Lead Software Engineer - Milwaukee Datalytics - Remote U.S.

Position Overview

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who writes strong code, communicates clearly, collaborates well, and enjoys building software with other people, not just near them.

In this role, you'll help design, build, ship, and support production software that solves real business problems. You'll work closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to deliver thoughtful, maintainable solutions. This is a hands-on senior engineer role for someone who can go deep technically, give useful feedback, and ask smart questions.

The Senior Software Engineer's skill set will complement a small team, working in an Agile environment.

Who We Are

Independent for over 75 years, Milliman delivers market-leading services and solutions to clients worldwide. Today, we are helping companies take on some of the world's most critical and complex issues, including retirement funding and healthcare financing, risk management and regulatory compliance, data analytics and business transformation.

Milliman invests in skills training and career development, and gives all employees access to a variety of learning and mentoring opportunities. Our growing number of Milliman Employee Resource Groups (ERG's) are employee-led communities that influence policy decisions, develop future leaders, and amplify the voices of their constituents. Please visit our web site to learn more about Milliman's commitments to our people, diversity and inclusion, social impact and sustainability.

Milliman's Chicago-Milwaukee Property and Casualty practice develops innovative products and provides actuarial consulting services. Milliman Datalytics-Defense is an e-billing solution that was designed and built by seasoned actuaries exclusively for the analytical needs of insurance companies. It provides a platform for the submission of defense attorney invoices and facilitates the review and payment of those invoices. Datalytics provides a dynamic workflow that allows for the escalation of certain processes, as well as an auditing feature with completely configurable business rules. Detailed data is collected, organized, and presented to our clients to help manage their defense firms by providing peer-to-peer comparisons and predictive analytics.

Responsibilities in this role will include:

• Design, build, debug, release, and maintain production web applications and distributed systems.
• Work primarily on back-end systems using our core stack, while contributing to front-end features when needed.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to shape requirements and deliver useful, high-quality software.
• Write clean, maintainable code and contribute to a healthy engineering culture through code reviews, testing, and thoughtful technical discussions.
• Help improve software quality through automated tests, monitoring, and attention to reliability in production.
• When reviewing user stories and project requirements, seek out additional detail to fill gaps or clarify for the team.
• Contribute to API design and system integrations, including REST-based services and related application workflows.
• Partner with teammates to break down work, surface risks early, and keep delivery moving without unnecessary drama.
• Support and mentor other engineers through collaboration, pairing, code review, and knowledge sharing.
• Work in an agile environment and contribute to regular, predictable software delivery.
• Use modern developer tooling effectively, including AI coding agents and related workflows, with good judgment and a practical mindset.
• Collaborate with security and infrastructure partners as needed to help keep applications secure, stable, and well supported.
• Stay current on relevant tools, practices, and technologies, and apply them when they make the product or team better.

Individual(s) must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for immigration support or sponsorship from Milliman, now or in the future.

Professional Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience designing, building, and releasing web applications in production environments.
• 5+ years of back-end development experience with .NET and C#.
• 3+ years of experience implementing and integrating REST APIs.
• 3+ years of experience working with SQL Server or another relational database.
• 2+ years of experience using ORM frameworks such as Entity Framework Core.
• 2+ years of front-end development experience with a modern framework such as Svelte, React, or Vue, ideally with TypeScript.
• Experience working in agile software development environments such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Formal or informal leadership experience within a software team.

Personal Qualifications

• Excellent track record of on-time product delivery.
• Able to prioritize multiple concurrent projects and deliverables with interdependencies.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal (one-on-one, in front of groups) and in writing (email, messaging, deliverables, documentation).
• Works well with both technical and non-technical teammates.
• Proactive when communicating in a virtual work environment, seeks to understand and clarify, productive when working remotely.
• A collaborative, low-ego teammate who gives useful feedback, receives it well, and helps move the work forward.
• A person who is dependable, pragmatic, and capable of balancing speed, quality, and maintainability.
• Customer service orientation, prompt follow-up on internal and external customer issues.

Preferred (Not Required)

• Completed Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant major.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools productively in day-to-day engineering work.
• Experience contributing to CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and production support.
• Experience building accessible, maintainable user interfaces and reusable front-end patterns.
• Experience hosting applications in Azure.
• Experience with webhooks or event-driven integrations.
• Experience in the insurance industry.

Location

This is a remote position, based in the U.S. Candidates hired into this role may work onsite in select Milliman office locations, if they prefer. Occasional work-related travel may be required for practice meetings, company events, industry conferences, etc. The expected application deadline for this job is August 14, 2026.

Compensation

The overall salary range for this role is $104,900 - $199,065. For candidates residing in:

• Alaska, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York City, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, or the District of Columbia the range is $120,635 - $199,065.

• For all other U.S. locations, the range is $104,900 - $173,100.

A combination of factors will be considered, including, but not limited to, education, relevant work experience, qualifications, skills, certifications, etc.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees' health, financial security, and well-being. Benefits include:

• Medical, Dental and Vision - Coverage for employees, dependents, and domestic partners.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Confidential support for personal and work-related challenges.
• 401(k) Plan - Includes a company matching program and profit-sharing contributions.
• Discretionary Bonus Program - Recognizing employee contributions.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) - Pre-tax savings for dependent care, transportation, and eligible medical expenses.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) - Begins accruing on the first day of work. Full-time employees accrue 15 days per year, and employees working less than full-time accrue PTO on a prorated basis.
• Holidays - A minimum of 10 paid holidays per year.
• Family Building Benefits - Includes adoption and fertility assistance.
• Paid Parental Leave - 11 weeks of paid leave for employees who meet eligibility criteria.
• Life Insurance & AD&D - 100% of premiums covered by Milliman.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability - Fully paid by Milliman.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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