Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Position Overview

.We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Group Operations Technology team. This hybrid role combines business analysis and hands-on development, enabling you to translate business needs into scalable technology solutions. You will work across the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), partnering with cross-functional teams—including Business Analysts, Architects, and global engineering teams—to deliver modern, high-quality enterprise applications. This role also offers opportunities to contribute to modernization initiatives and leverage AI-enabled development practices to enhance productivity and innovation.

You Will (Job Responsibilities):

• Design, build, and deliver scalable, high-performing customer-facing web applications using modern frameworks and cloud technologies

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and business stakeholders to deliver robust and intuitive user experiences

• Translate business goals into technical solutions that meet performance, scalability, and usability requirements

• Innovate and modernize technical solutions to solve complex business challenges

• Partner with engineering teams to develop, test, and deploy applications using modern development practices (CI/CD, Agile)

• Ensure high standards of code quality, performance, and maintainability across applications

• Contribute to launching impactful digital products that enhance customer experience and drive business value

You Have (Qualifications):

• 4+ years of experience delivering resilient, high-performance, public-facing web applications with measurable business impact

• Advanced proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frameworks (Node, React, Next, NestJS, Jest)

• Strong experience architecting large-scale applications and mentoring teams on best practices and standards

• Expertise in API development and integration (REST, GraphQL), including third-party systems

• Experience with microservices, micro-frontends, and technologies such as Redis (preferred)

• Strong understanding of web fundamentals (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) and performance optimization (core web vitals)

• Experience working in Agile environments with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, product, marketing)

• Hands-on experience with modern development tools, testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and AWS

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

• Working knowledge of security best practices, including OWASP and handling of PII data

Location

• Three days a week at a Guardian Location in New York, NY, Bethlehem, PA or Holmdel, NJ

Salary Range:

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

Our Promise

At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals.  Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

Inspire Well-Being

As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Accommodations

Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected]. Please note: this resource is for accommodation requests only. For all other inquires related to your application and careers at Guardian, refer to the Guardian Careers site.

Visa Sponsorship

Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B). In order to be a successful applicant, you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any time in the future.

Notice Regarding Guardian’s Use of Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment

As part of Guardian’s job application process, Guardian may use artificial intelligence tools (“AI Tools") to automate the sorting and filtering of information provided by applicants as part of its preliminary screening. This preliminary screening may be used to help identify applicant materials and resumes relative to their indication that the applicant meets the requirements for the specific job for which they are applying, as specified in the listing posted on Guardian’s jobs website (Careers at Guardian at https://www.guardianlife.com/careers). At Guardian, we do not use AI Tools to substantially assist or replace human judgment or discretionary decision making in our hiring process. All hiring decisions will be made by Guardian colleagues.

Please be aware that if you apply for a specific position with Guardian, you will have the choice of opting out of Guardian’s use of AI Tools during the job application process. If you would like to request an alternative process that does not utilize AI Tools or would like to request a reasonable accommodation, within ten business days of your position application, you must email your request to [email protected], making sure to provide your name and job requisition identification number. Guardian will retain your applicant materials and resume and all information therefrom in accordance with Guardian’s document retention policy, a copy of which you may request via [email protected].

Additionally, at applicable times, Guardian will make public the most recent bias audit results for such AI tools, which may be found here. 

Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday.