Application Developer ; Early Talent

Job Title

Application Developer I (New Business Transformation)

At American Equity we offer leading annuity products that help empower our clients to fulfill their needs and wants in retirement. Our success comes from hiring high‑energy individuals who embody the beliefs that drive our unique culture. We currently fund over half a million retirements nationwide, headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, for over thirty years with satellite offices in Charlotte, NC and New York, NY.

The Application Developer I (New Business Transformation) supports projects to enhance and modernize American Equity’s digital services, which serve our internal employees and external partners by providing tools to efficiently perform their roles. The role works with cross‑functional teams that help gather requirements, design and develop a New Business workflow platform using low‑code/no‑code solution to quickly move from legacy systems and ultimately deliver our internal customers an amazing solution.

This role provides valuable support to professional staff within organizational functions that align with their field of study and contribute to ongoing projects, gaining hands‑on experience in a structured, professional environment.

As part of American Equity’s Early Talent Program, you’ll benefit from mentorship, professional development, and meaningful networking opportunities. Our cohort‑based model fosters connection, collaboration, and broad exposure across the business, giving you a well‑rounded foundation to start your career.

• Gain experience in low code/no code technology.
• Work with stakeholders to understand business requirements that are translated into technical solutions.
• Assist in the design of user interactions.
• Collaborate across time zones via video conferencing and software such as MS Teams, Jira, and Git Hub.
• Complete project and support tasks with guidance from mentor and department leader.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Completed Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience or desire to learn about low code/no code technology.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external partners.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions.
• Learn quickly when faced with new challenges and situations; analyze success and failures.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Knowledge in the following areas would be a plus: usage of Postman, CSS design, creating documentation.
• Working knowledge of APIs.
• Experience in cloud infrastructure solutions (such as Mongo
  
  DB, Data Dog) is a plus.
• Good analytical skills with ability to research issues and products.
• Ability to work cooperatively and successfully with employees, customers, and other outside third parties.

This description covers the major purpose and essential functions of the job. It is not intended to give all details or a step‑by‑step account of the way each task is to be performed. Employees may receive other job‑related instructions and be required to perform other job‑related work requested by their manager. All requirements are subject to possible modification to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

Des Moines, Iowa (Onsite)

6000 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines, IA 50266