Group Benefits API Team is responsible for APIs and Integrations supporting Web Applications enabling Guardian’s Group Business. We support our end-to-end Business with APIs for Quote, Policy, Customer, Eligibility and Claims. Group Business intake channels such as Customer-facing portal applications, call center applications, IVR and chatbots are all powered by our APIs and provide unified customer experience.
Our team is growing, and we are looking for versatile people skilled in Java based technologies, who are driven, who want to make a difference and code with purpose.
We are passionate about the Customer. We do the right thing, believe people count and go above and beyond for the people we serve.
You are:
An experienced backend Lead Engineer who has experience leading high-performance teams with a track record of delivering quality software with speed to market
Highly skilled engineer with strong foundation of Computer Science and Software Development Life cycle concepts
An individual who is collaborative and can work across the firm with Enterprise Architects, Business Product Owners, Platform, Security and Production support to enable delivery of a cohesive customer centric product
You will:
Lead an agile team as part of an Agile Release Train
Build well-designed, well-engineered, robust, scalable software integration solutions that are Production ready
Engineer application integrations using messaging solutions, events, and REST APIs
Work closely with the Business Teams and Solution Architecture to ensure alignment with the Product Roadmap and design blueprint
Mentor and coach developers and analysts, assign tasks, follow industry standard processes, and perform code reviews
Triage end to end system integration issues across various middleware systems and infrastructure
You have:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
7+ years of Experience as J2EE Software Engineer
Understanding of Agile and SAFE Methodologies
Industry experience with implementing Rest APIs, Data Driven Design, Microservices Architecture, Enterprise Integration Patterns and Event Driven Architecture
Experience designing user friendly APIs using Open API Swagger Specifications
Experience integrating with messaging platforms such as ActiveMQ, IBM MQ
Experience with Docker containers and AWS Cloud services S3, Lambda, SQS/SNS, Redis Cache, Open search.
Experience using SQL and NoSQL Databases
Apache Camel, Tibco Business Works, MuleSoft or similar EAI framework
Experience with Rules engines such as OpenL, Drools or Blaze
Experience with version control and CI/CD automation tools such as Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins and Maven
Experience with API Security frameworks, token management and user access control including OAuth 2.0, JWT
Experience with logging and monitoring tools such as Splunk, AppDynamics, Zenoss
This position can be based in any of the following locations:
ChennaiCurrent Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday
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Guardian makes a difference in the lives of people when they need us most. With over 160 years of stability and fiscal integrity, we are a trusted resource to generations of families and business owners, inspiring well-being and helping build financial confidence.
Today, we stand behind 29 million consumers, helping them prepare and plan for a bright future for themselves and their families. We help business owners care for their employees. And we help people recover and thrive in times of unexpected loss.
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