Sr Solutions Engineer

Pacific Life • Charlotte, NC

8d • $137,610 - $168,190

About The Position

Pacific Life is seeking a Senior Applications Solutions Developer to join its Institutional Division Technology Team in Newport Beach, California. The position serves as a technical bridge between business strategy, enterprise architecture, and software delivery, translating complex business capabilities into scalable, implementable software solutions. The role works with Product Owners, Solution Architects, subject-matter experts, and engineering teams to deliver applications across the Institutional Division’s portfolio.

The position combines solution architecture, software engineering, systems thinking, and business domain expertise. It involves using AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude to support solution discovery, technical design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation. Solutions must align with division standards, enterprise architecture, security requirements, and governance while delivering business outcomes.

The stated base pay range is $137,610 to $168,190. Actual compensation depends on factors including experience, qualifications, and geographic location; most employees are eligible for additional incentive pay. Benefits begin on the first day of employment and include medical, dental, vision, a wellbeing reimbursement account, paid time off and holiday schedules, financial planning time off, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and a 401(k) savings plan with company match and an additional contribution regardless of participation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• At least 6 years 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience within insurance or financial services.
• Experience with enterprise architecture principles and solution governance.
• AWS certifications, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or AWS Certified Developer.
• Experience leading technical solution design across multiple teams.
• Passion for applying AI to modern software engineering practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Own solution discovery from business capability through technical implementation.
• Partner with Product, Solution Architects, SMEs, QA, and engineering teams to define scalable, implementable 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 AI development tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, and similar technologies to accelerate 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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Wellbeing Reimbursement Account for the employee or eligible dependents.
• Paid time off, holiday schedules, and Financial Planning Time Off.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance program.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match and an additional contribution regardless of participation.
• Most employees are eligible for additional incentive pay.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior