Lead Software Engineer
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America1 day ago
Base Salary
$99k - $163k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop complex software solutions in an Agile global engineering environment.
- Build APIs and microservices and lead technical design discussions across technology disciplines.
- Collaborate with architects, engineers, product managers, testing partners, business stakeholders, and executive stakeholders.
- Provide technical expertise for complex systems, escalated defects, and production support issues.
- Mentor and develop less experienced team members.
- Coordinate non-production and production deployments with engineering, testing, and Release Management teams.
- Lead technical aspects of SDLC governance and coordinate enterprise changes across engineering teams.
- Analyze application logs to identify root causes and create or maintain monitoring and alerts.
- Build and maintain the deployment cadence.
- Provide technical consultancy on the FINEOS SaaS platform to technical and business users.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of professional software development experience.
- Experience with service-oriented and cloud-native software architecture.
- Experience with Java, Spring Boot, Aurora PostgreSQL, Redis, Hibernate, and Microsoft Graph API.
- Experience with modern API and microservice development, build tools, testing, and CI/CD.
- Experience with secure programming practices, software delivery, and cloud security principles.
- Experience with AI-assisted product development using GitHub Copilot or Claude.
- Experience with AWS, Docker, EKS, SNS/SQS, and SDKs.
- Experience with Bitbucket and Git source-control and development workflows.
- Experience with AppDynamics, ArgoCD, CloudWatch, Splunk, and Zenoss for logging and monitoring.
- Experience with Test Driven Development and achieving 90–100% code coverage.
- Familiarity with API architectures and microservice strategy.
- Ability to lead projects spanning multiple teams and deliver in a fast-paced environment.
- Track record of developing and supporting large-scale, business-critical systems.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, code review, presentation, collaboration, and documentation skills.
- Python, ReactJS, and Apache Camel experience is preferred.
- FINEOS Group Insurance product knowledge is preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time eligible employees receive Guardian benefits and resources; interns are not eligible for most company benefits.
- Guardian provides skill-building, leadership development, philanthropic opportunities, and flexible, inclusive benefits and resources.
- The position may be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation in addition to base salary.
About The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is a U.S. mutual insurer that provides life and disability insurance, dental and vision plans, annuities, and workplace benefits to individuals, families, and employers. It earns revenue through premiums, investment income, and fee-based wealth and retirement solutions, distributed via financial professionals, employers, and digital channels. Founded in 1860 and headquartered in New York City, it operates nationwide and is owned by its policyholders.