• Collaborates in troubleshooting application issues within the Agile\Scrum, technical and business teams.
• Participates in work refinement, estimation processes with the product team.
• Prepares and executes unit testing on new and modified code per team/organization standards.
• Works with the product and change control teams to ensure quality deliveries.
• Creates and maintains documentation in Confluence, as defined by the product team or company.
• Ensures timely delivery of projects and tasks, communicating delays and roadblocks.
• Flexes to non-core responsibilities as needed to ensure timely work delivery to the customer.
• Collaborates with product team to develop, test, and deploy application modifications of mixed impact and risk based on collaboratively defined requirements.
• Prepares technical specifications, flow charts, and data flow diagrams to effectively communicate less complicated application design, delivery, and updates.
• Solicits and performs code review per team/product/organization standards.
• Identifies opportunities to improve application and business process efficiency/effectiveness.
• Contributes to resolving problems and/or improving processes at the product team level.
• Performs special projects and other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma required, relevant post-secondary education or equivalent training and experience desirable.
• Intermediate skills with Spring and Java.
• Experience supporting or creating microservices a plus.
• Experience or interest in Docker, and Kafka.
• Demonstrated basic knowledge and application of relevant project methodologies at product team level.
• Working/functional knowledge and use of various core systems.
• Intermediate level effectiveness in required computer languages.
• Intermediate level effectiveness with required code versioning and deployment software/tools.
• Exposure to and fundamental knowledge of multiple technology stacks and frameworks.
• Good mathematical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and carry out assignments to completion.
• Strong attention to detail and quality.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills with ability to accomplish multiple within specified timeframes.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with all product team members.

CULTURE AND TOTAL REWARDS:

Currently ranked as the 37th largest private company by revenue in Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal), Western National has earned accolades year-over-year as an employer of choice and garnered multiple awards for wellness in the workplace including the Wellness by Design Platinum +Green award from Hennepin County and is a mspWellness Champion. Western National was also named a Star Tribune Top Workplace in 2021 and 2022. The company is also consistently recognized as a Ward’s 50 property-and-casualty insurance company for its outstanding financial results.

Western National has long been known as “The Relationship Company®,” and caring for our employees is a part of that relationship commitment. Western National values connectiveness, empowerment, and accountability. Western National offers competitive pay, advancement opportunities, a generous benefits package, a robust wellbeing program, and a commitment to a healthy work/life balance. These attributes are just some of the reasons why nearly half of our employees choose to stay on the Western National team for ten years or more!

Western National offers full time employees a significant Total Rewards Package, including:

• Medical insurance Plan options
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Flex Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) Plan (plus company match)
• Wellbeing Program
• Onsite Fitness Studio
• Paid volunteer time
• Time Off – including vacation and holiday pay
• 100% company-paid tuition reimbursement for approved job-relevant coursework and access to The Institutes (Risk & Insurance Education)
• Discounts on personal auto and homeowner's insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Profit-sharing bonus
• Other standard employee benefits – including dental insurance, vision benefits, life insurance, disability insurance, and more.

Western National believes in supporting balance between work and life by providing a flexible work environment which includes a variety of hybrid and remote work arrangements designed to balance individual, job, department, and company needs.

Western National provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.