Sr. Software Backend Engineer

W.R. Berkley - Urbandale, IA

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Urbandale, IA

Management of Companies and Enterprises

About the position

The Senior Software Backend Engineer at W.R. Berkley will serve as a technical leader within the Sales & Marketing team, focusing on designing and developing software applications that enhance business initiatives. This hybrid role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure technology solutions meet business needs while maintaining high standards of development and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain software applications for Sales & Marketing.
• Utilize Azure, Azure Service Bus, and Data Factory for cloud solutions.
• Implement and manage Power Platform solutions (Power Automate, Power Pages, Power Apps, Dataverse).
• Design and maintain MS SQL Server databases, ensuring data integrity.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
• Provide exceptional customer service and adapt to new technologies quickly.
• Solve complex problems and perform detailed analysis.
• Work effectively in a virtual team environment.
• Understand CRM and marketing system processes and interfaces.
• Design new system functionality with a focus on performance and stability.
• Review business requirements to leverage CRM and marketing technology.
• Define development standards and design patterns.
• Collaborate with business analysts, developers, other engineers, stakeholders and end users.
• Provide high-quality customer support and on-call production system support.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with emphasis in related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• 5+ years of experience with cloud computing platforms, particularly Azure, Azure Service Bus, and Data Factory.
• 3+ years of experience with Power Platform, including Power Automate, Power Pages, Power Apps, and Dataverse.
• 5+ years of relational database experience with MS SQL Server.
• Experience with data loads.
• Ability to thrive and produce results with little or no supervision in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact seamlessly at all levels with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Strong customer service focus and sense of urgency.
• Ability to quickly adapt and learn new technologies and systems.
• Superior problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to function as a valuable team member inside a virtual collaboration environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM or Salesforce Development.
• Experience designing enterprise CRM system interfaces.
• Experience working with Microsoft Co-Pilot.
• Agile/Scrum team exposure and experience.
• Knowledge of the P&C Insurance Industry.
• Experience working with .Net applications.
• Working knowledge of Entity Framework.
• Experience with Atlassian tools.