Senior Full Stack Cloud Engineer — Vitera (AI-Native SDLC)

Athene • West Des Moines, IA

4d

About The Position

Vitera is Apollo and Athene's highest-conviction growth channel in retirement income — and we're building the engineering team that will define how it scales. This isn't a maintenance role. You'll be architecting and shipping cloud-native applications at the center of a product that genuinely changes how Americans retire, while helping us reinvent how software is built in an AI-first world. Vitera turns retirement savings into guaranteed lifetime income — automatically, flexibly, and simply. No complexity, no fine print, no anxiety. Backed by Apollo, Athene we're setting a new standard for what retirement income can look like: clear, accessible, and built on trust. The engineering you ship here directly determines whether someone spends their retirement with confidence or uncertainty.

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant software engineering experience designing and building cloud-native applications using modern JavaScript frameworks, Node.js, React.js, AWS services, and API technologies or relevant experience.
• Experience developing secure applications utilizing AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS, IAM), RESTful and GraphQL APIs, authentication technologies (JWT/OAuth), PostgreSQL databases, and Git-based version control.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, solve complex problems, influence technical decisions, and thrive in Agile development environments while embracing innovation, adaptability, AI-enabled development practices, and continuous learning.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills with the ability to partner effectively across engineering, product, architecture, and business teams while embodying Athene's BEAM values.
• Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Military experience will be considered in lieu of a formal degree.

Responsibilities

• Build full stack applications and cloud services across a modern, collaborative engineering stack — owning features end to end, from API design through to user-facing UI.
• Redefine our agentic AI SDLC — rethinking how we plan, build, test, and deploy software when AI agents are part of the team.
• Influence how Vitera engineers ship software for years to come.

What This Job Offers

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