Senior Associate - Senior Software Engineer - AI & Cloud Platforms

New York Life • New York, NY

41d • $100,000 - $143,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with AI expertise to help design and deliver modern, cloud-native insurance platforms. This role sits within our core systems team and partners closely with engineers, architects, data scientists, and product teams to build scalable, secure, and highly available solutions leveraging AWS, APIs, DevSecOps, and AI.
You will play a key role in advancing automation, developer productivity, and AI-enabled capabilities while contributing to enterprise standards and best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 5–7 years of software engineering experience building production-grade systems
• Hands-on experience with AWS, cloud-native architecture, and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
• Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and automation
• Experience building or deploying AI or Agentic AI use cases
• Proficiency with modern programming and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Java, .NET)
• Experience with containerization (EKS/ECR), APIs, and modern development tools (GitHub, Jira)
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with technical and business partners

Nice To Haves

• Experience in financial services, insurance, or wealth management
• Experience with LLM-based solutions and emerging AI technologies
• Familiarity with DevSecOps platforms (e.g., Harness)
• Relevant certifications in cloud, DevSecOps, or AI

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy cloud-native applications and platforms on AWS
• Apply AI and automation to improve developer experience and productivity
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps automation
• Design and consume APIs and reusable services
• Ensure solutions meet security, performance, resilience, and compliance standards
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile delivery environment
• Contribute to architecture evolution, technical standards, and engineering best practices

Benefits

• We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.

What This Job Offers

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