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Company: Aflac Columbus

Location: Remote, US, 31999 GA, US, 31999

Division: Digital Services

Job Id: 9352

Salary Range: $123,000 - $170,000

Job Posting End Date: July 15, 2026

• Hybrid: If you live within 50 miles of the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, the role will be hybrid. This means you will be expected to work in the office at least 60% of the work week. Remote work will cover the remaining portion of the work week. Details of this schedule will be discussed with leadership.
• Remote: If you live more than 50 miles from the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, the role will be remote. This means you will be expected to work from your home within the continental US. Occasional office visits may be requested based on business need; any requests will be communicated in advance.

• Deep experience in modern programming languages and cloud development.
• Mastery of Scrum, DevOps, and Test-Driven Development.
• Leadership and strategic planning skills.
• Salesforce Platform Developer certification.

• Define architectural guidelines and best practices.
• Lead software development initiatives from conception to deployment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align software solutions with business objectives.
• Introduce and train teams in advanced programming languages and tools.
• Ensure cloud readiness and optimal performance of all applications.
• Lead and mentor technical and project team members at the business function level.
• Lead the project team in analyzing requirements and providing accurate and detailed estimates for design, build, test, and deployment phases.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to various technical teams.
• Collaborate with Architects, Developers, and Senior Infrastructure Technical staff to evaluate and recommend technology advancements and business solutions for assigned projects and/or applications.
• Support the implementation and testing of cross‑functional systems, ensuring that the system meets client and business needs; provide continuous support to internal and external stakeholders experiencing issues with server hardware, operating systems, core infrastructure applications, and related utilities; maintain mainframe operating systems or major subsystems, and associated software and hardware products; handle unresolved support issues across multiple areas of expertise.
• Proactively monitor projects and existing production applications and core infrastructure to identify ways to improve application availability.
• Handle unresolved production support issues across multiple areas of expertise and analyze current architecture.
• Provide design recommendations, develop application and custom integration solutions—including major enhancements and interfaces; write complex design specifications.
• Lead ongoing maintenance of mainframe and/or client server applications or tools, depending on previous involvement with projects.
• Facilitate and ensure on‑time completion of performance, load, functional, and other testing and application vulnerability testing efforts and resolution of issues; develop new cross‑functional software systems using disciplined software development processes.
• Perform other duties as required.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
• 6+ years of programming experience.
• Preferred: Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.

Total Rewards: The salary range for this job is $123,000 - $170,000. This range is specific to the job and salary offers consider a wide range of factors, including education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and peer compensation. Compensation decisions are made in good faith based on information known at the time of posting.

In addition to the base salary, benefits include medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, health care flexible spending, dependent care flexible spending, Aflac supplemental policies (Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity offered at no cost), 401(k) plans, annual bonuses, and opportunity to purchase company stock.

Annual paid holidays: 11; Paid time off: up to 20 days; eligible state‑mandated sick leave; other leaves of absence as applicable. Aflac complies with all applicable leave laws.