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About the Role

Develop and execute key technology components for the Group Benefits Absence Platform (ACE), a critical initiative for business growth. This role involves defining, designing, and delivering technical solutions to support business strategy and goals, specifically implementing absence functionality across multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

Develop complex solutions in an Agile environment as part of a global team.
Perform hands-on API or micro-services development.
Conduct and lead technical design discussions to propose viable solutions.
Develop and build strong relationships across the business to influence strategic objectives.
Assist on-shore and off-shore teams with technical expertise and programming knowledge.
Mentor and develop new or less experienced team members.
Liaise between software engineering teams and production support for operational readiness.
Provide support for escalated issues/defects.
Coordinate non-production deployments with software engineering teams and testing partners.
Partner with Release Management for production deployments.
Work with SaaS platform provider to deliver program capabilities.
Coordinate enterprise changes with all software engineering teams.
Lead technical aspects of the SDLC Governance process for the program.
Analyze application logs (Splunk, Cloudwatch, ArgoCD, AppD) to find root causes of issues.
Create required monitoring and alerts or work with software engineering teams to create them.
Build and maintain deployment cadence.
Understand Fineos SaaS platform and provide technical consultancy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
8+ years of professional software development experience.
Experience with service-oriented and cloud-native software architecture.
Experience with modern API/ micro-service development, including build tools, testing and CI/CD.
Experience with secure programming practices, software delivery and cloud security principles.
Experience with AI assisted product development using Github Co-pilot or Claude.
Experience with cloud technology including AWS, Docker, EKS, SNS/SQS, SDK.
Experience with source control and development workflows: Bitbucket, Git.
Experience with Logging & Monitoring tools like: AppDynamics, ArgoCD, CloudWatch, Splunk, Zenoss.
Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) to achieve 90-100% code coverage.
Familiarity with API architectures including microservice strategy.
Proven ability to take a lead role in projects spanning multiple teams.
Ability to deliver on time in a fast-paced agile environment.
Proven track record of developing and supporting large-scale business-critical systems.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Solid understanding of coding aesthetics, able to review code, and provide suggestions.
Comfortable in a fast-paced, changing environment.
Strong presentation and collaboration skills.
Ability to clearly articulate all aspects of job requirements, including creating formal documentation.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

Skills

Java Springboot
Aurora PostgresSQL
Redis
Hibernate
Microsoft Graph API
AWS
Docker
EKS
SNS/SQS
SDK
Bitbucket
Git
AppDynamics
ArgoCD
CloudWatch
Splunk
Zenoss
Test Driven Development (TDD)
Python (plus)
ReactJS (plus)
Apache Camel (plus)
FINEOS Group Insurance product knowledge (plus)

Location

United States

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

8+ years of professional software development experience
Lead

Education Level

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Salary/Compensations

$99,150.00 - $162,885.00

Benefits

Support and flexibility to achieve professional and personal goals.
Skill-building opportunities.
Leadership development opportunities.
Philanthropic opportunities.
Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources.

About the Company

At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals.
Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues.
Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits.
Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

Equal Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas.
Guardian may use artificial intelligence tools (“AI Tools") to automate the sorting and filtering of information provided by applicants as part of its preliminary screening.
All hiring decisions will be made by Guardian colleagues.
Applicants will have the choice of opting out of Guardian’s use of AI Tools during the job application process.