual Studio, Git/Bitbucket, Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, SQL Management Studio, Nunit, Ajax)
Expertise in developing distributed computing (MS HPC, Sagemaker, Spark)
Five years of experience with integration and service frameworks (e.g. API Gateways, Apache Camel, Swagger API, Zookeeper, Kafka, messaging tools, microservices)
Expertise with Microservices and REST based API development (e.g. Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Entity Framework, IIS, Swagger, Odata, .NET API 2, .NET API Core, AutoMapper)
Experience leveraging continuous integration/development tools (e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Containers, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and container automation) in a Ci/CD pipeline
Familiarity with modern frontend development frameworks (Angular, React, Vue.js, ASP.NET MVC, HTTP, HTML, JS, CSS, Ajax)
Advanced understanding of software development and research tools
Attention to detail and results oriented, with a strong customer focus
Ability to work as part of a team and independently
Analytical and problem-solving skills
Technical communication skills and the ability to present information to all levels of the organization
Problem-solving and technical communication skills
Ability to prioritize workload to meet tight deadlines

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Pay
Bonus for Eligible Employees
Benefits Package
Pension Plan
401k Match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Tuition Reimbursement
Disability Insurance
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Employee Discounts
Career Training & Development Opportunities
Health and Work/Life Balance Benefits
Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
Adoption Assistance
Employee Assistance Program
Back-Up Care Program
PTO for Volunteer Hours
Employee Matching Gifts Program
Employee Resource Groups
Inclusion and Diversity Programs
Employee Recognition Program
Referral Bonus Programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

Core Java.NETOOPFunctional ProgrammingSpring FrameworkJ2EE DevelopmentRDBMSNoSQLAWSMicroservices

Soft Skills

attention to detailresults orientedcustomer focusteamworkanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillstechnical communicationability to prioritize workloadindependenceleadership