Application Development Engineer - IBM BAW Developer

Westfield - Westfield Center, OH

Full-time

Westfield Center, OH

Educational Services

About the position

The Application Development Engineer at Ohio Farmers Insurance Company is responsible for developing, coding, testing, and maintaining software applications. This role involves collaborating with lead engineers and stakeholders in a SAFe Agile environment to deliver moderate complexity software solutions that meet business requirements efficiently and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Develops, modifies, and tests high-quality, moderate complexity programs, reports, shell scripts, and system interfaces that meet business requirements.
• Collaborates with technical leads, other technology teams, and business stakeholders to understand business needs and technical requirements.
• Performs coding and unit testing for custom developed or commercial software applications and implements effective business solutions and processes across a portfolio of applications to improve business operations.
• Maintains and modifies programs currently in production to ensure they meet business requirements and run efficiently in the production environment.
• Tests and/or scans code to ensure adherence to quality standards. Identifies and resolves defects and code quality issues in a timely manner.
• Participates in code reviews and adheres to coding standards and best practices.
• Performs quality assurance functions including unit testing, system testing, integration testing.
• Analyzes and troubleshoots technical issues in applications and provides timely resolution to ensure minimal disruption to business operations.
• Participates in application maintenance activities such as application upgrades, adherence to security protocols, and user support.
• Keeps up to date with industry trends and developments in software engineering and related fields to continuously improve skills and knowledge.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience in Application Development.
• Proficiency in JavaScript.
• Experience with BAW or other workflow applications.
• Ability to configure and develop end-to-end workflow processes including UI, integrations, and workflow.
• Experience integrating to and from other systems within BAW.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or commensurate experience.
• Certification as a Software Development Professional is desirable in applicable technologies.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with REST or SOAP API Integrations (MuleSoft).
• Knowledge of working with application UIs.
• Relational Database knowledge (DB2, SQL server).
• Familiarity with WebSphere.