Sr Solutions Engineer
Pacific Life3 days ago
Charlotte, NC, USASenior
Base Salary
$138k - $168k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own solution discovery from business capability through technical implementation.
- Partner with Product Owners, Solution Architects, SMEs, QA, and engineering teams to define scalable solution paths.
- Produce implementation-ready technical designs, user stories, data mappings, API specifications, and solution documentation.
- Validate solution approaches against enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and governance standards.
- Design, develop, enhance, and maintain enterprise applications using modern software engineering practices.
- Contribute production-quality code while improving application reliability, maintainability, and performance.
- Use GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, and similar AI development tools for analysis, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation.
- Collaborate with Solution Architects to evaluate technical tradeoffs and establish scalable solution patterns.
- Mentor developers through design discussions, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
- Drive simplification, automation, reuse, and reduction of technical debt across the application portfolio.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
- At least 6 years of experience designing, developing, and delivering enterprise software solutions.
- Experience with Python, React, APIs, SQL, integration technologies, or comparable enterprise platforms.
- Experience translating business capabilities into scalable technical solutions.
- Experience partnering with Product Owners, Solution Architects, and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Experience using AI-assisted software development tools to improve engineering productivity.
- Strong understanding of enterprise application architecture, cloud-native development, integration patterns, and the software delivery lifecycle.
- Experience in insurance or financial services is preferred.
- Experience with enterprise architecture principles and solution governance is preferred.
- AWS certifications, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or AWS Certified Developer, are preferred.
- Experience leading technical solution design across multiple teams is preferred.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and a Wellbeing Reimbursement Account.
- Paid time off, holiday schedules, and Financial Planning Time Off.
- Paid parental leave and an Adoption Assistance Program.
- Competitive 401(k) plan with company match and an additional contribution regardless of participation.
- Benefits begin on the first day of employment.
- The role is based in Newport Beach, California.
- Additional incentive pay may be available.
About Pacific Life
Pacific Life is a privately held insurer and asset manager that sells life insurance, annuities, workforce benefits, and institutional investment solutions to individuals, employers, and institutions. The company also offers mutual funds and reinsurance capabilities. Founded in 1868 and headquartered in Newport Beach, California, Pacific Life is a Fortune 500 company serving retail and institutional markets across the United States.