Software Engineer II

Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, Portland, Maine, USA

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Job Posting End Date: November 24

Our Fortune 500 company is driving a digital transformation and looking for forward-thinking innovators to disrupt how our industry thinks about and uses technology. As one of the world's leading employee benefits providers, we help millions of people gain affordable access to benefits that help them protect their families, their finances and their futures.

Are you an asker of questions, a solver of problems, and a challenger of the status quo? Our mission is to provide a differentiated customer experience and exceed the expectations people have of technology at any company — not just insurers. 

We are seeking individuals to join our team of talented IT professionals who share never-ending passion and an unwavering focus on our customer experience. Team members comfortable working in an agile, fast-paced, and delivery-focused environment thrive in our environment where we value an entrepreneurial spirit and those who challenge the status-quo.

Unum is changing, and we’re excited about what’s next. Join us.

General Summary:

Unum is hiring a hands-on Software Engineer II to join an Agile team supporting applications used for insurance quoting and proposal development. This role will focus primarily on enhancing existing applications, developing features for new products, supporting releases, and helping maintain reliable production systems.

The ideal candidate has strong professional experience with C#, .NET/.NET Framework, and SQL and can deliver moderately complex work with minimal guidance. This is a good opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving business problems, working across established applications, and contributing to both back-end services and front-end functionality.

Job Specifications:

• Approximately 4+ years of professional software development experience, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field is preferred, but equivalent professional experience will also be considered.
• Strong hands-on development experience with C# and .NET or .NET Framework.
• Strong experience working with SQL and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience designing, developing, testing, and maintaining production software.
• Understanding of object-oriented design and software development practices.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Ability to independently analyze requirements, estimate work, solve technical problems, and deliver features with minimal guidance.
• Experience using source control and participating in code reviews.
• Familiarity with software deployment and established CI/CD processes.
• Commitment to software quality through unit testing, integration testing, or automated testing.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

The following experience would be helpful, but candidates are not expected to have every skill:

• JavaScript, HTML, CSS, or a modern JavaScript framework such as React.
• Stored procedures, database migrations, or Liquibase.
• REST or SOAP APIs.
• Visual Studio, Git, GitHub, Azure DevOps, or Octopus Deploy.
• IIS, Windows Server, Windows Authentication, or enterprise application hosting.
• Selenium or other automated testing tools.
• SQL Server Reporting Services or OpenText Exstream.
• PowerShell or XML.
• GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar AI-assisted development tools.
• Insurance, employee benefits, quoting, underwriting, or proposal-system experience.
• Experience enhancing established or legacy enterprise applications.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, implement, and maintain features for existing and new applications.
• Build enhancements that support insurance quoting, rating, and proposal capabilities.
• Work primarily with C#, .NET/.NET Framework, Microsoft SQL Server, and related web technologies.
• Contribute to both back-end development and front-end user-interface work.
• Review business and technical requirements and translate them into practical software solutions.
• Participate in solution design, technical discovery, work breakdown, estimation, and proof-of-concept activities.
• Independently complete complex feature-development assignments while raising risks or impediments when needed.
• Write maintainable code and participate in code reviews, unit testing, integration testing, and test automation.
• Support application releases and occasional post-release production issues.
• Deploy software and work within established CI/CD processes using tools such as GitHub, Azure DevOps, and Octopus Deploy.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including PI planning, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and design sessions.
• Keep work and progress current in the team’s application lifecycle management tools.
• Collaborate with engineers, business analysts, test engineers, technical support, UX partners, and other stakeholders.
• Contribute ideas that improve software quality, delivery processes, automation, and the customer experience.
• Provide technical guidance or informal mentoring to other engineers when appropriate.

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Our company is built on helping individuals and families, and this starts with our employees. We want employees to maintain a positive balance, which is why we provide access to the benefits and resources they need to invest in themselves. From our onsite fitness facilities and generous paid time off to employee professional development programs, we are committed to helping employees live and work their best – both inside and outside the office.

Unum is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.

$73,300.00-$150,500.00

Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not. All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

Company:

Unum