Principal Full Stack Software Engineer

Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
When you join MetLife's Global Technology team, you'll be part of a forward-thinking group dedicated to shaping the future of digital solutions for customers worldwide. You'll develop, maintain and support technology applications and delivery, leveraging AI, automation, and contemporary ways of working to enhance experiences and drive business outcomes. Your work will simplify complex processes, improve tech resiliency, and ensure high-performing, seamless solutions that power life's most important moments. In this dynamic environment, you'll collaborate with talented peers across teams and functions, expanding your skills in impactful ways. Ready to push boundaries and set new industry standards? Join us and help drive the future of technology forward.
The Opportunity
We are looking for Principal SWE Tech Lead / Salesforce Architect to lead design and delivery of scalable Salesforce solutions. This role will act as the technical authority, driving architecture, integrations, and end-to-end solution delivery across Salesforce and connected systems.

• Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs
• Lead development and integration across Salesforce and external systems
• Partner with product, business, and engineering teams
• Manage and mentor distributed (onshore/offshore) teams

Salesforce Architects are expected to design, build, and implement complex enterprise solutions while bridging business and technology.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery and architecture governance.
• Design and develop secure, scalable, distributed enterprise level end-to-end Salesforce based solutions (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, integrations, etc.).
• Oversee IT aspects of software development life cycle using agile and DevSecOps methodology across a set of group benefit applications.
• Manage stakeholders' expectations, balance priority across more than one team.
• Coordinate and collaborate with dev teams, business systems analysts, product & business teams, partners and project leads across various phases of a project and product delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field with 10+ years of hands-on distributed application development experience.
• 7+ years of strong hands-on Salesforce development experience (Apex, LWC, SOQL) with expertise in building scalable solutions, integrating external systems (REST APIS, event-driven architecture), and applying best practices across architecture, data modeling, security, and performance optimization.
• Hands-on development experience with JAVA, Typescript / JavaScript, and the following frameworks/technologies: Spring, Springboot, ReactJS, NodeJS, and/or Azure/AWS.
• Exposure or knowledge of messaging/integration technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with DevSecOps practices and tooling for CI/CD, release management, and automation using Azure DevOps.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure Services: Functions, AKS, ASE, CosmosDB.
• Experience with MACH architecture (Microservices, API, Cloud, Headless) and cloud-first infrastructure. Experience with Veracode and security best practices.
• Experience with tools such as helmcharts, ansible, and Terraform is a big plus.
• Hands-on development of microservices and applications from the ground up. Experience with messaging/integration technologies (e.g., Kafka, MQ, or similar).
• Proficiency with various database technologies and solutions, including both SQL (Oracle or MS SQL Server preferred) and NoSQL (CosmosDB preferred).

Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $123,500 - $164,700 . This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
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, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the 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 our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
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