Principal Application Engineer

Overview

Banner Life Insurance Company is a leading digital life insurance platform provider. We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design and build scalable, efficient, and cost‑effective services across multiple product teams.

• Drive multiple projects through delivery, removing obstacles as needed.
• Gain a working understanding of Banner Life as a business and collaborate with leaders to contribute to cohesive end‑to‑end customer experiences.
• Design and develop web‑based applications and micro‑services across front‑and back‑end technologies, including technical design, coding, and unit testing.
• Lead improvements to software engineering practices.
• Identify changes to improve customer/partner experience through a data‑driven approach.
• Maintain knowledge of corporate security procedures and policies for implementation, auditing, and documentation.
• Mentor and train software engineering team members and contractors.
• Keep up to date with industry trends and apply to projects as appropriate.
• Recommend business solutions comparing building versus low‑code/no‑code options.
• Prepare technical documentation and lead code reviews to ensure code meets internal standards and best practices.
• Research new technologies and propose solutions that facilitate business processing and reduce costs.

• BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent work experience.

• 10+ years of software design and development experience with backend services.
• 10+ years hands‑on experience in an object‑oriented language; C# preferred.
• 3+ years of designing distributed systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate technical details clearly across organizational boundaries.
• Experience in Dev Ops to maintain live services or application frameworks.
• Cloud experience, with Azure highly desirable.
• Excellent analytical skills with a systematic approach to software design.
• Passion for building highly scalable, reliable services.
• Experience with Agile and interactive development processes.
• Clear understanding of software development life cycle procedures and processes, including Agile methodologies.

• Desires to learn, embrace challenges, and use failures for mastery.
• Creates diverse and inclusive culture where all voices are heard.
• Articulates ideas to mixed audiences.
• Exhibits ownership, accountability, and manages stakeholder expectations.
• Self‑motivated and drives progress across teams and organizations.

• Expert level knowledge of C#, .NET Core, .NET Frameworks.
• Web services, micro‑services, SQL, Entity Framework.
• HTML, HTML5, CSS, responsive design.
• Typescript and JavaScript frameworks (jQuery, Angular, etc.).
• Unit testing frameworks (nUnit, MSTest, Jasmine, Karma).
• Jira and Confluence.
• Version control with Git or Bit Bucket.
• Docker and Kubernetes (or other container technologies).
• Application deployment in the cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP).

• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ‑900.
• Microsoft Azure Developer Associate AZ‑204.

The expected hiring compensation range for this position is $141,300 – $194,300 annually. This is a hybrid opportunity based in Frederick, MD. Total compensation may include a sign‑on bonus, long‑term incentives, and annual bonuses. Eligibility to participate in the Annual Incentive Plan, with a target payment of 20% of base salary. This role has 20 vacation days, 10 sick days accrued bi‑weekly, and 9 paid holidays per year.

Benefits include health, life, and dental insurance; 401(k) with company match up to 6%; pension package; generous time off; and wellbeing initiatives. Professional development and mentorship opportunities are provided.

Banner Life is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and interview process.