Role Overview
We are seeking a UI/UX Developer with strong expertise in user experience design and front-end engineering to design, develop, implement, and enhance customer ‑ centric web applications. The ideal candidate can translate business needs into intuitive user experiences and build high ‑ quality, scalable UI components while collaborating effectively in a distributed onshore - offshore team model.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain applications using distributed and front ‑ end technologies.
- Build intuitive, user ‑ focused, responsive, and accessible interfaces.
- Lead/guide engineering teams in an onshore-offshore model.
- Create reusable UI components for scalability and consistency.
- Work with development teams to design and deliver enhancements in a SAFe Agile environment.
- Partner with Business Analysts to refine use cases and review acceptance criteria.
- Engage with business stakeholders to gather requirements and understand workflows.
- Coordinate with partner applications on interface design and requirements.
- Support project/program leadership in delivering high ‑ quality initiatives.
Required Qualifications & Skills
• 6+ years of experience in software development, with strong expertise in designing and building enterprise-scale applications (on ‑ premise and cloud-native).
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in distributed front-end and back-end development using:
o Java, TypeScript/JavaScript
o Spring, Spring Boot
o ReactJS (preferred)
o NodeJS
o AWS/Azure cloud services
o REST API development
o Cloud-native services: AKS, Azure Web Apps
• Strong understanding of UX principles, interaction design, wireframing, prototyping, and usability best practices.
• Practical experience with microservices architecture and cloud ‑ based application design.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps, Git-based code management, branching strategies, CI/CD (Azure DevOps preferred).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent communication skills with demonstrated ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, 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!
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What We Do
We're honored to be No. 10 on Great Place to Work's World's Best Workplaces and recognized in the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list in 2025. At MetLife, we're leading the global transformation of an industry we’ve defined for over 157 years.
At MetLife, every innovation and line of code is a lifeline for our customers and their families—from victims of natural disasters to people living with disabilities and beyond. With operations in more than 40 markets and leading positions across the globe, MetLife fosters an inclusive culture where our people are energized and inspired to deliver for our customers and communities.
Join our remarkable journey—one in which you help write the next century of innovation in financial services—because with MetLife, making the world a better place is All Together Possible.
Why Work With Us
At MetLife, you’ll be working for a company whose purpose is to help customers throughout their life’s journey, and often in their most critical time of need. You’ll be a part of developing leading-edge platforms that will have a lasting impact on the lives and well-being of tens of millions of customers.
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