We deliver our customers peace of mind every day by helping them protect what they value most. Our passion for placing the customer at the center of everything we do is driving a transformational shift at Liberty Mutual. Operating as a tech startup within a Fortune 100 company, we are leading a digital disruption that will redefine how people experience insurance.  Job Introduction: This role will work in the Corporate Functions - Legal Technology group using agile methods to deliver key technology in direct alignment with the business strategies. This team is looking to hire Principal Software Developer. The candidate will provide technical consulting on complex to highly complex projects. Devises or modifies procedures to solve highly complex problems. Leads projects or subprojects of highly technical complexity and responsible for directing and monitoring the work of team members. Responsible for system analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation. Responsible for quality assurance review. May provide mentorship to new developers and team.   Key initiatives include: Artificial Intelligence, system and vendor upgrades, innovation pilots, Salesforce. Key technologies include: Azure, AWS, Salesforce, Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Java and Spring for Web Applications an Microservices, and many more. There is also flexibility in this role to try new technologies, and figure out the direction for the Legal Technology Organization. This person will be a technical entrepreneur, ready to bring new ideas and keep the Legal space at Liberty significantly ahead of the industry.  About the job: Leads and consults on the following highly complex activities:

• Develops maintainable/scalable, effective, defect free source code that meets business requirements and team standards
• Conducts unit test case development
•  Develops highly complex test scripts
• Conducts impact analysis
• Develops component design
• Develops system/application architecture
• Supports the production support transition and implementation phases; responsible for overall success of the project.
• Works within project team to lead iterative development that delivers a high quality product.
• Supports interactions with customers and development team to gather and define requirements.
• Develops and leads the production of support documentation.
• Leads functional/system integration testing support.
• Leads quality assurance architecture and design guide review; defects or discrepancies in requirements identified and resolved with appropriate partners.
• Plans work out appropriately, effectively communicates and responds to escalations/inquiries. 
• Develops Build and Deployment guide.
• Identify and implements appropriate continuous improvement opportunities.
• Completes other project work or tasks as assigned.

 Desired skills: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in technical or business discipline or equivalent experience, technical degree preferred.
• Minimum 8+ years of professional experience.
• Highly proficient in software engineering languages and tools; ability to develop on multiple platforms.
• Strong negotiation, facilitation and consensus building skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; presentation skill.
• Extensive knowledge of the following: IT concepts, strategies, methodologies.
• Versed in diverse technologies and new technical architecture principles and concepts.
• Extensive knowledge in layered systems architectures solutions and designs and shared software concepts.
• Extensive knowledge of business operations, strategies and objectives.
• Strong in multiple programming languages and tools.
• Extensive understanding of agile software development concepts and processes.
• Must be proactive, demonstrate initiative and be a logical thinker.
• Extensive consultative skills, including the ability to understand and apply customer requirements, including drawing out unforeseen implications and making recommendations for design, the ability to define design reasoning, understanding potential impacts of design requirements.
• Extensive understanding of backlog tracking, burn down metrics, and incremental delivery.
• Strong collaboration, prioritization, and adaptability skills required.

 Benefits: We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to positive change. In return for your service, it's our privilege to offer you benefits and rewards that support your life and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit: https://LMI.co/Benefits Overview: At Liberty Mutual, we give motivated, accomplished professionals the opportunity to help us redefine what insurance means; to work for a global leader with a deep sense of humanity and a focus on improving and protecting everyday lives.  We create an inspired, collaborative environment, where people can take ownership of their work; push breakthrough ideas; and feel confident that their contributions will be valued and their growth championed. We're dedicated to doing the right thing for our employees, because we know that their fulfillment and success leads us to great places. Life. Happiness. Innovation. Impact. Advancement. Whatever their pursuit, talented people find their path at Liberty Mutual.