Sr Engineer Application Development – Power Platform

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We help protect our customers against life’s uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the company, you’ll be helping provide protection and peace of mind when our customers need it most.

The Senior Engineer Application Developer is a senior technical leader and individual contributor responsible for designing, delivering, and evolving enterprise-grade solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform and Azure ecosystem. 

This role combines deep hands-on engineering expertise with architectural ownership and strategic thinking to drive scalable, secure, and high-impact solutions across multiple business domains. The position requires strong experience in Power Platform, Azure services, and modern software engineering practices, along with the ability to lead solution design, influence architecture decisions, and establish development standards that enable consistent, high-quality delivery. 

This role also advances AI-enabled solution delivery, leveraging capabilities such as Copilot, AI Builder, and Azure AI services to accelerate development, enhance solution quality, and introduce intelligent automation into business processes. 

As part of the Power Platform Delivery team, this role partners closely with product owners, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to translate complex business needs into scalable technical solutions. The Senior Engineer is expected to operate with a high degree of independence, own technical outcomes across initiatives, and provide guidance and mentorship to other developers. 

Success in this role requires the ability to balance delivery execution with technical leadership, contributing to multiple initiatives simultaneously while ensuring solutions meet quality, performance, and scalability expectations. This individual will also play a key role in driving continuous improvement, promoting best practices in design, development, and deployment, and advancing the organization’s use of modern engineering approaches, including AI-assisted development and cloud-native patterns. 

• Lead technical direction and work with business, AI agents and automation capabilities, and IT partners to evaluate and propose solutions 

• Collaborate with business and IT leadership to develop and communicate long-term vision and comprehensive strategic plans for solution architecture and delivery. 

• Work with product owners, business users, and technical leads to define requirements, assess business value, and develop specifications for enterprise solutions. 

• Drive engineering practices and delivery standards within Agile teams 

• Define, document, and govern application architecture, integrations, and interfaces 

• Drive standards for development and design techniques used by enterprise application teams. 

• Monitor emerging trends in enterprise application platforms and determine relevance and impact  

• Design and develop integrated business solutions that interact between multiple enterprise platforms within the cloud (Azure).  

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent certifications/experience required in Computer Science, Engineering, or related subject preferred. 5+ years of experience. 

• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale solutions with Microsoft Power Platform and Azure technologies 

• Strong experience with Dataverse (Common Data Service) and data modeling 

• Experience with other Microsoft technologies, languages, and frameworks will be considered as an advantage 

• Experience with AI Builder, Copilot, or Azure AI services strongly preferred 

• Experience working on a project team using a waterfall and/or agile SDLC methodology required (Agile preferred) 

• Data migration and data integration experience will be considered as an advantage  

• Experienced with development practices: code review, coding standards, continuous integration, pair programming 

• Microsoft Power Platform Certification(s) will be considered as an advantage 

• Experience in the Insurance industry and/or LOMA coursework preferred; ALMI designation a plus 

• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes and influence stakeholders across technical and non-technical audiences 

• Proven ability to lead technical direction and decision-making, including guiding architecture, design, and implementation approaches across multiple initiatives 

• Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to independently research, evaluate, and resolve complex technical challenges 

• Deep technical expertise in Power Platform and Azure ecosystems, with the ability to apply best practices in solution design, integration, and scalability 

• Ability to connect technical solutions to business value, understanding not just how to build solutions, but why they matter and how they are used to drive outcomes 

• Technically capable of performing job responsibilities, and a passion for technical growth 

• Experience mentoring and coaching developers, promoting best practices, standards, and continuous improvement across the team 

• Strong learning agility and innovation mindset, with the ability to rapidly adopt new technologies, including AI, Copilot, and emerging platform capabilities

Employee Benefits:  

We aim to protect the wellbeing of our employees and their families with a broad benefits offering. In addition to offering comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance, we support emotional wellbeing through mental health benefits and an employee assistance program. Work/life balance is important and Protective offers a variety of paid time away benefits (e.g., paid time off, paid parental leave, short-term disability, and a cultural observance day). The financial health of our employees is just as important as physical and emotional health.  Some of the financial wellbeing benefits include contributions to healthcare accounts, a pension plan, and a 401(k) plan with Company matching. All employees are encouraged to protect their overall wellbeing by engaging in ProHealth Rewards, Protective’s platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards.   

Eligibility for certain benefits may vary by position in accordance with the terms of the Company’s benefit plans.

Accommodations for Applicants with a Disability:

If you require an accommodation to complete the application and recruitment process due to a disability, please email eric.hess@protective.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application and recruitment process.

Please note that the above email is solely for individuals with disabilities requesting an accommodation.  General employment questions should not be sent through this process.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to being inclusive and attracting, retaining, and growing an inclusive workforce.