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TruStage

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded CUNA Mutual Group, which was founded in 1935

🛡️ Insurance

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

Insurance • Finance • Fintech

TruStage is a company delivering insurance, investment, and technology solutions designed to help individuals and businesses make informed and confident financial decisions. The company offers a comprehensive array of insurance products, including life, auto, home, and property insurance, as well as specialized insurance for businesses. TruStage also provides investment solutions like annuities and wealth management, along with technology solutions focused on compliance and e-commerce enablement. Recognized for helping clients manage risk and build financial security, TruStage has been serving customers since 1935 and continues to stand out as a highly-rated provider in the insurance industry.

📋 Description

• Lead the design and development of prototypes, proofs-of-concept, and pilot solutions • Build full-stack prototypes independently when needed • Translate research objectives into scalable technical architectures and implementation approaches • Evaluate emerging and mature technologies for business applicability and integration potential • Lead build-vs-buy analysis, vendor assessments, and platform evaluations • Shape the R&D pipeline and prioritize opportunities aligned with enterprise strategy • Decompose ambiguous business challenges into data questions, technology hypotheses, and prototype plans • Define experiment designs, success criteria, and evaluation frameworks • Lead technical validation and synthesize recommendations to advance, pivot, or discontinue initiatives • Use AI-assisted development tools in daily engineering workflows • Embed AI/ML capabilities into prototypes and pilot solutions where appropriate • Support outcome measurement and production handoff planning • Engage compliance, risk, legal, and information security early • Lead successful prototypes into pilot implementations and support scaling into production • Provide technical leadership, set technical direction, and establish code review practices • Mentor and coach engineers across experience levels and working styles • Establish best practices for experimentation, rapid prototyping, and iterative development • Communicate technical findings, insights, decisions, risks, and tradeoffs to technical and business stakeholders • Translate complex technical concepts into actionable recommendations

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and/or related professional work experience • 7 years of experience in software engineering, product development, or emerging technology roles • Experience developing prototypes, proofs-of-concept, pilot solutions, or production-ready capabilities • Hands-on full-stack development experience with modern frontend frameworks, backend development, REST or GraphQL APIs, and relational and non-relational databases • Experience with modern development frameworks, cloud platforms, system architecture, Git, CI/CD concepts, and collaborative development workflows • Familiarity with Microsoft technologies including Azure cloud services, Azure AI, Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform, and related tooling • Experience assessing Microsoft-native solutions, external alternatives, vendor offerings, build-vs-buy options, platform evaluations, or technology strategy against business and technical requirements • Familiarity with AI/ML, automation, data-driven systems, and AI-assisted development tools • Direct experience working with data across multiple enterprise systems • Experience operating in regulated environments preferred, with awareness of privacy, model governance, AI ethics, compliance, risk, auditability, and data governance • Ability to work across technical and business teams to deliver outcomes and support operational handoff • Experience mentoring engineers, researchers, or early-career technologists through code reviews, design discussions, and technical coaching • Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills • Problem-first thinking, curiosity, self-direction, and comfort with ambiguity • Preferred exposure to graph databases, knowledge graphs, network analysis, applied analytics, open-source contributions, technical writing, or innovation-focused team environments • Must not require immigration sponsorship or additional/permanent work authorization to work in the United States now or in the future

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual incentive (bonus) plan eligibility • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Employee assistance program • Life insurance • Disability plans • Parental leave • Paid time off • 401(k) • Tuition reimbursement • Flexible workplace and work-life balance • Career growth • Retirement assistance • Flexibility to work in a preferred location • Application or interview process accommodations