Software Engineer II (.Net)

  • Full-time
  • Verisk Business: Extreme Event Solutions

Company Description

Extreme event solutions at Verisk (formerly AIR Worldwide) provides risk modeling solutions that help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events. In 1987, Verisk founded the catastrophe modeling industry and today models the risk from natural catastrophes, supply chain disruptions, terrorism, pandemics, casualty catastrophes, and cyber incidents. Insurance, reinsurance, financial, corporate, and government clients rely on Verisk’s advanced science, software, and consulting services for catastrophe risk management, insurance-linked securities, longevity modeling, site-specific engineering analyses, and agricultural risk management. Verisk’s extreme event solutions team is headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.air-worldwide.com. For more information about Verisk, a leading data analytics provider serving customers in insurance, energy and specialized markets, and financial services, please visit www.verisk.com.

At the heart of what we do is help clients manage risk. Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) provides data and insights to our customers in insurance, energy and the financial services markets so they can make faster and more informed decisions.   

 Our global team uses AI, machine learning, automation, and other emerging technologies to collect and analyze billions of records. We provide advanced decision-support to prevent credit, lending, and cyber risks. In addition, we monitor and advise companies on complex global matters such as climate change, catastrophes, and geopolitical issues.   

But why we do our work is what sets us apart. It stems from a commitment to making the world better, safer and stronger.   

It’s the reason Verisk is part of the UN Global Compact sustainability initiative. It’s why we made a commitment to balancing 100 percent of our carbon emissions. It’s the aim of our “returnship” program for experienced professionals rejoining the workforce after time away. And, it’s what drives our annual Innovation Day, where we identify our next first-to-market innovations to solve our customers’ problems.   

At its core, Verisk uses data to minimize risk and maximize value. But far bigger, is why we do what we do.  

At Verisk you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create positive and lasting impact on business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. We have received the Great Place to Work® Certification for the fifth consecutive year. We’ve been recognized by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and a Best Employer for Women, testaments to our culture of engagement and the value we place on an inclusive and diverse workforce.  Verisk’s Statement on Racial Equity and Diversity supports our commitment to these values and affecting positive and lasting change in the communities where we live and work.  

Job Description

We are looking for a full stack Senior Software Engineer to join AIR’s growing Software Development team. Candidate gets an opportunity to be a key contributor to the growth of the company's product suite. We are also interested in your communications skills, your attention to detail and the various attributes that affect how you work and how you relate to the people you work with. In short, we look for people with a passion for achievement, integrity and the desire to make things happen.

Responsibilities, but not limited to:

  • You will learn and understand the existing Product architecture and database design of AIR products
  • Contribute to the development, which may span across multiple products with middleware components in a smart client, SOA architecture using C#, WPF, WCF, Entity Framework, LINQ and design pattern- MVVM
  • You will develop unit tests for newly implemented components in MS Visual Studio
  • Proactively contribute to software performance optimizations and continuous improvements to code quality, robustness, and development processes
  • Develop data models and stored procedures by following best practices in view of performance, scalability and security
  • Create database objects such as tables, views, stored procedures, UDFs etc.     
  • Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

Qualifications

  • 3-7 years of experience in developing commercial-grade .NET applications using C# as the programming language with SQL server as the data base
  • Should have good understanding of .NET framework
  • Should have good experience on WCF
  • Should have good knowledge on best practices for data access
  • Should have experience on LINQ and Entity Framework
  • OOP/Object/Component-oriented design and programming
  • Multi-threading on Windows platform
  • Code reviews, pair programming
  • Good troubleshooting and debugging skills
  • Should be familiar with version controlling packages like TFS/VSS
  • Good working experience and knowledge of SQL Server 2012 and above with experience in writing queries and stored procedures in an application centric environment
  • Be aware of potential blocking, deadlocking and write code to avoid those situations.
  • Should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience with the following is a plus:
  • Unit testing frameworks for C#/.NET
  • Experience of using design patterns
  • Code refactoring tools such as Resharper
  • Infragistics controls, WPF experience
  • Agile/Scrum methodologies

Additional Information

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability.

http://www.verisk.com/careers.html

Unsolicited resumes sent to Verisk, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Verisk business mailing address, fax machine or email address, or directly to Verisk employees, will be considered Verisk property. Verisk will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. 

Consumer Privacy Notice

Privacy Policy