Software Engineer, Payments and Tax… at UNUM GROUP · Columbia

Summary: Unum is a Fortune 500 company leading a digital transformation in the employee benefits sector. They are seeking a Software Engineer to develop backend services and integrations for payment-related systems, ensuring compliance and enhancing existing applications. Responsibilities: - Develop backend services, APIs, middleware, and integrations across multiple payment-related systems - Contribute to both net‑new development and enhancements of existing applications, including legacy components - Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and collaborative solution-building - Assist with production support, using these opportunities to gain architectural insight and strengthen troubleshooting skills - Participate in limited on-call rotations during holidays or release windows - Ensure systems and payment flows remain accurate, resilient, and compliant with audit and tax reporting requirements - Engage in peer mentorship, cross-team collaboration, and AWS learning programs - Work effectively within a broader technical and business ecosystem, understanding how each component contributes to customer outcomes - Embrace a mindset of lifelong learning—adapting to new technologies while also diving into mature or legacy systems as needed - Develop a working understanding of the insurance domain, recognized as a steep learning curve - Communicate clearly and confidently during stakeholder meetings when called upon - Approach solution design with a holistic, customer-impact‑focused perspective - Demonstrate patience, empathy, and curiosity when navigating complex business systems - Listen actively, remain open to being wrong, and contribute constructively to team discussions - Bring energy to continuous improvement, treating most work as an evolving draft that gets better through iteration Required Qualifications: - Strong grounding in computer science and software development principles; role is not suitable for candidates starting from zero - Experience delivering projects in any modern programming language (language‑agnostic environment) - Demonstrated ability to learn quickly, work collaboratively, and contribute to team-based development - Exposure to both legacy systems and modern cloud technologies - Databases: Mix of SQL (RDS) and NoSQL (DynamoDB) - Architecture: Primarily backend development, APIs, middleware, multi‑system integration - Cloud: AWS with integrations into on‑prem systems - CI/CD: GitHub (evolving with broader DTO tooling) - Testing: Postman, Playwright, Qyrus Preferred Qualifications: - Familiarity with insurance, claims, or financial systems helpful but not required Required Skills: Backend development, API integration, AWS Important Skills: SQL, NoSQL, CI/CD Nice-to-Have Skills: Curiosity, Collaboration, Problem-solving, Communication Benefits: Healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), Insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), Performance-based incentive plans, Paid time off, 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not