Lead Software Engineer
About The Position
The Lead Software Engineer will develop and execute key technology components of Guardian’s Group Benefits Absence Platform, supporting the Absence Comprehensive Experience (ACE) Program. ACE is a major initiative intended to transform Guardian’s business and deliver a comprehensive Disability and Absence Management suite to insurance customers. The role works with solution architects, testing partners, cross-functional stakeholders, and development teams to define, design, and deliver technical solutions aligned with business vision, strategy, and goals. It supports implementation of absence functionality across multiple workstreams. The successful candidate is a self-starter, continuous learner, and experienced technical leader who turns abstract ideas into actionable customer solutions in partnership with engineers, product managers, business partners, and executive stakeholders. The role includes technical leadership across development and delivery, supporting operational readiness and production issues, coordinating deployments and enterprise changes, and providing technical consultation on the FINEOS SaaS platform.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 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, including 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 cloud technology including AWS, Docker, EKS, SNS/SQS, and SDKs.
- Experience with source control and development workflows, including Bitbucket and Git.
- Experience with logging and monitoring tools such as AppDynamics, ArgoCD, CloudWatch, Splunk, and Zenoss.
- Experience with Test Driven Development to target 90–100% code coverage for delivered products.
- Familiarity with API architectures, including microservice strategy.
- Ability to lead projects spanning multiple teams and deliver on time in a fast-paced Agile environment.
- Track record of developing and supporting large-scale, business-critical systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; understanding of coding aesthetics and ability to review code and provide suggestions.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Strong presentation and collaboration skills, with ability to clearly articulate job requirements and create formal documentation.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Python, ReactJS, and Apache Camel.
- FINEOS Group Insurance product knowledge.
Responsibilities
- Develop complex solutions in an Agile environment as part of a global team of engineers, designers, and product experts.
- Perform hands-on API or microservices development.
- Conduct and lead technical design discussions across technology disciplines to propose viable solutions to complex problems.
- Build relationships across the business to influence and accomplish strategic objectives.
- Assist onshore and offshore teams with issues requiring technical expertise or complex systems and programming knowledge; mentor and develop less experienced team members.
- Liaise between software engineering teams and production support to facilitate operational readiness and support escalated issues and defects.
- Coordinate non-production deployments with software engineering teams and testing partners.
- Partner with Release Management for production deployments.
- Work with the SaaS platform provider to deliver program capabilities.
- Coordinate enterprise changes across software engineering teams.
- Lead technical aspects of the program’s SDLC Governance process.
- Analyze application logs using tools such as Splunk, CloudWatch, ArgoCD, and AppDynamics to identify root causes of reported issues.
- Create or coordinate monitoring and alerts for the program.
- Build and maintain the deployment cadence.
- Understand the FINEOS SaaS platform and provide technical consultation to technical and business users.
Benefits
- Guardian describes opportunities for skill-building, leadership development, and philanthropic involvement.
- The company states that contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources are offered to eligible full-time employees; interns are not eligible for most company benefits.
- The role may be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation in addition to salary.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
