Associate Software Engineer

**Role/Responsibilities**:
As an associate Software Engineer, you will be part of an actuarial team and provide support for the actuarial programmers. You will also be responsible for assisting with ongoing maintenance of the code and assisting internal clients with issues related to AXIS.
Your role will entail working independently alongside actuaries and system developers:
Redesigning legacy code to achieve more maintainable and scalable code
Programming complex data structures and conversions
Improving system efficiency; profiling and optimizing routines
Assisting actuarial programmers with writing scalable and robust code
Interpreting, assessing, and analyzing business requirements from actuaries
Liaising between system developers and actuarial programmers
Troubleshooting issues for internal clients
Developing and enhancing internal tools
Testing and reconciling new features
Other duties as assigned

**Qualifications**:
Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Applied Mathematics or Science
Strong hands on experience in C++ development
Excellent understanding of algorithm designs
Clear understanding of object-oriented design and development
Strong understanding of database design principles; familiarity with SQL is an asset
Good communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills
Strong analytical and debugging skills
Willing to learn new technologies; capable of self-directed learning
Experienced in Visual Studio, and Microsoft Windows development platform
Experience in MFC is an asset