Senior Software Architect Jobs in Springfield, MA

Who Are We?

Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That's the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

Salary Range

$139,400.00 - $230,000.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

As a member of the Enterprise AI and Emerging Technology organization at Travelers, you'll be joining a strategic and collaborative team focused on transforming our business and technology capabilities leveraging best in class AI-enabled technology.
- We're looking for a Sr. Software Engineer in the Enterprise AI Platforms organization to join our team focused on delivering enterprise platform capabilities that enable and accelerate the development of generative AI applications.
- Will serve as a technical leader in the organization who is responsible for shaping architecture decisions and delivering technical features across the enterprise.
- Engineers at this level work across the full architecture of product delivery from requirements gathering to maintenance and enhancement of existing systems.
- Will lead stakeholder conversations, shape the technical direction of initiatives, and build collective ownership across engineering, architecture, and product.
- This role is for engineers who bring deep, production-ready delivery experience to the table and who can anticipate the needs of the business in a fast-paced environment.

What Will You Do?

• Design, lead, and own the delivery ofproduction-grade platformsthat engineering teamsleverageto build and deploygenerative AI applications.
• Drivearchitecture decisionsandsystem designacross multiple teams,establishingand advancing the technical patterns,engineering standards, and practices adopted across the enterprise.
• Leadstakeholder conversations, translate technical capabilities into clearbusiness value, andidentifyopportunities where technology can drivemeasurable business outcomes.
• Think proactively about thetechnical strategyof the Enterprise AI Platforms organization.
• Participate in and leadcross-organizational engineering eventsand technical forums to share knowledge across the enterprise.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Bachelor's degreein Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, orequivalent practical experience.
• 6+ yearsof hands-on software development experience, includingdemonstratedproduction delivery of AI solutions.
• ProficiencyinPython, with experience inadditionallanguages such asTypeScript-particularly for candidates building AI integrations.
• Hands-on experiencebuilding and deploying generative AI applications.
• Hands-on experience withAWS and/or Azurecloud services.
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools, includingKubernetes.
• Hands-on experience withCI/CD toolingsuch as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Hands-on experience designing, delivering, andmaintaininglarge, distributed, production-grade applicationsin an enterprise setting.
• Demonstrated ability to leadarchitecture and solution designacross teams in agile, collaborative development environments.
• Strongcommunicationskillswith the ability to lead technical conversations withnon-technical business stakeholdersand translate complex capabilities into measurable business outcomes.
• Leveragesdomainexpertiseto improve enterprise- and organization-level capabilities.
• Aleader by examplewho delivers technical features and naturally engages with other leaders across organizations and disciplines.
• Experience deployingthird-party vendor softwarein ahighly regulatedenterprise environment.
• Terraformforprovisioningcloud infrastructure experience.
• Helmfor Kubernetes application deployment experience.
• Evaluating generative AI applications experience.
• OSS agent frameworkssuch as Strands Agents andLangGraph experience.
• Observabilitytoolinganddistributed tracingin production environments experience.
• Zero-trust securityprinciples andsecure-by-designdevelopment practices when building and deploying enterprise systems experience.
• Experienceoperatingacrossmultiple projectsat once.

What is a Must Have?

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in education and/or work experience.
• 6 additional years of software engineering experience.

What Is in It for You?

• Health Insurance:Employees and their eligible family members - including spouses, domestic partners, and children - are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
• Retirement:Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
• Paid Time Off:Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
• Wellness Program:The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
• Volunteer Encouragement:We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.

Employment Practices

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.

In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.

If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.

Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.

To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.