Mutual Opportunities
Developer, Worksite Technology
Boston, Massachusetts; Springfield, Massachusetts
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Overview
A career with us means you’ll work alongside exceptional people and be empowered to reach your professional and personal goals. Our employees are at the foundation of what enables MassMutual to deliver on our purpose to help people secure their futures and protect the ones they love.
We embrace the idea that we all are stronger and better through our support for one another. We strive to create a culture where employees feel valued and are celebrated for who they are.
“Since our founding in 1851, mutuality has put our policyowners at the center of everything we do. At our core, we’re a company of people helping people in their time of need, and that spirit extends to the culture we’ve built at our company. Our employees support and rely on each other each day, collaborating to deliver the best solutions for our customers and help millions more secure their future and protect the ones they love.”
Job Description
The Opportunity
At MassMutual, we’re passionate about helping millions of people find financial freedom and this passion has driven our approach to develop, enhance and support applications for our customers.
The Team
MassMutual’s Worksite Technology organization is looking for a highly motivated and experienced technical lead to join a new and growing organization. Individual in this role will work closely with the team, our business partners, and vendors to drive the work as it aligns to our strategies.
The Impact
In this role, you will be responsible for all facets of technical design related to the delivery of technical solutions for our Worksite stakeholders. Also, you will be responsible for overseeing all technical development for a specific track of work, working closely with the project team, program manager and delivery leader.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze and develop specifications for the enhancement, maintenance and problem solving for the highest level of complex applications or operating system (s).
- Provide in-depth, SME consulting to IT management and staff at the highest technical level in the identification and resolution of an application or the overall operating system(s) problems or difficulties.
- Analyze existing product and recommends modifications which will enhance operating capacity and meet business requirements.
- Provide guidance and assistance to the staff in the installation and testing of new operating system releases and in fine-tuning of existing systems.
- Stays aware of industry best practices and recommends changes to management as necessary.
- Considered subject matter expert in development field.
- Be accountable to business sponsors and management to deliver quality technical solutions. This includes holding yourself and the project team accountable for delivering objectives on time and with quality, with an eye on scope and budget.
- Ability to work both independently and with multiple project teams, Solution Architects and program manager on highly visible, complex projects.
- Remove barriers to enable project team to complete objectives no matter how difficult. Drive and influence decisions while also assessing risk and impact. Effectively negotiate priorities and solutions.
- Identify end-to-end technical solutions based on business needs that utilizes a microservice-based architecture, incorporating API’s and Business Events for decoupling Digital and Backend application services
- Influence decision makers to make investments in technologies that will grow our businesses
- Design solutions as reusable components (API’s/ Microservices) that compose an overall solution that’s flexible, scalable, performant, and providing excellent user experience
- Partner directly with the specific technology subject matter experts and technical leads to ensure architecture standards are adopted and solutions are aligned with enterprise technology stacks
The Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field
- 8+ years software development experience and 5+ years as a technical lead or similar role
The Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with cloud-based applications and upgrades
- Experience with system integrations and administrative platforms
- Comfortable working in ambiguity, capable of establishing and growing functions and teams from the ground up
- An action-oriented, driven mindset
- Capable of designing and implementing complex solutions with technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JAVA, NodeJS, Spring Boot, Python, APIs, Kafka as well as Cloud Native Services
- Experience designing componentized designs including microservice-based architectures, leveraging containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and cloud services to build modern cloud first solutions
- Experience with event streaming technologies like Apache Kafka, web service protocols like SOAP, REST and data formats like JSON, AVRO and XML
- Experience with Design Patterns and modeling tools.
- Experience in cloud application design, development, and deployment, including 12 factor design principles, cloud native services like IAM, ELB, Lambda, Step Functions, SNS, DynamoDB, Aurora DB, CloudWatch etc.
- Experience in automated DevOps deployment pipelines
- Knowledge of Administrative systems and platforms
- Exposure to Legacy back-office batch processing systems and No SQL database like MongoDB
- Strong experience leading the development component of complex system integrations
- Significant technical or insurance product background
- Possess deep industry understanding and a point-of-view of the services provided, and the technologies/products used in the industry to effectively make decisions on product usage and investment at MassMutual
- Can roll up sleeves and learn the applications that run our business at a design and code level
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
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MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us and share the specifics of the assistance you need.
MassMutual will accept applications on an ongoing basis until such time as a candidate has been offered employment. The job description includes the main duties of this position, which may evolve over time. You may be required to perform other duties not listed.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
Salary Range: $141,300.00-$185,400.00
Hiring Process
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Interview
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Offer
If you are extended an offer to join MassMutual and accept, your start will be contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
Hire
If you accept the offer, we will be so excited to welcome you to the MassMutual community!
If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us and share the specifics of the assistance you need.
By the numbers*
- 88% of employee respondents say they are proud to work at MassMutual
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% of employee respondents say they feel encouraged to bring forth new ideas - 86% of employee respondents say MassMutual cares about and supports the well-being of their employees
*Source: 2024 MassMutual employee engagement survey
Award-Winning Culture
MassMutual is guided by a single purpose: We help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. As a company operated for the benefit of our members and participating policyowners, we are defined by mutuality and our vision to provide financial well-being for all Americans. It’s more than our company structure — it’s our way of life. We are a company of people protecting people. Our company exists because people are willing to share risk and resources and rely on each other when it counts.
We strive to embrace diversity in every sense, focusing on building a thriving community where everyone is valued, included, and feels that they belong.
At MassMutual, we Live Mutual.
How We Work
MassMutual’s flexible workplace approach combines the importance of connecting in person and the flexibility of working remotely. Our hybrid model puts collaboration first with employees coming in at least three days per week to our spectacular campus settings and also enjoying the flexibility of remote Fridays, company-wide remote weeks, and a bank of flexible remote weeks to use throughout the year.
Benefits for the whole you (and your loved ones)
There’s more to your life than your job and there’s more to your aspirations than a paycheck. We take a holistic view of compensation and benefits that provides the flexibility to create a healthy balance in your life for work, family, and community. We offer the benefits you’d expect, like medical, dental, 401(k), and generous vacation time, but we also offer ones you might not expect, like three paid days for volunteering, a $1,250 annual Well-Being Wallet, and up to 320 hours of caregiver leave.
Explore some of our offerings below. Benefit details can be found here.
Why MassMutual?
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