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Role Value Proposition:

The MetLife Group Operating Platform is looking for an experienced Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer.

As a Sr. full-stack software 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 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 be a part of an Agile Release Team (ART), interacting with senior Business and IT Leaders, and IT partners, providing technical support throughout the Agile lifecycle. Focus will include solution design, development, debugging, security assessment and resolution, 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 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

• As part of a Scaled Agile scrum team, develop modern enterprise-level applications for U.S. Businesses in the cloud and on-prem for a portfolio of applications within our Group operating platform.

• Lead the technical design, development, and integration of solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms.

• Hands-on development with a focus on application modernization, site reliability, containerization, and building appropriate API layers in Java Spring Boot, Node.js, and other distributed technologies.

• Participate in fit/gap analysis of requirements, help manage user expectations on feature deliverables, provide tactical and strategic options to address issues and technical debt, and develop code to modern standards.

• Mentor, motivate, influence, and coach the broader technical team to help push best practices and understanding of modern design and development practices.

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:

Required:

• 5+ years of distributed front-end and/or back-end application development with Java, Java Spring Boot, JavaScript/ TypeScript, Web services, etc.

• Experience with relational (Oracle, SQL Server) and no-SQL (like MongoDB), or similar database platforms.

• Experience in software development with a strong technical understanding of designing and building enterprise-scale web-based applications both on-prem and in the Cloud.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as ability to establish strong relationships across teams to effectively deliver work across the enterprise.

• Work effectively in a matrixed organization to diagnose issues, solve problems, and deliver solutions.

Preferred:

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

• Experience driving DevOps adoption, preferably with Microsoft AzDo for pipeline-based deployments in YAML.

• Experience with React/Angular/, NodeJS, Rest API services, etc.

• Experience with Helm, Terraform, Azure Kubernetes, OpenShift or similar Cloud experience.

• Experience instrumenting and using monitoring tools such as Splunk and AppDynamics.

At MetLife, we’re leading the global transformation of an industry we’ve long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we’re dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our customers.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Disability/Veterans

If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.

MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.