Director, Software Development

Plymouth Rock, founded in 1982 by Jim Stone, former Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner, is a privately held insurance company that writes personal and commercial lines of business in the Northeastern United States. Today, Plymouth Rock, with more than $1billion in premiums underwritten and serviced, is comprised of a group of companies that were started or acquired to expand product offerings, channels of distribution, and the geographic footprint. With more than 800,000 policyholders, Plymouth Rock writes insurance through more than 800 independent agents.

The Plymouth Rock Group employs 1500 people and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Plymouth Rock holds an A.M. Best rating of “A-/Excellent.”


Director, Agent Interface Systems

In this position you will lead a team of engineers who are engaged in a large scale effort to design, develop, and implement our Agency Interface System. The AI suite of applications will allow our 600+ independent agent partners to interact with us electronically. The specific functionality of the AI system includes entering new business, effecting book transfers, initiating policy inquiries, and more.

We are ideally looking for a software developer who has risen through the ranks and possesses a blend of technical knowledge coupled with the Project Management skills to lead a large development effort.

Knowledge, Skills and Education Required:
•Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience), with a minimum of 10+ years of software development experience.
•Experience developing internet applications using Java/J2EE technologies and Visual Basic/COM+.
•PMP certification or extensive experience managing end user requirements as well as using Project Management best practices.
•Expert level knowledge and understanding of XML, XSLT and web technologies, including JSP and ASP.
•Extensive Experience in designing, documenting and implementing highly scalable and high performance J2EE and COM+ based distributed systems
•Extensive experience in analysis and design using Java and Visual Basic
•Experience in understanding, interpreting, and creating software design documents
•Experience with adherence to a Software Development Methodology
•Solid relational database design and development skills; administration experience a plus.
•Experience in team based software development using software configuration management systems and source control systems
•Strong written and oral communication skills
•Ability to handle multiple projects at a time
•Must be a team player

Additional Details and Responsibilities:
•Knowledge of the Property and Casualty Insurance industry is a big plus
•Experience with object oriented software development methodologies and UML modeling tools such as Rational Rose.
•Software systems integration and migration experience
•J2EE application server experience is a big plus.
•Knowledge of UML, Design Patterns, Struts, Apache, SOAP, web services and XP tools is a huge plus.
•Experience with Blaze Rule Engine or Image Right is also a plus.



The Plymouth Rock companies place a heavy emphasis upon quality of life and “goodness of fit”. We seek people who have a customer service orientation (i.e., who makes efforts to listen to and to understand both internal and external customers, anticipate customer needs, and give high priority to customer satisfaction), pay attention to the feelings and needs of others, and manifest a strong bias for action. We insist on the utmost integrity and probity. We offer highly competitive base salaries with an annual performance-based bonus, a very generous package of benefits, convenient access to public transportation and a thriving and stable workplace.
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