IT Early Career Associate - Charlotte, NC or Hartford, CT; Hybrid

IT Early Career Associate - Charlotte, NC or Hartford, CT (Hybrid)

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At Selective, we don't just insure uniquely, we employ uniqueness. Selective is a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurance company with a history of strong, consistent financial performance for nearly 100 years. Selective's unique position as both a leading insurance group and an employer of choice is recognized in a wide variety of awards and honors, including listing in Forbes Best Midsize Employers in 2025 and certification as a Great Place to Work® in 2025 for the sixth consecutive year.

Employees are empowered and encouraged to be uniquely themselves and contribute diverse talents, experiences, and perspectives to our shared success.

Calling all Early Career Professionals! Selective Insurance Company of America is seeking motivated, self-directed individuals to join our Information Technology Department’s Early Career Development Program. This full-time, 3-year rotational program offers opportunities to engage with teams and senior leaders across Selective’s IT organization in three different roles. Each 1-year rotation focuses on exploring different technical, business, and/or professional disciplines.

Rotations may include, but are not limited to, application development, security, networking, infrastructure, and data engineering roles across Selective’s IT organization.

• Deliver business value by developing various technical solutions; depending on current role this could include programming, infrastructure, security or architecture solutions.
• Have a Continuous Improvement mindset; take ownership, lead and drive the adoption of new or improved technologies, patterns and processes.
• Communicate with others across the organization, bridging gaps and building relationships to solve complex problems.
• Perform analysis by independently seeking out required information, raising concerns, considering others perspectives and articulating recommendations to a broad audience.
• Research and evaluate alternative solutions and recommend the most efficient and cost effective solutions for the system's design.
• Work closely with your team and stakeholders to identify complex requirements and processes for diverse development platforms, software, hardware, technologies, tools, etc.
• Successfully complete technical, business, and professional competency trainings.
• Participate in group activities that may include occasional travel to other offices.

• This position requires the individual to possess the ability to communicate effectively to complete assigned tasks, to work independently on routine assignments, and to get training, as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems, or related field of study preferred.
• Computer programming in Visual Basic .NET and SQL database preferred.

Selective Insurance offers a competitive base salary, incentive plan eligibility at all levels, and a wide array of benefits designed to help you and your family stay healthy, achieve your financial goals, and balance the demands of your work and personal life. These benefits include comprehensive health care plans, retirement savings plan with company match, discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program, tuition assistance and reimbursement programs, and paid time off plans.

Additional details about our total rewards package will be provided during the recruiting process.

USD $80,000.00 - USD $80,000.00 /Yr.

Selective is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. That means we respect and value every individual’s unique opinions, beliefs, qualifications, and experiences. We are committed to promoting a welcoming culture that celebrates diverse talent, individual identity, different points of view and experiences – and empower employees to contribute new ideas that support our continued and growing success. Building a highly engaged team is one of our core strategic imperatives, which we believe is enhanced by diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We expect and encourage all employees and all of our business partners to embrace, practice, and monitor the attitudes, values, and goals of acceptance; address biases; and foster diversity of viewpoints and opinions.