Principal Software Engineer

Description and Requirements
Role Value Proposition:
Being a leader in the Group Benefit space, MetLife is always in search of top talent who are driven by the purpose of providing excellent customer experience, accepting new challenges, and focusing on providing simplified solutions to complex problems. The Group Benefits area in MetLife is growing, and the team is looking for an energetic and motivated Principal Full Stack Engineer with Modernization skills in cloud technologies who is forward-focused, not afraid of experimentation and a team player. In this role, you will be working on a set of applications that deliver dental claims management, adjudication, and payment, as well as collaborating and interfacing with partners to deliver on enterprise-level strategic initiatives. Your work will make an impact on how MetLife fulfills its promises to the customer, and you will have excellent opportunities to interact and contribute to the group's success.
Key Responsibilities:
Architect, design, develop, implement and maintain Group Insurance applications using cloud technologies including technical leadership of a team of engineers working in an Agile onshore-offshore model. Lead the modernization efforts of the application set, to increase agility to handle ever changing policy and regulatory provisions. Modernize a monolithic JAVA/COBOL/CICS/VSAM/DB2 application into a Java/Microservices/Micro-frontend / Salesforce.com on cloud.
Collaborate with:

• Enterprise Architecture to ensure adherence to corporate strategy and establishment of guardrails for development teams to operate within.
• Development team members (including offshore consultants) in designing, developing, and testing the system modification.
• Mainframe & Cloud Infrastructure Engineering.
• Partnering applications in understanding, designing, and agreeing to the interface requirements.
• Product Owners, Product Managers, Application Owners, and Release Train Engineers.
• Drive Application Changes to enable Test Automation efforts that will support Integration, End to End, and User Acceptance Testing at the overall project or program level.
• Be innovative and always ready to learn new skills.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on application architecture and development experience working with JAVA, Node, JavaScript, UI Frameworks, NoSQL, and/or RDBMS databases in a cloud environment.
• Strong experience on DevOps tools.
• Proven record on architecting and implementing complex programs.
• Ability to multi-task effectively and be able to work in an open, collaborative environment to support both individual and team objectives.
• Experience working in a multi-site onshore-offshore model with the ability to mentor and guide multiple geographically dispersed Agile development teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in workplace benefits business.
• Willingness to learn Mainframe technology and understand its nuances for modernization.

Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $150,000 - $225,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, 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!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
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MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
$150,000 - $225,000
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