Position Title: Application Developer
Company: Midwest Insurance Company
Full time/Part time: Full time
Internship /Temporary/Permanent: Permanent
Description:
Midwest is currently seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team as an entry level application developer. The developer will collaborate with experienced software engineers to implement enterprise applications.
Additional responsibilities include providing valuable input into the design of systems, testing to identify defects, performing research, generating documentation and general application maintenance.
The developer must be flexible, creative, able to take and give direction, straight forward and hard working.
Required experience:
- 1-2 years experience performing application development in a corporate environment
- Excellent understanding of relational databases, SQL syntax and the construction of complex queries
- Experience using XML, XML schemas and SOAP
- Understanding of web programming (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Understanding of object oriented design, data structures and algorithms
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to adhere to coding and quality standards
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or related field
Experience in the following areas is a plus:
- Oracle and MySQL RDBMS
- Java/J2EE, .NET or other enterprise programming environment
- Insurance and/or financial industry experience
- Project management knowledge
To Apply:
Email resume with cover letter to humanresources@midins.com
All candidates must be authorized by USCIS to work in the US
About Midwest:
Midwest provides workers’ compensation insurance for businesses across the country. The company was founded in 1998 with its headquarters in Springfield, IL. Operating in over 20 states, Midwest utilizes an on-line quoting platform to capture premiums in excess of $1 billion annually. Over the past three years, Midwest has maintained the lowest loss ratio among the top 50 workers’ compensation carriers in Illinois.
