Circle Lead Engineer; CLE - Personal Insurance

Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.

As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards. Salary Range  - ;
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Travelers is seeking a Circle Lead Engineer (CLE) to join our organization as we grow and transform our Personal Insurance Technology landscape. The individual will complete expert end-to-end engineering tasks as well as manage and lead the development and work products of software engineers.

The CLE is accountable for the set of technical product solutions in the circle, ensuring they are well bounded and composable, all while growing and nurturing the circle’s engineering team’s skillsets. This includes:

• Technical Guidance:
  Provide technical guidance and leadership to Team Lead Engineers by helping them understand how their team’s technical solutions fit together to accelerate the Circle’s mission.
• Solution Architecture and Design:
  Collaborate with the Team Lead Engineers to define the solution architectures and design of the technical components to ensure boundaries are maintained. Partners with and defers to architecture when an architecturally significant change is needed for a design that spans teams.
• Best Practices and Quality Assurance:
  Ensure teams are producing systems that meet all non-functional requirements, are well-bounded, composable, and adhere to Software Engineering best practices. Provide feedback to Team Lead Engineers to help them improve their system building skills.
• Collaboration with Circle Leadership:
  Work closely with the Circle leaders to ensure the Circle’s mission, vision, and objectives and KPIs are satisfied by the systems being maintained and built by the teams. Provide oversight to ensure capabilities are properly bounded.
• Estimation and Planning:
  Participate in increment planning sessions to assist with and provide oversight over the estimation of the technical effort required for implementing features, user stories and tasks. Help the teams, where necessary, break down work into smaller, actionable tasks.
• Technical Integrations:
  Own technical interdependencies of systems within the Circle and ensure an adequate interaction model across teams to support these.
• Problem Solving:
  Help the Team Lead Engineers overcome technical challenges and roadblocks by offering expertise, brainstorming solutions, and providing support as needed.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the Circle, encouraging experimentation, learning, and the adoption of new technologies and practices.
• Lead by Example, Mentor, and Coach:
  Demonstrate professionalism, integrity, and a commitment to quality in all aspects of the work. Mentor Team Lead Engineers, helping them develop their technical skills and grow as engineers and leaders. Provide coaching on topics such as soft skills, coding practices, design patterns, and system architecture.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

• 7+ years in programming and software development.
• Proven track record of empowering and guiding multiple teams simultaneously.
• Tech Stack:
  Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, Type Script, and React.
• Cloud & Infrastructure:
  Expertise with AWS (specifically CDK), Terraform, and Jenkins.
• Modern Tools:
  Strong background in API Development, Git Hub, and integrating AI/GenAI solutions.
• Delivery:
  Advanced delivery skills including the ability to examine and assess the effectiveness of software design strategies and methodologies across an organization, devise, apply, and share ways to ensure the quality, production readiness, and continued health of complex computer systems, incorporate awareness and understanding of work happening outside of the team,…