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Director Software Engineer

AI summary of the role

Director of Software Engineering at Travelers, leading a team to design and deliver production-grade harness capabilities for building and deploying generative AI and AWS applications.

What you’ll do

  • Design and deliver production-grade harness capabilities for generative AI and AWS applications.
  • Drive architecture and system design for agentic components across multiple teams.
  • Help teams align to enterprise standards in source code management, testing, CI/CD, and modern engineering principles.
  • Advance test automation and raise the quality bar on the harness and systems.

What you’ll bring

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, related STEM field, or equivalent.
  • 6 additional years of software engineering experience (total 10+ years).
  • 4+ years of hands-on software development with production delivery of AI solutions at scale.
  • Proficiency in Python and TypeScript for AI integrations.

Technologies

Python · TypeScript · AWS · Azure · Kubernetes · Terraform · CDK · GitHub Actions · Jenkins · AWS AgentCore

About The Travelers Companies

Commercial, personal, and bond/specialty property-casualty insurer serving businesses, government units, associations, and individuals through independent agents and brokers across the US, UK, and Ireland.

Public · 5000+ people

Source and classification

Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:

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? Travelers is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to join our organization as we grow and transform our Technology landscape. Individual will complete advanced software end to end engineering tasks that span many parts of a system including designing, developing, analyzing, configuring, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, documenting, health monitoring/alerting, and implementing based on user or system specifications. Individual will also consult with users to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications, manage the effective use of resources, act as subject matter expert across multiple applications, systems and technologies, leverage technical and business knowledge to drive the
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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. Job Category Technology 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? Travelers is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to join our organization as we grow and transform our Technology landscape. Individual will complete advanced software end to end engineering tasks that span many parts of a system including designing, developing, analyzing, configuring, testing, debugging, troubleshootin [... source excerpt omitted ...] cution of complex initiatives, participate in the design/ development process, and provide technical leadership, while leading a team of SWE. What Will You Do? Design and deliver production-grade harness capabilities that engineering teams leverage to build and deploy generative AI, AWS applications. Drive architecture and system design for agentic components across multiple teams, advancing the technical patterns and engineering standards adopted across the enterprise. Help teams align to enterprise standards and practices in source code management, testing, CI/CD, and modern engineering principles. Advance test automation and raise the quality bar on the harness and the syste [... source excerpt omitted ...] the business can act on. Participate in cross-organizational engineering events and technical forums to share harness patterns and practices across the enterprise. Perform other responsibilities as assigned. What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have? 4+ years of hands-on software development experience, including demonstrated production delivery of AI solutions you have supported at scale. Proficiency in Python, with experience in additional languages such as TypeScript, particularly for building AI integrations. Hands-on experience building, deploying, and evaluating generative AI applications, including the runtime concerns around them: orchestration, tool interfaces, context and mem

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