24 hours ago
Charlotte, NC, USA or Dallas, TX, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$130k - $154k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the technical vision and architectural roadmap for the Insurance Solutions Technology platform.
- Define and govern API security standards, architectural decision-making processes, and SDLC quality gates.
- Own the Level 3 production support strategy for a business-critical externally facing platform.
- Mentor engineering teams and establish technical standards for scalability, security, and quality.
- Define governance, quality, and security guardrails for AI-assisted and AI-generated code.
- Translate business, product, and partner integration strategies into sustainable technical architecture and execution roadmaps.
- Guide the platform’s evolution as annuity products expand into retail markets and future distribution partnerships.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- At least 5 years of experience with Java development, including Java 17 or later, and demonstrated ownership of enterprise platform architecture and technical direction.
- Experience owning SDLC governance, architectural decisions, and API security standards for complex externally facing platforms.
- Experience owning Level 3 production support strategy for a business-critical system.
- Hands-on cloud-native engineering experience with AWS EKS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, CloudBees, and ArgoCD.
- Experience defining governance frameworks and quality or security guardrails for AI-assisted development tools.
- Strong technical mentorship and engineering leadership experience.
- Preferred experience in financial services or insurance, especially annuity products, recordkeeping, or accumulation ledger systems.
- Preferred experience with message-based integration, broader cloud infrastructure architecture, secrets management, authentication architecture, workflow orchestration, and external distribution partnerships.
- Preferred familiarity with IBM MQ, Apache ActiveMQ Artemis, Kafka, JMS, AWS ECS, S3, Glue, Lambda, OpenShift, Terraform, CyberArk Conjur, Kerberos, Flowable, or Camunda.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Total Rewards package including a superior retirement program and health, wellness, and work-life benefits.
- Collaborative in-office work environment with learning experiences and development pathways.
- Base pay range of $130,000 to $154,000 per year, with potential participation in performance-linked incentive programs.
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About Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA)
TIAA is a privately held, not-for-profit financial services organization providing retirement plans, annuities, IRAs, mutual funds, life insurance, 529 plans, and brokerage services to employees and institutions in education, healthcare, and the nonprofit sector. Founded in 1918 and headquartered in New York, it also offers investment management through its Nuveen subsidiary. Its revenue comes from fees on asset management, insurance, and brokerage services.