As a Software Engineer I, you'll design, develop, and maintain software solutions, assist in architectural specifications, and support production applications.
Description and Requirements
Role Value Proposition:
Responsible for the design, development and maintenance of software development solutions within a defined system, platform or product, based on a set of standards and processes which establish consistency acrost the enterprise data, reduce risk and promote efficiencies in support of the organization's goals and objectives. This family can be used for
both roles that require a complete technology stack of capabilities as well as roles that require to work on a single technology stack, application or platform.
Key Responsibilities:
• Assists in the creation of architectural specifications, ensuring feasibility, functionality, and integration with existing systems and/or SaaS platforms in a limited capacity.
• Participate in the collection and documentation of user requirements as well as the development of user stories and estimates with software, strategic platforms and/or COTS.
• Participates in technical design, development, implementation and maintenance of application systems.
• Responsible for front or backend development, with an understanding of both and/or responsible for SaaS and/or COTS delivery.
• Participate in peer reviews of solution designs, related code, and/or related SaaS and/or COTS configuration.
• Participates in the investigation and resolution of production management incidents, problems, and service requests (in partnership with SaaS providers for Platforms).
• Supports production applications/platforms (in partnership with SaaS providers for Platforms)
• Identifies innovative solutions to technical challenges
Education:
Bachelor's degree (Any Stream) or diploma with a minimum of 15 years of education
Experience(Role Requirement): 2 to 4 years
Technical Skill:
• Cloud Native Technologies
• Applicable Development Language (Quadient, xPressions)
• Database Development tools
• Secure design and coding practices
• Writing & executing automated tests
• Application operations/monitoring
• Design with "Feature Flags"
• DevSecOps, CI/CD
• Application Design/Architecture
Non Technical
• Collaboration
• Communication/Presentation
• Agile Practices
• Collaboration Tools
• Product/Business/Industry Knowledge
• Customer experience
Other Critical Requirements Like Voice/Non-Voice for Insurance:
- Collaboration
• Communication/Presentation
• Agile Practices
• DevSecOps, CI/CD
• Collaboration Tools
• Product/Business/Industry experience
• Application Design/Architecture
• Cloud Native Technologies
• Applicable Development Language
• Database Development tools
• Secure design and coding practices
• Writing & executing automated tests
• Application operations/monitoring
• Design with "Feature Flags"
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2025 "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™ for 2024, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services.
At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
#BI-Hybrid
Role Value Proposition:
Responsible for the design, development and maintenance of software development solutions within a defined system, platform or product, based on a set of standards and processes which establish consistency acrost the enterprise data, reduce risk and promote efficiencies in support of the organization's goals and objectives. This family can be used for
both roles that require a complete technology stack of capabilities as well as roles that require to work on a single technology stack, application or platform.
Key Responsibilities:
• Assists in the creation of architectural specifications, ensuring feasibility, functionality, and integration with existing systems and/or SaaS platforms in a limited capacity.
• Participate in the collection and documentation of user requirements as well as the development of user stories and estimates with software, strategic platforms and/or COTS.
• Participates in technical design, development, implementation and maintenance of application systems.
• Responsible for front or backend development, with an understanding of both and/or responsible for SaaS and/or COTS delivery.
• Participate in peer reviews of solution designs, related code, and/or related SaaS and/or COTS configuration.
• Participates in the investigation and resolution of production management incidents, problems, and service requests (in partnership with SaaS providers for Platforms).
• Supports production applications/platforms (in partnership with SaaS providers for Platforms)
• Identifies innovative solutions to technical challenges
Education:
Bachelor's degree (Any Stream) or diploma with a minimum of 15 years of education
Experience(Role Requirement): 2 to 4 years
Technical Skill:
• Cloud Native Technologies
• Applicable Development Language (Quadient, xPressions)
• Database Development tools
• Secure design and coding practices
• Writing & executing automated tests
• Application operations/monitoring
• Design with "Feature Flags"
• DevSecOps, CI/CD
• Application Design/Architecture
Non Technical
• Collaboration
• Communication/Presentation
• Agile Practices
• Collaboration Tools
• Product/Business/Industry Knowledge
• Customer experience
Other Critical Requirements Like Voice/Non-Voice for Insurance:
- Collaboration
• Communication/Presentation
• Agile Practices
• DevSecOps, CI/CD
• Collaboration Tools
• Product/Business/Industry experience
• Application Design/Architecture
• Cloud Native Technologies
• Applicable Development Language
• Database Development tools
• Secure design and coding practices
• Writing & executing automated tests
• Application operations/monitoring
• Design with "Feature Flags"
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2025 "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™ for 2024, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services.
At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
#BI-Hybrid
Top Skills
Ci/Cd
Cloud Native Technologies
Database Development Tools
Development Language (Quadient
Devsecops
Xpressions)
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