Sr Applications Solutions Developer
About The Position
Providing for loved ones, planning rewarding retirements, saving enough for whatever lies ahead – our policyholders count on us to be there when it matters most. It’s a big ask, but it’s one that we have the power to deliver when we work together. We collaborate and innovate – pushing one another to transform not just Pacific Life, but the entire industry for the better. Why? Because it’s the right thing to do. Pacific Life is more than a job, it’s a career with purpose. It’s a career where you have the support, balance, and resources to make a positive impact on the future – including your own. We’re actively seeking a talented Senior Applications Solutions Developer to join our Workforce Benefits Team in Newport Beach, CA. As a Senior Applications Solutions Developer within Pacific Life's Workforce Benefits Division, you will serve as the technical bridge between business strategy, enterprise architecture, and software delivery. Working closely with Product Owners, Solution Architects, SMEs, and engineering teams, you will transform complex business capabilities into scalable, implementable software solutions. You will leverage modern AI-assisted engineering tools—including GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, and other large language models—to accelerate solution discovery, technical design, code development, testing, and documentation. Your work will ensure every solution aligns with division standards, enterprise architecture, security requirements, and governance while delivering measurable business outcomes. This role combines solution architecture, software engineering, systems thinking, and business domain expertise to deliver high-quality applications across the Workforce Benefits platform.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related discipline.
- 6+ years designing, developing, and delivering enterprise software solutions.
- Experience with Java, Spring Boot, 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 leveraging 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.
- Experience designing reusable application services and APIs.
- 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.
- Leverage 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
- Vision
- Wellbeing Reimbursement Account
- Paid Time Off
- Holiday Schedules
- Financial Planning Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Competitive 401k savings plan with company match
- Additional contribution regardless of participation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
