About the position
At MetLife, we're leading the global transformation of an industry we've long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we're dedicated to make a difference in the lives of our customers. The position involves designing and implementing large and complex technology projects at a global scale, applying product-centric technical expertise to navigate complex deployments with multiple systems and teams. You will collaborate with business and IT partners in the design and implementation of complex distributed applications, contribute to the technical design and development of applications using existing and emerging technology platforms, and convert business problems into programming instructions. Additionally, you will monitor the operating efficiency of existing application systems and provide technical support to project teams throughout the project lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement large and complex technology projects at a global scale.
- Collaborate with business and IT partners in the design and implementation of complex distributed applications.
- Contribute to the technical design and development of applications using existing and emerging technology platforms.
- Convert business problems into programming instructions.
- Design and code programs, create test transactions, and run tests as necessary.
- Monitor operating efficiency of existing application systems.
- Review, analyze, and modify programming systems, including encoding, testing, debugging, and installing for a large-scale system.
- Provide technical support to project teams throughout project lifecycle around technology platforms, solution design, security, debugging, profiling, and performance tuning.
- Provide governance over development teams to ensure that standards and best practices are being followed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology (willing to accept foreign education equivalent).
- Five (5) years of experience designing applications and systems at web scale.
- Experience designing enterprise APIs and documenting them in OpenAPI Specification and REST API Query Language.
- Experience developing enterprise APIs in Microservices architecture using Java, Groovy and Spring Cloud framework.
- Experience designing and implementing DevOps Pipelines for Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery of code in a cloud computing environment.
- Experience building, deploying, and managing Containerized Applications in Azure cloud infrastructure using technologies such as Kubernetes and Istio service mesh.
- Experience monitoring and analyzing performance of complex distributed applications using Splunk and AppDynamics Observability Platform.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health plan including medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance.
- No-cost short- and long-term disability.
- Company-paid life insurance and legal services.
- Retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching.
- Group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs.
- Parental leave and volunteer time off.
- Tuition assistance.
