Lead Full Stack Software Engineer

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, you will be responsible for leading the 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 the Agile Delivery Team, senior Business and IT Leaders, and IT partners, providing technical support throughout the project lifecycle. Focus will include solution design, security, development, debugging, profiling, 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, a 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:

• Lead the technical design/development/integration of solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms.
• Develop modern digital microservices on cloud our Underwriting and Group Compensation Platforms as part of an Agile scrum team. This role has focused on building API layers in Java Spring Boot and Node.js.
• Partner across MetLife development teams to craft end-to-end technical solutions.
• Participate in fit/gap analysis of requirements, help manage user expectations and provide options, develop technical designs, conduct peer code reviews, and write code.
• Working in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high-quality software.
• Agile Sprint planning, including estimation, user story breakdown, user story review & feedback.
• Deployment support.
• Create and update necessary technical documentation.
• Support diagnosis and remediation of production issues.
• Diagnose, document, and correct/upgrade technical debt.
• Mentor, motivate, influence, drive innovation, and coach the broader technical team. Offer technology thought leadership and mentor junior technical staff members.
• Work effectively in a matrixed organization to diagnose issues, solve problems, and deliver solutions.

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
Required:

• 5+ years of experience in software development with a 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 Spring 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, and 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, and conversational AI (chatbot, etc.) as well as 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.
• 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!
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