Sr Software Engineer supporting Cyberlife at Symetra · Remote (United States)
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Agile
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REST
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Senior Software Engineer with experience supporting and enhancing life insurance policy administration platforms such as CyberLife, Life70,
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Strong background in COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, VSAM, and enterprise-scale mainframe application development.
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Proven problem solver with the ability to analyze complex requirements and deliver reliable, high-quality solutions.
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Technical mentor who enjoys sharing knowledge, supporting team growth, and promoting development, best practices.
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As a remote-first organization with a cameras-on culture, reliable internet connectivity is important to how we connect, collaborate, and se
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100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload, in alignment with the FCC's definition of "broadband."
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Why they ask: Design judgement.
How to answer: Draw it, name the trade-offs, say what you learned.
Why they ask: Debugging method.
How to answer: Measure first, then caching, queries, indexes, async work.
Why they ask: Quality habits.
How to answer: Unit, integration, and what you would not test.
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Why they ask: Agile is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
Why they ask: REST is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
Why they ask: Opener to see how you frame your story.
How to answer: Two minutes: current role, one achievement that matches this job, why this company now.
Why they ask: Checks ownership and depth.
How to answer: Use situation, action, result. Quantify the result.
Why they ask: Tests accountability and learning.
How to answer: Pick a real failure, own your part, show the fix and what changed afterwards.
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