Lead Full Stack Software Engineer

City/Cities

Bridgewater, Cary, Greenville

State(s)

New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina

Country

United States

Working Schedule

Full-Time

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Travel Required

10%

Relocation Assistance Available

No

Posted Date

13-Sep-2023

Job ID

853

Description and Requirements

Role Value Proposition

MetLife is the leading provider of Group Benefits. The MetLife Group Benefits Sales and Underwriting team is looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer in a full stack developer capacity.

As a Lead Full Stack Engineer on the team in Cary, NC, you will be responsible for leading technical design and development of cross functional, multi-platform applications that solve complex business problems. The role will be a highly visible hands-on technology driver supporting platform product development by creating innovative solutions, as well as driving solutions that modernize, stabilize, and support the growth of our portfolio. You will interact with Agile Release Team (ART), senior Business and IT Leaders, and IT partners, providing technical support throughout the Agile lifecycle. Focus will include solution design, development, debugging, security assessment and resolution, and performance tuning. You will engage with multiple concurrent teams and provide governance to ensure that standards and best practices are followed.

We are looking for an energetic and motivated system development engineer who is forward-focused, creative problem solver, not afraid of experimentation, and a team player who enjoys working in an Agile Delivery Model. Your work will make an impact on how MetLife fulfills its promises to the customer, and you will have excellent opportunities to interact and contribute to the organization's success.

Key Responsibilities

• As part of a Scaled Agile scrum team, develop modern enterprise level applications for U.S. Business in the cloud and on-prem for a portfolio of applications within our Underwriting and Group Compensation platform.

• Lead the technical design, development, and integration of solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms.

• Hands-on development with a focus on application modernization, site reliability, containerization, and building appropriate API layers in Java Spring Boot, Node.js, and other distributed technologies.

• Participate in fit/gap analysis of requirements, help manage user expectations on feature deliverables, provide tactical and strategic options to address issues and technical debt, and develop code to modern standards.

• Mentor, motivate, influence, and coach the broader technical team to help push best practices and understanding of modern design and development practices.

• Work effectively in a matrixed organization to diagnose issues, solve problems, and deliver solutions.

Required:

• 5+ years of experience in software development with strong technical understanding of designing and building enterprise scale web-based applications both on-prem and in the Cloud.

• 5+ years of distributed front-end and/or back-end application development with Java, Java Sprint Boot, React/Angular/Web Components, NodeJS, Rest API services, etc.

• Experience with DB2/UBD, no-SQL (like MongoDB), Oracle, SQL Server, or similar database platforms.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as ability to establish strong relationships across teams to effectively deliver work across the enterprise.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or similarly related field.

Preferred:

• Experience driving DevSecOps adoption, preferably with MS Azure for native branch management and pipeline-based deployments in YAML.

• Experience creating strategies and processes for managing continuous delivery pipelines using tools like Subversion, Git, BitBucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, UCD, Nexus, Artifactory, Gradle/Groovy as needed outside of native Azure processes.

• Azure or AWS Cloud experience.

• Exposure to modern AI concepts such as generative AI, various models of machine learning, large language models, conversational AI (chatbot, etc.) as well involvement in older concepts like automation, robotics, and scripting.

• Experience in automated test-first practices including Test Drive Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).

• Experience instrumenting and using monitoring tools such as Splunk and AppDynamics.

“At MetLife, we’re leading the global transformation of an industry we’ve long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we’re dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our customers.”

Equal Employment Opportunity/Disability/Veterans

If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.

MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.

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Benefits We Offer

Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!

About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2023 "World's Most Admired Companies" as well as the 2023 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For ®, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s#AllTogetherPossible (https://www.metlifecareers.com/ml/GreatPlaceToWork) . Join us!

Equal Employment Opportunity/Disability/Veterans

If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.

MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.