Senior Developer

Work Location- Remote- United States

US Salary Range- $100K-$115K

https://www.exlservice.com/us-careers-and-benefits

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support multiple client engagements within the Life Insurance and Annuity domain.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, project managers, business analysts, and development teams to analyze business requirements and design effective technical solutions.
• Participate in project planning, estimation, and solution architecture discussions.
• Conduct design reviews and provide recommendations on application architecture, data flow, and system integration.
• Ensure adherence to Project Life Cycle Methodology, IT control policies, and corporate architecture standards.
• Prepare and maintain high-level and low-level technical design documents and specifications.
• Provide technical leadership to development and support teams across onshore and offshore locations.
• Drive code quality through code reviews, best practices, and development standards.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and adoption of emerging technologies.
• Stay current with industry trends, technologies, and market developments related to Life Insurance and Annuity products.
• Must be able to understand and leverage latest AI capabilities via enterprise tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code and in-house Models to gain operational efficiency and high throughput.

• Strong experience in Life Insurance, Annuity products, and Policy Administration Systems.

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in development, maintenance, and support projects involving Mainframe technologies, preferably COBOL, DB2/SQL, C#, and .NET.

• Minimum 6+ years of experience working with SQL databases.

• Strong understanding of Policy Administration System architecture and design principles.

• Experience working directly with clients and managing technical delivery across distributed teams.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Working knowledge of version control tools like Git.

• Working knowledge and understanding of AI tools and features like Skills, custom Agents, Custom instructions, MCP, hooks etc. for operational excellence with judicious token utilization.

• Operations Team (Noida)

• Onshore Product Team 

• Senior Leadership of EXL LifePRO/LISS  & Business

• Fellow Exec/ Sr. Exec/ LAM / AM & Managers (Delivery and Support) with in EXL LifePRO/LISS  

• Internal & External Auditors/ISG/BCP personnel

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Technical Skills

• COBOL and C#

• SQL

• .NET Framework

• Git and GitHub or any other Git Repository understanding

• API Design and Integration

• Technical Design Documentation

• Coding and Code Reviews

• GitHub Copilot and Claude Code

• Application Architecture and Solution Design

   

Process Specific Skills

• Knowledge of emerging technologies and industry trends in the Life Insurance and Annuity sector.

• Experience with automation initiatives and modern software development practices.

• Professional certifications in Life Insurance, such as LOMA, are highly desirable.

Soft skills (Desired)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong leadership and team management capabilities

• Self-motivated and results-oriented

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Ability to lead and influence large cross-functional teams

   

Soft Skills (Minimum)

• Strong Technical Curiosity – does not have to be asked to show initiative and investigate to find the root problems and suggest resolutions

• Good communication skills

• Good analytical skills.

• Strong Team player & ability to build & sustain the team

• BS/BA/MBA/MS graduate

• Bachelor's Degree in Technology (B.Tech) or

• Master's Degree in Computer Applications (MCA)

• 8-12 years in a various roles associated to Software Coding, Maintenance & Support and Technical DocumentationKey Responsibilities

• Lead and support multiple client engagements within the Life Insurance and Annuity domain.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, project managers, business analysts, and development teams to analyze business requirements and design effective technical solutions.
• Participate in project planning, estimation, and solution architecture discussions.
• Conduct design reviews and provide recommendations on application architecture, data flow, and system integration.
• Ensure adherence to Project Life Cycle Methodology, IT control policies, and corporate architecture standards.
• Prepare and maintain high-level and low-level technical design documents and specifications.
• Provide technical leadership to development and support teams across onshore and offshore locations.
• Drive code quality through code reviews, best practices, and development standards.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and adoption of emerging technologies.
• Stay current with industry trends, technologies, and market developments related to Life Insurance and Annuity products.
• Must be able to understand and leverage latest AI capabilities via enterprise tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code and in-house Models to gain operational efficiency and high throughput.
• Essential Functions

• Strong experience in Life Insurance, Annuity products, and Policy Administration Systems.

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in development, maintenance, and support projects involving Mainframe technologies, preferably COBOL, DB2/SQL, C#, and .NET.

• Minimum 6+ years of experience working with SQL databases.

• Strong understanding of Policy Administration System architecture and design principles.

• Experience working directly with clients and managing technical delivery across distributed teams.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Working knowledge of version control tools like Git.

• Working knowledge and understanding of AI tools and features like Skills, custom Agents, Custom instructions, MCP, hooks etc. for operational excellence with judicious token utilization.

• Primary Internal Interactions

• Operations Team (Noida)

• Onshore Product Team 

• Senior Leadership of EXL LifePRO/LISS  & Business

• Fellow Exec/ Sr. Exec/ LAM / AM & Managers (Delivery and Support) with in EXL LifePRO/LISS  

• Internal & External Auditors/ISG/BCP personnel

•  

• Technical Skills

• COBOL and C#

• SQL

• .NET Framework

• Git and GitHub or any other Git Repository understanding

• API Design and Integration

• Technical Design Documentation

• Coding and Code Reviews

• GitHub Copilot and Claude Code

• Application Architecture and Solution Design

   

• Process Specific Skills

•  

• Knowledge of emerging technologies and industry trends in the Life Insurance and Annuity sector.

• Experience with automation initiatives and modern software development practices.

• Professional certifications in Life Insurance, such as LOMA, are highly desirable.

•  

• Soft skills (Desired)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong leadership and team management capabilities

• Self-motivated and results-oriented

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Ability to lead and influence large cross-functional teams

   

• Soft Skills (Minimum)

• Strong Technical Curiosity – does not have to be asked to show initiative and investigate to find the root problems and suggest resolutions

• Good communication skills

• Good analytical skills.

• Strong Team player & ability to build & sustain the team

  
  

• BS/BA/MBA/MS graduate

• Bachelor's Degree in Technology (B.Tech) or

• Master's Degree in Computer Applications (MCA)

   

•  Work Experience Requirements

• 8-12 years in a various roles associated to Software Coding, Maintenance & Support and Technical Documentation

The posted base salary range is the hiring base salary range for this role. Final offers are based on several factors, including: the candidate's skills and experience, internal pay equity, work location, market conditions for the role, and the specific scope and responsibilities of the position.