Application Developer

Overview

The purpose of this role is to deliver technical solutions for key stakeholders’ business requirements by analyzing business needs, developing effective applications, conducting user acceptance testing and troubleshooting errors to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of developed programs. This role involves developing enhancements, features, and bug fixes in releasing code. We use Visual Studio, TFS, and C#, .Net for development;
Oracle as the main database; ESRI for mapping applications. Applications are developed for Windows (WPF), Mobile (Xamarin), and Web (Angular, WebAPI) for Policy Holders, Agents, Adjusters, and other internal staff.

Location
:
Fargo, ND - Ramsey, MN

Work Arrangement
: hybrid or remote working expectations

Starting Salary
: between $72,000.00 and $

• Deliver effective applications for business use by analyzing business requirements and consulting with key stakeholders to clarify and ensure program specifications and technical solutions align with business needs
• Build applications by translating specifications into programming language and forecasting solutions to anticipated problems to ensure effectiveness of programs for business use
• Foster a thorough approach to finalizing developed applications by participating in testing of functionality and analyzing sample data-sets to ensure accuracy of program output and support the achievement of quality assurance and key stakeholder standards
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders by participating in design and code reviews and escalating issues to troubleshoot errors and gaps, refine processes and technical standards and ensure continual effectiveness of team deliverables
• Provide accurate record-keeping by writing detailed documentation for the operation of programs to facilitate user understanding of application functioning
• Contribute to a positive work environment by demonstrating cultural expectations and influencing others to reward performance and value “can do” people, accountability, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, continuous improvement, collaboration, creativity and fun

• Required Education
  :
  Associate's Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Required Experience
  : 5+ years relevant experience

• Generate or adapt technology to serve user needs
• Design, set-up, operate, and correct malfunctions involving application of technological systems
• Assist with defining a project s scope
• Clearly and confidently convey information to internal and external stakeholders
• Assume a methodical approach to evaluate situations; effectively and efficiently present logic, reasoning, and analysis to others
• Conceptualize and innovate creative solutions; escalate issues when necessary
• Understand team dynamics and utilize the individual strengths of each member to achieve results
• Collaborate with people at different levels within the organization to accomplish a common goal
• Multi-task and handle competing priorities; adjust plans, goals, actions or priorities to meet changing situations
• Act with a sense of urgency
• Adapt and be flexible in a complex, changing environment
• Participate in continuing education related to the job

• Working knowledge of relational databases and SQL
• Working knowledge of technical documentation
• Working knowledge of software development lifecycle and relevant milestones
• Working knowledge of .NET technologies, object relational mapping (ORMs) and Java
• Working knowledge of n-tier architecture

The salary range for this role is provided above. This is the national range for location(s) listed. The salary offer will be decided based on the role's complexity, its location, and the candidate’s professional background, including their education and experience. Beyond the base salary, regular full-time and part-time employees will also be eligible for QBE’s annual discretionary bonus plan based on business and individual performance.

We encourage all candidates to apply, even if their salary expectations fall outside of this range, as we are committed to finding the right fit for our team.

• Hybrid Working – a…