Mutual Opportunities
Data Science Software Engineer
Springfield, Massachusetts; Boston, Massachusetts; New York, New York
Thank you to our employees for voting us one of the top places to work in Massachusetts for seven consecutive years!
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
Data Science Software Engineer – Data Science (Full-Time Hybrid, Location: Springfield, MA, NYC, NY, Boston, MA)
The Opportunity
As a Software Engineer on the Data Science Software Engineering team, you will work in a fast‑paced, innovative, and highly collaborative environment within MassMutual’s Research & Development organization. You will build systems, infrastructure, pipelines, and applications that directly support Data Science and AI initiatives across the enterprise. You will influence technical strategies and shape how MassMutual processes, consumes, interprets, and operationalizes data and AI solutions.
The Team
You will join a talented, cross-functional group of software engineers who enjoy solving hard problems, learning together, and creating high‑quality technical solutions that scale. The team thrives on collaboration, curiosity, and continuous improvement, and it partners closely with AI Engineers, Data Scientists, and other technical and business stakeholders. The team culture emphasizes innovation, fun, accountability, and a strong commitment to building secure and reliable software products.
The Impact
In this role, you will:
- Collaborate with AI Engineers, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Product Managers, Enterprise Architecture, and broader stakeholders to define strategies for data ingestion and processing, cloud infrastructure design, application development, and observability. Your work will directly shape MassMutual’s Data Science and AI ecosystems.
- Serve as a technical SME across multiple technologies, guiding architectural decisions and ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.
- Provide technical leadership for multiple medium and large initiatives simultaneously, promoting engineering best practices and fostering high‑quality delivery.
- Design and implement reusable software libraries and components that accelerate development and increase organizational efficiency.
- Lead complex problem solving to deliver scalable, resilient, and maintainable systems.
- Partner with team members and business stakeholders to analyze, break down, and plan complex application features.
- Participate actively in team ceremonies such as standups, sprint planning, and demos.
- Implement infrastructure-as-code to support platform scalability and reliability.
- Monitor and remediate software vulnerabilities within required SLAs, contributing to enterprise security posture.
- Document infrastructure, workflows, and operational procedures to support transparency, auditability, and long-term sustainability.
The Minimum Qualifications
- 7+ years working with data and relevant computational frameworks and systems.
- 7+ years of experience building complex software systems (pipelines/services/backends/frontends).
- 7+ years of software development experience using Python.
- 7+ years developing backend applications with API services.
- 5+ years of experience with AWS cloud services (EKS, EC2, Lambda, etc.).
- 5+ years of experience with Terraform.
- 7+ years of experience writing complex SQL queries for relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.
- 5+ years of experience with Agile methodologies.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Jenkins pipelines and/or GitHub Actions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
The Ideal Qualifications
- Experience with GenAI and Agentic AI.
- Experience deploying AI/ML services through AWS Bedrock and/or Bedrock AgentCore with Strands.
- Experience with Azure cloud services.
- Experience with Cloud IAM.
- Experience collaborating with diverse engineering teams.
- Strong documentation practices and the ability to produce high-quality technical artifacts.
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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.
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Salary Range: $163,900-$215,000
Hiring Process
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By the numbers*
- 85% of employee respondents say they are proud to work at MassMutual
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% of employee respondents say the work they do at MassMutual is meaningful - 85% of employee respondents say they feel encouraged to come up with new and better ways of doing things
*Source: 2025 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 build 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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where we work
Springfield Office
1295 State Street, Springfield, MA
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