Senior Software Engineer

USAA

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Antonio, TXPlano, TX
Salary
$114,080–$218,030 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $167k
This role $166k
$102k most similar roles pay here $231k

This role pays less than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $149,462–$185,425 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $166k versus about $167k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About USAA

USAA (United Services Automobile Association) is a San Antonio-based Fortune 500 financial services company founded in 1922, dedicated to providing insurance, banking, and investment solutions exclusively to U.S. military members, veterans, and their families.

USAA currently has 14 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $143,320–$273,930 across 14 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

Software Engineer Senior-Life ALIP joins the Polaris team to lead engineering practices for Business Configuration and Product Configuration delivery on the Accenture Life Insurance & Annuity Platform. This role involves translating business and actuarial requirements into deployed configurations across the full policy lifecycle, including underwriting, issuance, and in-force servicing. The engineer serves as a technical liaison with platform partners, leading design reviews, mentoring others, and managing GitLab CI/CD promotion pipelines. Key responsibilities include developing complex algorithms, troubleshooting production issues across infrastructure layers, and ensuring secure coding practices for sensitive data. Required skills include experience with Java, JavaScript, SQL, Go, or Python, along with proficiency in AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, PostgreSQL/Aurora, ActiveMQ, and Redis. The role addresses the technical challenge of integrating a mission-critical insurance platform with upstream systems like requirement-ordering and reporting pipelines.

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What you'll do

  • Translate business and actuarial requirements into deployed configurations across the full policy lifecycle on the ALIP platform.
  • Serve as the primary technical liaison between USAA and Accenture to coordinate requirements and ensure safe production deployments.
  • Manage engineering practices for configuration sets, including underwriting logic, business rules, workflows, and UI configurations.
  • Oversee GitLab CI/CD promotion pipelines to ensure reliable delivery of configuration and integration changes.
  • Partner with internal teams to align the ALIP platform with upstream and downstream systems like data analytics and reporting.
  • Lead code and design reviews while mentoring engineers on system development and maintenance.
  • Troubleshoot complex production issues across configuration, integration, and infrastructure layers.
  • Communicate technical trade-offs and project updates to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 6 years of software development experience with depth in highly configurable, business-rule-driven systems.
  • Must have 4 years of experience delivering solutions across all phases of the software development lifecycle.
  • Must possess practical experience applying at least one of Java, JavaScript, SQL, Go, or Python to configuration, data, or integration work.
  • Must have hands-on experience delivering Business/Product Configuration on the Accenture Life Insurance & Annuity Platform (ALIP).
  • Must have experience in life, annuity, or health insurance policy administration with command of the platform stack including AWS EKS and PostgreSQL.
  • Must possess strong knowledge of secure coding practices, cloud technologies (AWS, Kubernetes/EKS), and GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
  • Must be able to articulate technical challenges to both technical and non-technical stakeholders while leading cross-functional teams.

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