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The Role
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We are seeking an accomplished Head of Engineering to lead the delivery, modernization, and scale of our Wealth Technology platforms. This leader will be responsible for building and leading high-performing engineering organizations that deliver innovative, secure, and scalable technology solutions supporting advisors, clients, and business partners across the wealth management ecosystem.
The ideal candidate brings deep experience leading large-scale engineering organizations, modernizing mission-critical platforms, and partnering closely with product, operations, compliance, and business stakeholders to drive growth and operational excellence. This leader will play a key role in advancing our cloud, data, and AI strategy while fostering an engineering culture centered on innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership & Organizational Excellence• Lead and develop a global engineering organization consisting of software engineering, quality engineering, architecture, platform engineering, and engineering management teams in support of a financial services business - ideally for the wealth and asset management division.• Build, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering leaders and teams across multiple
locations and time zones.• Establish a culture of accountability, innovation, technical excellence, and customer-centric delivery.• Drive organizational effectiveness through engineering best practices, talent development, succession planning, and performance management.
Technology Strategy & Platform Modernization• Partner with the Head of Wealth Technology to define and execute the technology vision, engineering strategy, and multi-year modernization roadmap.• Lead transformation of legacy platforms into scalable, cloud-native architectures leveraging microservices, APIs, event-driven design, and modern engineering practices.• Ensure platforms meet demanding requirements for availability, resiliency, performance, scalability, and security.• Champion engineering standards, architecture governance, and technology lifecycle management.
Wealth Management Platform Delivery• Oversee engineering delivery for advisor-facing and client-facing wealth management platforms, including trading, portfolio management, retirement, planning, reporting, digital experiences, and operational workflows.• Drive platform capabilities that improve advisor productivity, client engagement, operational efficiency, and business growth.• Collaborate with product management and business stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into execution plans and measurable outcomes.
Data, Analytics & AI Innovation• Lead engineering efforts supporting enterprise data platforms, analytics capabilities, and AI-driven solutions.• Partner with data and product teams to build scalable data architectures enabling self-service analytics, advanced reporting, machine learning, and generative AI use cases.• Drive adoption of modern cloud data platforms, data lakehouse architectures, and AI technologies to enhance advisor experiences and business decision-making.• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to create competitive differentiation through innovation.
Cloud, DevOps & Platform Engineering• Advance cloud-native engineering practices across AWS and modern containerized environments.• Drive adoption of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, infrastructure automation, observability, and Site Reliability Engineering practices.• Establish reusable platform services and developer productivity capabilities that accelerate engineering delivery and improve quality.
Risk, Compliance & Operational Excellence• Ensure technology solutions comply with regulatory, security, privacy, and operational risk requirements.• Partner with Information Security, Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams to maintain robust controls and governance frameworks.• Establish operational metrics and service level objectives to continuously improve platform reliability and customer experience.
Qualifications
Required Experience• 15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience, including leadership of large-scale software engineering organizations.• Experience leading organizations of 75+ engineers across multiple disciplines and geographic locations.• Proven track record modernizing enterprise platforms through cloud-native architectures, microservices, APIs, and event-driven systems.• Deep experience delivering customer-facing platforms in wealth management, capital markets, banking, fintech, retirement, or financial services.• Demonstrated success partnering with executive stakeholders to align technology investments with business outcomes.• Experience managing large-scale digital transformation initiatives with measurable business impact.
. Must have Series 99 or ability to obtain it within 6 months.
Technical Expertise• Strong understanding of modern cloud architectures, preferably AWS.• Experience with cloud technologies including Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, serverless architectures, and distributed systems.• Expertise in modern software development practices, CI/CD, DevOps, observability, and engineering excellence frameworks.• Experience with enterprise data platforms, data lakehouses, analytics ecosystems, and AI/ML platforms.• Familiarity with technologies such as Java, Python, React, Kafka, Snowflake, and modern data and integration platforms.• Understanding of generative AI technologies, large language models, and enterprise AI adoption strategies.
Leadership Competencies• Strategic thinker with strong execution capabilities.• Exceptional communicator capable of influencing across executive, business, and technical audiences.• Proven ability to lead through organizational transformation and change.• Strong customer orientation with a passion for delivering business value through technology.• Ability to balance innovation, delivery, operational excellence, and risk management.
Preferred Qualifications• Experience supporting advisor platforms, trading systems, portfolio management, retirement platforms, lending solutions, or wealth management operations.• Experience implementing enterprise AI solutions and data-driven products.• Experience building cloud-native SaaS platforms serving large customer bases and high transaction volumes.• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related discipline.
What Success Looks Like
In the first 12-24 months, the Head of Engineering will:• Accelerate modernization of core wealth management platforms.• Improve engineering productivity, quality, and delivery predictability.• Advance cloud-native architecture adoption and platform resiliency.• Expand enterprise data and AI capabilities supporting advisor and client experiences.• Strengthen engineering talent, leadership, and organizational effectiveness.• Deliver measurable business outcomes through scalable, innovative technology solutions.
This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of Wealth Technology by leading world-class engineering teams and delivering transformative capabilities for advisors, clients, and the broader business.
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MassMutual is an equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome all persons to apply.
If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us and share the specifics of the assistance you need.
California residents: For detailed information about your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), please visit our California Consumer Privacy Act Disclosures page.
Salary Range: $185,300-$243,100
We are seeking an accomplished Head of Engineering to lead the delivery, modernization, and scale of our Wealth Technology platforms. This leader will be responsible for building and leading high-performing engineering organizations that deliver innovative, secure, and scalable technology solutions supporting advisors, clients, and business partners across the wealth management ecosystem.
The ideal candidate brings deep experience leading large-scale engineering organizations, modernizing mission-critical platforms, and partnering closely with product, operations, compliance, and business stakeholders to drive growth and operational excellence. This leader will play a key role in advancing our cloud, data, and AI strategy while fostering an engineering culture centered on innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership & Organizational Excellence• Lead and develop a global engineering organization consisting of software engineering, quality engineering, architecture, platform engineering, and engineering management teams in support of a financial services business - ideally for the wealth and asset management division.• Build, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering leaders and teams across multiple
locations and time zones.• Establish a culture of accountability, innovation, technical excellence, and customer-centric delivery.• Drive organizational effectiveness through engineering best practices, talent development, succession planning, and performance management.
Technology Strategy & Platform Modernization• Partner with the Head of Wealth Technology to define and execute the technology vision, engineering strategy, and multi-year modernization roadmap.• Lead transformation of legacy platforms into scalable, cloud-native architectures leveraging microservices, APIs, event-driven design, and modern engineering practices.• Ensure platforms meet demanding requirements for availability, resiliency, performance, scalability, and security.• Champion engineering standards, architecture governance, and technology lifecycle management.
Wealth Management Platform Delivery• Oversee engineering delivery for advisor-facing and client-facing wealth management platforms, including trading, portfolio management, retirement, planning, reporting, digital experiences, and operational workflows.• Drive platform capabilities that improve advisor productivity, client engagement, operational efficiency, and business growth.• Collaborate with product management and business stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into execution plans and measurable outcomes.
Data, Analytics & AI Innovation• Lead engineering efforts supporting enterprise data platforms, analytics capabilities, and AI-driven solutions.• Partner with data and product teams to build scalable data architectures enabling self-service analytics, advanced reporting, machine learning, and generative AI use cases.• Drive adoption of modern cloud data platforms, data lakehouse architectures, and AI technologies to enhance advisor experiences and business decision-making.• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to create competitive differentiation through innovation.
Cloud, DevOps & Platform Engineering• Advance cloud-native engineering practices across AWS and modern containerized environments.• Drive adoption of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, infrastructure automation, observability, and Site Reliability Engineering practices.• Establish reusable platform services and developer productivity capabilities that accelerate engineering delivery and improve quality.
Risk, Compliance & Operational Excellence• Ensure technology solutions comply with regulatory, security, privacy, and operational risk requirements.• Partner with Information Security, Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams to maintain robust controls and governance frameworks.• Establish operational metrics and service level objectives to continuously improve platform reliability and customer experience.
Qualifications
Required Experience• 15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience, including leadership of large-scale software engineering organizations.• Experience leading organizations of 75+ engineers across multiple disciplines and geographic locations.• Proven track record modernizing enterprise platforms through cloud-native architectures, microservices, APIs, and event-driven systems.• Deep experience delivering customer-facing platforms in wealth management, capital markets, banking, fintech, retirement, or financial services.• Demonstrated success partnering with executive stakeholders to align technology investments with business outcomes.• Experience managing large-scale digital transformation initiatives with measurable business impact.
. Must have Series 99 or ability to obtain it within 6 months.
Technical Expertise• Strong understanding of modern cloud architectures, preferably AWS.• Experience with cloud technologies including Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, serverless architectures, and distributed systems.• Expertise in modern software development practices, CI/CD, DevOps, observability, and engineering excellence frameworks.• Experience with enterprise data platforms, data lakehouses, analytics ecosystems, and AI/ML platforms.• Familiarity with technologies such as Java, Python, React, Kafka, Snowflake, and modern data and integration platforms.• Understanding of generative AI technologies, large language models, and enterprise AI adoption strategies.
Leadership Competencies• Strategic thinker with strong execution capabilities.• Exceptional communicator capable of influencing across executive, business, and technical audiences.• Proven ability to lead through organizational transformation and change.• Strong customer orientation with a passion for delivering business value through technology.• Ability to balance innovation, delivery, operational excellence, and risk management.
Preferred Qualifications• Experience supporting advisor platforms, trading systems, portfolio management, retirement platforms, lending solutions, or wealth management operations.• Experience implementing enterprise AI solutions and data-driven products.• Experience building cloud-native SaaS platforms serving large customer bases and high transaction volumes.• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related discipline.
What Success Looks Like
In the first 12-24 months, the Head of Engineering will:• Accelerate modernization of core wealth management platforms.• Improve engineering productivity, quality, and delivery predictability.• Advance cloud-native architecture adoption and platform resiliency.• Expand enterprise data and AI capabilities supporting advisor and client experiences.• Strengthen engineering talent, leadership, and organizational effectiveness.• Deliver measurable business outcomes through scalable, innovative technology solutions.
This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of Wealth Technology by leading world-class engineering teams and delivering transformative capabilities for advisors, clients, and the broader business.
#LI-MC1
MassMutual is an equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome all persons to apply.
If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us and share the specifics of the assistance you need.
California residents: For detailed information about your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), please visit our California Consumer Privacy Act Disclosures page.
Salary Range: $185,300-$243,100
MassMutual Compensation & Benefits Highlights
How does MassMutual ensure its pay and bonus plans are competitive?
MassMutual supports competitive compensation through salary and bonus opportunities, retirement contributions, pay transparency practices and a broad benefits package that adds value beyond base pay. The company also uses long-running pay equity reviews and employee feedback to evaluate whether rewards are supporting employees across roles and life stages.
- Competitive pay and bonus opportunities: MassMutual describes its total rewards approach as holistic and flexible, with competitive salaries and bonuses designed to support employees’ financial well-being. Employees also point to compensation as part of the value proposition, with one sales assistant citing “great benefits and lots of flexibility,” and another employee describing the company’s “good leadership and benefits.”
- Retirement and financial benefits: MassMutual provides a 401(k) benefit of up to 10% of eligible compensation, including a 5% company match and a 5% annual company contribution. The company also treats eligible student loan payments like 401(k) contributions for matching purposes and begins monthly retirement healthcare account contributions for employees starting at age 45.
- Pay transparency and pay equity: MassMutual posts salary ranges in most job postings and has used an independent HR risk management firm to conduct annual adjusted pay gap reviews for 17 years. That approach connects compensation competitiveness with equity and accountability across the employee experience.
- Benefits as part of total rewards: MassMutual’s compensation includes health, dental and mental health benefits, caregiver leave, parental leave, bereavement leave, paid volunteer time, flexible holidays and a Well-Being Wallet of up to $1,250 annually. A head of human resources said, “It’s not about industry standards — it’s about supporting all employees’ well-being in ways that are meaningful to them.”
- External signals:
- Benefits value: Employees on external review sites regularly highlight benefits as a strength, with reviews calling out “excellent benefits,” “great benefits” and a “great benefits package.” (Glassdoor; Indeed)
- Compensation and retention: Employees surveyed on external review sites rate MassMutual’s perks and benefits an A-, with 100% saying perks and benefits play a role in staying at the company. (Comparably)
- Financial stability: MassMutual reported more than $10 billion in insurance and annuity benefits paid in 2025 and total adjusted capital above $34 billion, reinforcing the company’s long-term financial foundation. (MassMutual 2025 Annual Report)
Bottom line: MassMutual supports competitive pay through salary and bonus opportunities, strong retirement contributions, pay transparency, recurring pay equity reviews and benefits designed to support employees’ financial, physical, mental and family well-being.
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Since 1851, MassMutual’s commitment has always been to help people protect their families, support their communities, and help one another. This is why we want to inspire people to Live Mutual. We’re people helping people. Together, we’re stronger.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We believe in capitalizing on the best of being together in our offices as well as personal flexibility. Our workplace philosophy puts office collaboration first, combined with flexibility to work remotely.
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