Lead Full Stack Engineer - Mainframe

Description and Requirements
Role Value Proposition:
The Group Life Application Development team is in Cary, NC, and Greenville, SC. The Lead Full Stack Software Engineer is responsible for performing the technical lead role on a variety of application development projects across Life Art.
Key Responsibilities:

• Leads the creation of architectural specifications, ensuring feasibility, functionality, and integration with existing systems/platforms.
• Works towards enabling self-service capabilities for business partners, leading the collection and documentation of user requirements as well as lead the development of user stories and estimates into technology solutions for large complex features in collaboration with the Product Owner.
• Leading the detailed technical design and development of applications/platforms.
• Responsible for development using multiple technology stack capabilities (Front/Back End, API, Database Mgmt, Hosting technologies, etc.), and definition of the testing stack.
• Leads peer reviews of solution designs and related code for complex features. Ensures code meets best practice guidelines set by application/platform vendor.
• Investigate and resolve production management incidents, problems, and service requests.

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
Required:

• 7+ Years of application development experience - especially mainframe
• Extensive knowledge of Mainframe technologies - CICS, Batch, JCL, DB2, VSAM, COBOL
• Experience in Agile Practices.
• DevSecOps experience.
• Excellent Collaboration and Communication skills.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of Ingenium and or Vantage Platforms.
• Experience in working within Financial Services, Insurance and/or Banking institutions.

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.
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 2024 "World's Most Admired Companies" as well as the 2024 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 . Join us!
Equal Employment Opportunity/Disability/Veterans
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