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The Role
Lead architecture, design, and delivery of AWS-based cloud-native web applications. Guide backend and frontend implementation, establish CI/CD and container workflows, mentor teams, and drive DevOps and engineering best practices for scalable, secure solutions.
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Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week
Role Overview:
We are seeking a hands on Dev Lead Full-Stack Cloud Engineering to lead the design, development, and delivery of New York Life's cloud-native technology modernization initiatives. This role is both highly technical and leadership focused, you will guide engineering teams in building scalable, secure, and high-performing web applications using modern AWS cloud services and frontend technologies. As part of Technology, you'll contribute to New York Life's ongoing digital transformation by partnering closely with architects, developers, QA engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders to deliver enterprise-grade solutions. You will foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement while driving modern development practices, cloud adoption, DevOps maturity, and operational stability.
What You'll Do:
• Lead architecture and design for AWS-based distributed systems supporting New York Life's technology modernization initiatives.
• Guide implementation across backend services (AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3, Route53, EC2, ECR) and frontend applications (React, TypeScript, Vite).
• Drive engineering best practices including code reviews, coding standards, CI/CD implementation, and DevOps maturity.
• Collaborate closely with developers, QA engineers, architects, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable and reliable solutions.
• Establish and optimize GitHub-based development workflows, Docker containerization, deployment pipelines, and cloud-native operational practices.
• Mentor and lead development teams while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
What You'll Bring:
You will bring strong technical leadership, problem-solving, and collaboration skills, along with deep expertise in cloud-native application development and modern engineering practices. You are comfortable guiding engineering teams through complex technical challenges while driving scalable and secure solution delivery. You communicate effectively with both technology and business stakeholders, ensuring alignment across architecture, development, quality engineering, and operational support teams. You stay adaptable and continuously explore emerging technologies, modern cloud services, and engineering best practices to strengthen delivery capabilities and improve application performance, reliability, and developer productivity.
Required Skills:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering with at least 5+ years leading cloud-native application development initiatives.
• Strong expertise in AWS services including Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3, Route53, EC2, ECR, and IAM.
• Hands-on experience with React, TypeScript, Vite, Docker, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD implementation.
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems and implementing modern DevOps and engineering best practices.
• Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Skills:
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Experience working within enterprise cloud transformation or modernization programs.
• Exposure to observability, monitoring, and operational excellence practices.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality solutions within tight tim
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $124,000-$177,000
Overtime eligible: Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities-inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you'll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what's next, and your growth powers it.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.
Visit our LinkedIn to see how our employees and agents are leading the industry and impacting communities.
Visit our Newsroom to learn more about how our company is constantly evolving to meet our clients' and employees' needs.
Job Requisition ID: 94137
#BI-Hybrid
Role Overview:
We are seeking a hands on Dev Lead Full-Stack Cloud Engineering to lead the design, development, and delivery of New York Life's cloud-native technology modernization initiatives. This role is both highly technical and leadership focused, you will guide engineering teams in building scalable, secure, and high-performing web applications using modern AWS cloud services and frontend technologies. As part of Technology, you'll contribute to New York Life's ongoing digital transformation by partnering closely with architects, developers, QA engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders to deliver enterprise-grade solutions. You will foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement while driving modern development practices, cloud adoption, DevOps maturity, and operational stability.
What You'll Do:
• Lead architecture and design for AWS-based distributed systems supporting New York Life's technology modernization initiatives.
• Guide implementation across backend services (AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3, Route53, EC2, ECR) and frontend applications (React, TypeScript, Vite).
• Drive engineering best practices including code reviews, coding standards, CI/CD implementation, and DevOps maturity.
• Collaborate closely with developers, QA engineers, architects, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable and reliable solutions.
• Establish and optimize GitHub-based development workflows, Docker containerization, deployment pipelines, and cloud-native operational practices.
• Mentor and lead development teams while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
What You'll Bring:
You will bring strong technical leadership, problem-solving, and collaboration skills, along with deep expertise in cloud-native application development and modern engineering practices. You are comfortable guiding engineering teams through complex technical challenges while driving scalable and secure solution delivery. You communicate effectively with both technology and business stakeholders, ensuring alignment across architecture, development, quality engineering, and operational support teams. You stay adaptable and continuously explore emerging technologies, modern cloud services, and engineering best practices to strengthen delivery capabilities and improve application performance, reliability, and developer productivity.
Required Skills:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering with at least 5+ years leading cloud-native application development initiatives.
• Strong expertise in AWS services including Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3, Route53, EC2, ECR, and IAM.
• Hands-on experience with React, TypeScript, Vite, Docker, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD implementation.
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems and implementing modern DevOps and engineering best practices.
• Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Skills:
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Experience working within enterprise cloud transformation or modernization programs.
• Exposure to observability, monitoring, and operational excellence practices.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality solutions within tight tim
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $124,000-$177,000
Overtime eligible: Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities-inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you'll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what's next, and your growth powers it.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.
Visit our LinkedIn to see how our employees and agents are leading the industry and impacting communities.
Visit our Newsroom to learn more about how our company is constantly evolving to meet our clients' and employees' needs.
Job Requisition ID: 94137
#BI-Hybrid
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5+ years leading cloud-native application development initiatives.
- Expertise with AWS services: Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3, Route53, EC2, ECR, and IAM.
- Hands-on experience with React, TypeScript, and Vite.
- Experience with Docker containerization.
- Experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions.
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
- Experience designing scalable distributed systems.
- Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
- Experience working within enterprise cloud transformation or modernization programs.
- Exposure to observability, monitoring, and operational excellence practices.
What the Team is Saying
Tyrone
Corporate Vice President, Employee Experience
Emma
Director, Tech, Data, AI, Ventures (TDAV)
Deepa
Chief Information Officer
Patricia
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Technology Services
Joel
Senior Vice President, Founder & Head of New York Life Ventures
Nishit
Corporate Vice President, AI & Data Architect
New York Life Insurance Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — The package includes a 401(k) with company match alongside a defined‑benefit pension for many eligible roles, with contributions and the match vested from day one. That increasingly rare combination strengthens long‑term financial security.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid New Parent leave was doubled to eight weeks for all parents, with birthing parents typically reaching up to about fourteen paid weeks when combined with short‑term disability. The offering also highlights fertility support, adoption assistance, and subsidized backup childcare.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are paired with spending accounts, life and disability insurance, and an EAP, with some plans including a company‑funded HRA and wellness incentives. Additional resources such as virtual care and digital physical therapy are noted.
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What We Do
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of integrity, mutuality, and financial strength fuels a future defined by bold transformation. As the largest mutual life insurance company in the U.S., we operate on behalf of our policy owners—not shareholders. That structure allows us to take a long-term view, investing in people, purpose, and innovation that endures. Guided by a clear enterprise vision to become a technology-, data-, and AI-powered company, we’re modernizing our platforms, rearchitecting experiences, and embedding intelligence across our products and services. Our mission has always been about helping people through life’s most meaningful moments. Today, technology is amplifying that mission—enabling us to serve clients, advisors, and communities in more personalized, proactive ways. With a diversified business portfolio spanning insurance, investments, retirement, group benefits, and direct-to-consumer offerings, New York Life delivers the stability of a Fortune 100 company with the agility of one that’s continuously evolving. We’re powered by a values-led culture, inclusive teams, and a shared belief that when our people thrive, so does our company. Here, tradition fuels momentum—and your ideas, energy, and growth power what’s next.
Why Work With Us
New York Life is transforming from the inside out—blending 180 years of trust with the velocity of innovation. What makes us different is our culture: grounded in integrity, humanity, and shared success—values that show up in how we work, lead, and grow. If you want a place where innovation has purpose—build what's next with us.
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