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They turn to us for:\n\nResearch: Catalysts for new ideas, industry benchmarking, and strategic planning.\nLearning & Development: Programs to assess, train, and increase productivity, and develop future corporate leaders.\nNetworking: Connections with industry leaders and peers through study groups, committees, and conferences.\n\nThe Opportunity:\n\nWe are seeking a Principal Software Developer for our Application Development team, to help identify, design, build, and support web-enabled and artificial intelligence solutions that create measurable value across the organization and for our members.\n\nWhat You’ll Do:\n\nThis role will work closely with business leaders, product teams, technology teams, and other stakeholders to implement best-in-class applications as well as identify opportunities where AI can improve internal processes, enhance employee productivity, and create new or improved member-facing capabilities. The Principal Software Developer will help translate business challenges into practical solutions and will play a hands-on role throughout the lifecycle (from ideation and prototyping to implementation, adoption and support).\n\nThe ideal candidate combines strong software engineering and AI expertise with excellent communication, curiosity, and business acumen. This person should be comfortable working directly with business stakeholders who may be early in their AI journey, helping them understand what is possible, determining where AI is and is not the right solution, and guiding ideas from concept to production.\n\nResponsibilities:\n\nWe are seeking a Principal Software Developer for our Application Development team, to help identify, design, build, and support web-enabled and artificial intelligence solutions that create measurable value across the organization and for our members.\n\nThis role will work closely with business leaders, product teams, technology teams, and other stakeholders to implement best-in-class applications as well as identify opportunities where AI can improve internal processes, enhance employee productivity, and create new or improved member-facing capabilities. The Principal Software Developer will help translate business challenges into practical solutions and will play a hands-on role throughout the lifecycle (from ideation and prototyping to implementation, adoption and support).\n\nThe ideal candidate combines strong software engineering and AI expertise with excellent communication, curiosity, and business acumen. This person should be comfortable working directly with business stakeholders who may be early in their AI journey, helping them understand what is possible, determining where AI is and is not the right solution, and guiding ideas from concept to production.\n\nWhat You Bring:\n\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.\n4+ years of demonstrated experience designing, developing, and deploying AI or machine-learning solutions in a production environment.\n5+ years of strong experience with engineering tools (Git, DevOps, VSCode etc.), programming languages (C#, Python, JavaScript) and environments (Azure/AWS).\n4+ years of hands-on experience developing applications using large language models and generative AI.\n4+ years of experience designing and implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions.\n4+ years of experience with cloud-based AI platforms such as Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, Amazon Bedrock, or comparable technologies.\n5+ years of demonstrated software engineering practices, including source control, testing, CI/CD, APIs, cloud development, and application support.\n5+ years of developing and utilizing patterns and leveraging industry best practices.\nExperience with vector databases, embeddings, semantic search, and enterprise knowledge retrieval.\nDemonstrate advanced business and technical acumen for applications.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex AI and technical concept to non-technical audiences.\nDemonstrated ability to work directly with business stakeholders to understand problems and develop technology-enabled solutions.\nStrong consultative mindset and the ability to guide stakeholders from an initial idea through solution definition and implementation.\nAbility to evaluate business cases and estimate value and risk.\nAbility to operate effectively in situations where requirements may initially be ambiguous or evolving.\nStrong collaboration skills and the ability to work across business, product, data, security, architecture, and technology teams.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\nExperience building AI-powered conversational applications, copilots, assistants, or agentic AI solutions for externally facing audiences.\nExperience guiding business stakeholders through the adoption of AI and emerging technologies, including change management, user enablement, communication, and ongoing solution refinement.\nExperience working in the insurance, financial services, association, research, education, or professional services industries is a plus.\nExperience working within Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum preferred).\nExperience with automated builds and deployments (CI/CD).\nExperience with automated testing (UI, TDD, Integration etc.).\nChampions and provide guidance with an innovative mind set to deliver product solutions.\n\nWhat Success Looks Like\n\nA successful Principal Software Developer will be someone who can sit with a business leader, understand a problem that may initially have little technical definition, determine whether AI can meaningfully improve it, and then take ownership of turning that opportunity into a secure, practical, and supportable solution.\n\nSuccess in this role will be measured by the ability to deliver AI capabilities that are adopted, improve business outcomes, enhance our products and services, and provide meaningful value to our employees and members.\n\nJoin Us: If you are someone who values collaboration, continuous learning, and making meaningful contributions, we encourage you to apply and explore this opportunity at LIMRA AND LOMA.\n\nLIMRA and LOMA are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where individuals feel valued and empowered to contribute. We welcome people with unique perspectives and backgrounds, recognizing that a wide range of experiences strengthens our ability to help members navigate with confidence.\n\nWe are an Equal Opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, medical condition, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.\n\nThis Employer Participates in E-Verify. See the E-Verify notices.\n\nEste Empleador Participa en E-Verify. 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In a rapidly changing marketplace, companies rely on us for our industry insight, practical solutions, and unwavering commitment to their success.\n\nWhy Join Us: Leading life insurance and financial services organizations around the world rely on our membership to make bottom-line decisions with greater confidence. 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The Principal Software Developer will help translate business challenges into practical solutions and will play a hands-on role throughout the lifecycle (from ideation and prototyping to implementation, adoption and support).\n\nThe ideal candidate combines strong software engineering and AI expertise with excellent communication, curiosity, and business acumen. This person should be comfortable working directly with business stakeholders who may be early in their AI journey, helping them understand what is possible, determining where AI is and is not the right solution, and guiding ideas from concept to production.\n\nResponsibilities:\n\nWe are seeking a Principal Software Developer for our Application Development team, to help identify, design, build, and support web-enabled and artificial intelligence solutions that create measurable value across the organization and for our members.\n\nThis role will work closely with business leaders, product teams, technology teams, and other stakeholders to implement best-in-class applications as well as identify opportunities where AI can improve internal processes, enhance employee productivity, and create new or improved member-facing capabilities. The Principal Software Developer will help translate business challenges into practical solutions and will play a hands-on role throughout the lifecycle (from ideation and prototyping to implementation, adoption and support).\n\nThe ideal candidate combines strong software engineering and AI expertise with excellent communication, curiosity, and business acumen. 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We welcome people with unique perspectives and backgrounds, recognizing that a wide range of experiences strengthens our ability to help members navigate with confidence.\n\nWe are an Equal Opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, medical condition, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.\n\nThis Employer Participates in E-Verify. See the E-Verify notices.\n\nEste Empleador Participa en E-Verify. 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