2 days ago
Deerfield, IL, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$180k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve application architecture, domain models, workflows, and business logic for the Benefits Intelligence module.
- Design and build application services and APIs connecting Worklife with the Data Engine, including interface contracts, error handling, observability, and operational ownership.
- Lead technical integration of Data Engine capabilities into Worklife and adapt or develop user-interface components and administrative experiences.
- Establish reusable full-stack engineering patterns for maintainability, security, testing, observability, deployment, and operational efficiency.
- Translate product concepts and business requirements into technical options, evaluate trade-offs, and drive implementation with Product and Architecture.
- Drive technical execution across Engineering, Product, UX, Data, and platform teams and resolve dependencies and integration decisions.
- Produce production-ready APIs, services, workflows, and user experiences; document integration patterns; and automate tests, telemetry, runbooks, and operational handoff.
Requirements
- 6+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including ownership of complex production applications.
- Deep expertise in application data modeling, API design, and backend services, with proficiency in modern front-end development.
- Demonstrated 0-to-1 system design and build experience for complex B2B use cases and non-technical users.
- Product judgment and the ability to turn ambiguity into clear technical decisions and incremental delivery.
- Experience integrating new application capabilities into established products and technology ecosystems, including extending existing services and UI components.
- Independent cross-functional technical leadership across multiple Engineering and Product teams without formal authority.
- Fluency with approved agentic coding practices and disciplined software engineering controls.
- Experience integrating application platforms with data or AI-enabled services.
- Experience improving observability, reliability, and operational efficiency for production applications.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision coverage starting Day One.
- Wellbeing programs, retirement plans with contribution matching, generous time off, parental leave, continuing education, and career growth opportunities.
- Virtual role with flexible working arrangements where possible; occasional travel to an Alight office may be required.
- Competitive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and worldwide organizational growth opportunities.
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About Alight
Alight provides cloud-based benefits administration and human capital solutions to large employers, combining its Alight Worklife platform with outsourced services for health, wealth, leave, and wellbeing programs. It earns revenue through SaaS subscriptions and long-term managed services and consulting. Headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, Alight was carved out of Aon’s benefits outsourcing business by Blackstone in 2017 and is now publicly traded on the NYSE (ticker: ALIT).