MetLife

Position Overview: 

MetLife is the leading provider of Group Benefits. The MetLife Group Benefits Billing team is looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer in a full-stack developer capacity. As a Lead Full Stack Engineer on the team, you will be responsible for leading the technical design and development of cross-functional, multi-platform applications that solve complex business problems. The role will be a highly visible hands-on technology driver supporting platform product development by creating innovative solutions, as well as driving solutions that modernize, stabilize, and support the growth of our portfolio. You will interact with the Agile Delivery Team, senior Business and IT Leaders, and IT partners, providing technical support throughout the project lifecycle.  Focus will include solution design, security, development, debugging, profiling, and performance tuning. You will engage with multiple concurrent teams and provide governance to ensure that standards and best practices are followed.  

We are looking for an energetic and motivated system development engineer who is forward-focused, a creative problem solver, not afraid of experimentation, and a team player who enjoys working in an Agile Delivery Model. 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 organization's success.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical design/development/integration of solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms. 
• Partner across MetLife development teams to craft end-to-end technical solutions.
• Participate in fit/gap analysis of requirements, help manage user expectations and provide options, develop technical designs, conduct peer code reviews, and write code.
• Working in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high-quality software.
• Agile Sprint planning, including estimation, user story breakdown, user story review & feedback.
• Deployment support.
• Create and update necessary technical documentation.
• Support diagnosis and remediation of production issues.  
• Diagnose, document, and correct/upgrade technical debt. 
• Mentor, motivate, influence, drive innovation, and coach the broader technical team. Offer technology thought leadership and mentor junior technical staff members. 
• Work effectively in a matrixed organization to diagnose issues, solve problems, and deliver solutions.

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills: 

Required: 

• 5+ years of hands-on mainframe application development experience working with COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, SQL, and VSAM.
• Strong working knowledge of version and revision control tools like Git, CHANGEMAN.
• Experience in developing REST and SOAP APIs using technologies like zOS Connect and IDz.
• Strong ability to troubleshoot and debug both online and batch using tools like IBM Debugger.
• Experience with mainframe DevOps, Scrum Framework, and SAFe Agile methodologies.
• Experience working in an onshore-offshore model should be able to mentor, guide, and lead a small offshore team.

Preferred: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.

• Experience driving DevSecOps adoption.
• Experience in Group Benefits.