Software Engineer III

Salary Range: $96,960 - $140,000

Job Posting End Date: 2/23/26

We are the duck. We develop and empower our people, cultivate relationships, give back to our community, and celebrate every success along the way. We do it all… The Aflac Way.

Aflac, a Fortune 500 company, is an industry leader in voluntary insurance products that pay cash directly to policyholders and one of America's best-known brands. Aflac has been recognized as Fortune’s 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity and as one of World’s Most Ethical Companies by

Our business is about being there for people in need. So, ask yourself, are you the duck? If so, there’s a home, and a flourishing career for you at Aflac.

Depending on your location within the continental US, this role may hybrid or remote.

• If you live within 50 miles of the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, this role will be hybrid. This means you will be expected to work in the office for at least 60% of the work week. You will work from your home (within the continental US) for the remaining portion of the work week. Details of this schedule will be discussed with your leadership.
• If you live more than 50 miles from the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, this role will be remote. This means you will be expected to work from your home, within the continental US. If the role is remote, there may be occasions that you are requested to come to the office based on business need. Any requests to come to the office would be communicated with you in advance.

• Acting with Integrity
• Communicating Effectively
• Pursuing Self-Development
• Serving Customers
• Supporting Change
• Supporting Organizational Goals
• Working with Diverse Populations

• Extensive experience in software development and modern programming languages.
• Proven experience with Scrum and advanced Dev Ops methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead junior developers
• Code Optimization and Memory Management
• Database, SQL, and API Integration
• Spring and Spring Boot Expertise
• AWS and Cloud Technologies

Utilize tools like JProfiler (or Your Kit) to analyze and resolve memory leaks and optimize heap usage. Efficiently handle paginated collections and apply best practices, such as is Empty() vs. size() > 0, to improve code performance and maintainability.

Design and implement database interactions using SQL with JDBC, leveraging Prepared Statements for secure queries. Analyze explain plans, manage transactions, and integrate RESTful APIs using JSON and Swagger. Work with Jdbc Template, Rest Template, and Named Jdbc Template  to streamline database and API operations.

Build scalable applications using Spring and Spring Boot, employing dependency injection, @Rest Controller
, and Java-based configuration. Use Spring Actuator, Spring Cloud Stream, or reactive programming to enhance system capabilities. Develop and execute unit tests (e.g., JUnit) and use Maven for compiling, testing, and running applications.

Utilize AWS services such as EC2, S3, ECS, and RDS to build and manage cloud-based solutions. Leverage Elastic Container Services with Fargate for container orchestration and hosting Spring Boot APIs. Work with the AWS Console for resource management and SSH for secure access to EC2 instances. Utilize Terraform and Cloud Formation for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to build and maintain full stack infrastructure.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems or other related field
• Four or more years of programming experience

Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems or other related field

• Lead the design, test, development and optimization of customer-facing applications.
• Collaborate in advanced stages of Scrum, ensuring smooth software delivery.
• Enforce and improve code quality standards, particularly concerning resilience, data, and security.
• Evaluate and incorporate modern programming languages…