Actuarial Skills, Administrative Skills, Application Programming Interface (API), ArcGIS, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Business Operations, Business Processes, Business Services, Business Solutions, Business Support, Communication Skills, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Data Analysis, Data Management, Data Quality, Database Administration Software, Design Patterns Programming Methodologies, Desktop PC, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Identify Issues, Insurance, Market Entry Strategy, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft ASP.NET (Active Server Page), Microsoft C# (C Sharp), Model View ViewModel (MVVM), Operational Improvement, PostgreSQL, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Product Development, Product Support, Python Programming/Scripting Language, REST (Representational State Transfer), Relational Databases (RDBMS), Research & Development (R&D), Risk Management, Risk Modeling, SQL (Structured Query Language), Software Administration, Software Engineering, Spatial Data, Startup, Systems Reliability, Team Player, Underwriting, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Windows Forms (WinForms), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), jQuery
Job Title - Software Engineer (Contract)
Duration - 4 - 6 Months
Work Mode- Onsite
Work Location- Fairfield, California
Position Summary:
We are looking to fill in a part-time software engineer position in the Specialty Property department. This individual will support a cross-functional team of product developers, actuaries, catastrophe risk modelers, underwriters, and data analysts by maintaining and enhancing tools critical to product development, risk management, and underwriting execution. The role will also partner closely with the database administrator and software engineers currently supporting the business.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (May perform any or all of the following):
- Maintain and enhance software tools that support insurance product development, underwriting workflows, and risk management.
- Deliver reliable, efficient solutions quickly that improve business operations and decision-making.
- Develop and integrate solutions using RESTful APIs and internal or third-party services.
- Automate key business processes through services, scheduled jobs, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Support maintaining in-house desktop applications, including WinForms or WPF applications, implement enhancements as needed.
- Drive issue resolution and continuous improvement with a focus on supporting immediate business needs.
- Work with database administrator and software engineers to ensure data integrity, application reliability, and system performance.
Qualifications & Experience Required - 7 to 10 years of software engineering experience.
- Strong experience with ASP.NET, C#, .NET, and front-end technologies such as jQuery and/or React.
- Strong experience with relational databases ( SQL, PostgreSQL).
- Experience integrating with RESTful APIs.
- Knowledge of MVVM design patterns.
- Experience with process automation, service setup, job scheduling, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a collaborative team environment.
- Proactive mindset with a strong commitment to team success, service health, and continuous improvement.
Preferred Qualifications: - Working knowledge of ArcGIS or ArcGIS Pro, spatial data management, and Python.
- Prior experience in working R&D environments or as a software engineer supporting a business unit comfortable with iterative approaches.
- Experience in the insurance industry is preferred.
ABOUT ISHIR
ISHIR is a digital innovation and enterprise AI services provider. We work with startups and enterprises to shape the future through accelerated innovation, deep technical expertise, access to global digital talent and a passion for complex problem-solving. With our help, our clients overcome their most difficult digital challenges leveraging AI.
We are not just consultants, we are partners in our clients' success, assisting them with re(gaining) competitive edge by identifying opportunities for differentiation, industry disruption, scalable innovation, and go-to-market strategies that deliver successful outcomes.
At ISHIR, we help bold businesses accelerate innovation through Talent, Speed-to-Market, and AI. We help make an impact by solving real problems using innovation, improved customer experiences and the right technologies.
As an ISHIR employee, you will get the advanced training you need to be successful, and the opportunity to apply it. You must be passionate about technology, crave responsibility, and be eager to apply your knowledge to real business solutions for our startup and enterprise customers. These are the qualities of a person destined for success at ISHIR.
ISHIR attracts a special type of individual—someone who is proactive, thrives on challenges, feeds off success, and looks at moving targets not as obstacles but as opportunities. ISHIR is an exciting place to work. It is imbued with an entrepreneurial spirit and promotes self-reliance, open communication, and collaboration.