Senior Software Engineer; Workday HCM, Payroll, Spend Management

Our Fortune 500 company is driving a digital transformation and looking for forward-thinking innovators to disrupt how our industry thinks about and uses technology. As one of the world's leading employee benefits providers, we help millions of people gain affordable access to benefits that help them protect their families, their finances and their futures.

Are you an asker of questions, a solver of problems, and a challenger of the status quo? Our mission is to provide a differentiated customer experience and exceed the expectations people have of technology at any company — not just insurers.

We are seeking individuals to join our team of talented IT professionals who share never-ending passion and an unwavering focus on our customer

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members comfortable working in an agile, fast-paced, and delivery-focused environment thrive in our environment where we value an entrepreneurial spirit and those who challenge the status-quo.

Unum is changing, and we’re excited about what’s next. Join us.

General Summary: We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the IT Corporate Systems team. This candidate will have three years experience supporting these areas in an agile environment; Workday, Human Capital Management (HCM), Payroll, Finance, and Spend Management systems. They will have experience leading meetings, projects and technical design meetings. They will participate in the conceptualization, design, development and delivery of solutions within their business portfolio in conjunction with business area architects. May research third party/cloud solutions to ensure successful integration of the technology. They will be deep application and technology skillset subject matter experts. The Senior Software Engineer plays a critical role in mentoring Software Engineers and Associate Software Engineers to ensure we are growing future talent within the agile teams.

This is a hybrid role that will report to one of our US offices 2 days a week.

Job Specifications

• Bachelors of Computer Science is preferred, or equivalent relevant business experience
• 6+ years experience in software development and delivery track record in a range or roles in a scrum environment
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3 Years experience with supporting Human Capital Management (HCM), Payroll, Finance, and Spend Management systems is required
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3 Years experience with Workday technologies including Workday Reporting, Integrations, SOAP/REST APIs, EIBs, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, and Workday Extend is required.
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3 Years experience with Workday Business Processes, system configuration, and implementation is required.
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Experience with XML, XSLT, JavaScript, C#, .NET, SQL, ETL Tools, Web Services is required.
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Experience integrating on-premise systems with vendor systems a plus.
Knowledge of DevOps, GitHub, Automated Build & deployments, and MFA/SSO a plus
• Passionate about delivering solutions that excite and delight our customers; holds self to high standards of delivery
• Clearly demonstrates analytical ability and critical thinking skills
• Takes a logical, analytical approach to problem solving and pays close attention to detail
• Skilled in Agile development/methodologies
• Self motivated and results oriented; able to motivate others
• Takes an innovative approach to problem solving
• Demonstrates excellent oral and written communication skills; experience leading groups of people through discussions, technical or otherwise
• Strong team player; able to work effectively within a team and more broadly with people from a variety of backgrounds and areas across the organization.
• Strong experience in continuous integration

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads the conceptualization, design, development, implementation, and maintenance of new and existing features for the existing portfolio of applications for a business area
• Provides technical leadership and direction for EPIC features delivered
• Ensures application solution design conforms to agreed upon quality attributes such as performance, fault tolerance, etc.
• Design, codes, configures, unit tests, maintains, and documents software deliverables using agreed upon standards and tools.
• Collaborates with Principal SE and architects on coding standards, processes, tooling and frameworks required for the delivery of features in the sprint or product backlog
• May complete the design of components of an application that supports and advances the reference architecture.
• Ensures that solutions delivered by self or team members are secure and scalable, comply with defined standards and best practices .
• Actively looks for solutions that are buy over build and are cloud based.
• Ensures product backlog has appropriate technical stories and participates in their prioritization
• Provides ongoing and appropriate mentorship for Software Engineers and Associate Software Engineers
• Responsible for application solution quality from design and implementation to deploy and run. Participates in definition and maintenance of software standards
• Responsible for communication and collaboration with key stakeholders in the delivery of features
• Maintains depth of technical understanding of third party/cloud solutions and Unum’s implementation of solutions.
• Evaluates technical impacts from and coordinates implementation of new product releases.
• Participates in sizing and estimation activities within the agile team
• Communicates daily with the Scrum Master or Technical Product Owner and the Agile team on progress made and planned progress for the coming day and reports any impediments that are blocking their progress
• Participates in code reviews and sprint retrospectives; ensuring their ideas for team continuous improvement are communicated so that the overall process and team can improve sprint by sprint and readily receives feedback for self-improvement
• Focuses on delivering business priority and value at all times
• Participate in Proof Of Concept work and prototyping when necessary
• Collaborates with Business Analysts to confirm understanding of business requirements relating to features to be delivered and to help the Business Analyst define requirements that can be delivered from a technical perspective
• Collaborates with User Experience (UX) designers to ensure designs produced can be translated efficiently into working solutions for feature delivery
• Collaborate with Test Engineers and Senior Test Engineers as to ensure that software meets the definition of done; ensuring successful transition of work to the next stage of production during the sprints
• Contributes to an innovation culture in the team by suggesting improvement of deliveries and participates in evaluating new processes and technologies that can be applied to future feature delivery
• Collaborates with Technical Support Engineers to transition software features to a production environment ensuring that the deliveries meet application performance criteria, release standards; and ensures application and system stability.
• May serve in a Scrum Master role for an agile team
• Thinks with the mind of the end customer at all times, ensuring solutions seek to improve the customer experience and delight their customers.

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Our company is built on helping individuals and families, and this starts with our employees. We want employees to maintain a positive balance, which is why we provide access to the benefits and resources they need to invest in themselves. From our onsite fitness facilities and generous paid time off to employee professional development programs, we are committed to helping employees live and work their best – both inside and outside the office.

Unum is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.
$89,400.00-$174,800.00
Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not.

All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

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