MuleSoft Developer
We are seeking a MuleSoft Developer to support the design, development, and delivery of enterprise integrations and APIs using the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform. The ideal candidate has experience with API-led connectivity, secure API design, and modern integration patterns, and is comfortable working in a fast-paced Agile environment.
Day-to-Day (Agile Delivery Workflow)
In an Agile workstream, the MuleSoft Developer participates across the full integration lifecycle. Typical daily activities include:
- Reviewing intake notes, user stories, and acceptance criteria provided by Product Owners or Business Analysts.
- Collaborating with the integration architect, lead developer, and business stakeholders to refine requirements and translate them into clear technical specifications.
- Participating in design sessions to help shape the API/interface contracts (RAML), data mappings, integration flows, and sequence diagrams.
- Receiving finalized technical designs and API specifications and building MuleSoft integrations based on those artifacts.
- Developing, unit testing, and validating Mule applications within the sprint, ensuring adherence to established integration patterns and development standards.
- Attending Agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint demos, retrospectives).
- Supporting QA during integration and system testing by troubleshooting defects and providing clarifications.
- Assisting with deployment activities across environments and ensuring smooth handoff to support teams.
What You'll Do:
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain MuleSoft integrations and APIs using Anypoint Studio and the Anypoint Platform.
- Build and maintain RAML specifications for APIs following API-led connectivity principles (System/API/Experience layers).
- Implement secure API designs leveraging OAuth 2.0, TLS/mTLS, client ID enforcement, and MuleSoft security best practices.
- Integrate with REST and SOAP services, SaaS applications, databases, and legacy systems.
- Work with messaging platforms and implement asynchronous/event-driven patterns using JMS, Anypoint MQ, Kafka, or similar technologies.
- Apply MuleSoft integration patterns, including transformation, routing, orchestration, and standardized error handling frameworks.
- Work with JSON, XML, CSV, and other data formats; implement DataWeave transformations.
- Configure and manage APIs in Anypoint API Manager, including applying governance and security policies.
- Perform unit testing (e.g., MUnit), debugging, and performance tuning for Mule applications.
- Participate in code reviews, documentation reviews, and contribute to continuous improvement of integration standards.
- Maintain thorough technical documentation for integrations, API specifications, and deployment processes.
- Stay current with MuleSoft feature updates, new connectors, platform capabilities, and industry integration trends.
What You'll Bring:
- Minimum of 3 years of software development experience.
- At least 1 year of hands-on experience with the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
- Strong experience designing APIs and building RAML specifications.
- Experience working in an Agile (Scrum or SAFe) environment.
- Solid understanding of API security, governance, and policy enforcement.
- Experience with asynchronous processing, message queues, and event-driven integration.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns (EIPs) and best practices.
- Experience with REST/SOAP services, JSON, XML, and DataWeave transformations.
Preferred Qualifications
- MuleSoft Certified Developer - Level 1 (MCD).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Experience with logging/monitoring tools (CloudHub logs, SumoLogic, NewRelic, DynaTrace, etc.).
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $81,000-$115,500
Overtime eligible: Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities-inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you'll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what's next, and your growth powers it.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.
Visit our LinkedIn to see how our employees and agents are leading the industry and impacting communities.
Visit our Newsroom to learn more about how our company is constantly evolving to meet our clients' and employees' needs.
Job Requisition ID: 94427
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Skills Required
- Minimum 3 years of software development experience
- At least 1 year of hands-on experience with the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
- Strong experience designing APIs and building RAML specifications
- Experience working in an Agile Scrum or SAFe environment
- Understanding of API security, governance, and policy enforcement
- Experience with asynchronous processing, message queues, and event-driven integration
- Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and best practices
- Experience with REST/SOAP services, JSON, XML, and DataWeave transformations
- MuleSoft Certified Developer Level 1 certification
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions
- Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with logging and monitoring tools such as CloudHub logs, SumoLogic, NewRelic, or DynaTrace
New York Life Insurance Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) with company match alongside a defined‑benefit pension for many employees—often with immediate vesting on 401(k) contributions—provides uncommon long‑term security. Company materials emphasize this dual‑track retirement offering for corporate roles.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid New Parent leave was doubled to eight weeks for all parents and is complemented by adoption assistance, fertility benefits, and subsidized backup childcare. Eldercare resources and return‑to‑work programs further bolster support across life stages.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage options are paired with mental‑health/EAP resources and, in some plans, a company‑funded HRA. Wellness amenities such as a home‑office Wellness Center and gym discounts round out the health offering.
New York Life Insurance Company Insights
What We Do
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of integrity, mutuality, and financial strength fuels a future defined by bold transformation. As the largest mutual life insurance company in the U.S., we operate on behalf of our policy owners—not shareholders. That structure allows us to take a long-term view, investing in people, purpose, and innovation that endures. Guided by a clear enterprise vision to become a technology-, data-, and AI-powered company, we’re modernizing our platforms, rearchitecting experiences, and embedding intelligence across our products and services. Our mission has always been about helping people through life’s most meaningful moments. Today, technology is amplifying that mission—enabling us to serve clients, advisors, and communities in more personalized, proactive ways. With a diversified business portfolio spanning insurance, investments, retirement, group benefits, and direct-to-consumer offerings, New York Life delivers the stability of a Fortune 100 company with the agility of one that’s continuously evolving. We’re powered by a values-led culture, inclusive teams, and a shared belief that when our people thrive, so does our company. Here, tradition fuels momentum—and your ideas, energy, and growth power what’s next.
Why Work With Us
New York Life is transforming from the inside out—blending 180 years of trust with the velocity of innovation. What makes us different is our culture: grounded in integrity, humanity, and shared success—values that show up in how we work, lead, and grow. If you want a place where innovation has purpose—build what's next with us.
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