Mutual Opportunities
Developer - Underwriting Technology Team, Product and Operations Technology
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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
As a Developer you will be working in a fast paced, innovative, and collaborative environment on exciting business and technology directives. You will have end to end ownership across various Underwriting initiatives across various application platforms. processes. As part of this role, you will be working with variety of stakeholders, contributing and influencing decision-making.
The Team
You will be joining MassMutual’s Underwriting Technology Team. The Underwriting Technology team consists of product owner/manager, developers, engineers, analysts, testers focused on delivering software solutions through waterfall and agile methodologies. You will be part of a team that is technical, highly motivated and excels at working in a fast paced and always evolving environment with agility and resilience.
The Impact:
Primary responsibilities include-
- Maintains and prioritizes the Product Backlog, ensures that the team is working on stories that maximize business value and deliver necessary fixes and functionality to business customers.
- Serves as the Technical liaison to the supported business group by listening to and understanding key business objectives and strategy of the product.
- Engages and establishing effective working relationships with business owners and stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment.
- Works with Business Stakeholders to define and prioritize the Product Backlog refinement, manages road map, and establish intake mechanism.
- Assesses business value and prioritization all stories to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that align with product strategy.
- Provide inputs to ensure user stories clearly communicate customer/Stakeholder needs to the development team; work with team to clarify stories as necessary.
- Advises Business Stakeholders on decisions impacting product functionality.
- Participates and prepares for Strategic and Program Planning.
- Participates in team demo, retro, and Inspect and Adapt.
- Maintains oversight, understands inter-team dependencies, escalate issues, identify potential risks and develop mitigation plans.
- Partner with Project Managers / Scrum Leads and Delivery Lead in understanding the level of agility and adoption of delivery methodology; coaching other team members
- Working within project planning constraints, communicating any identified project risks and issues to the project manager
- Assists the teams to make sure all individuals working on a build understand the goal, design and deliverables. Willing to be challenged and work through those differences.
- Provide technical expertise and support to design, development, implementation, testing, documentation, and operation of systems and/or applications that support Mass mutual applications/platforms & integrations.
- Writing or reviewing software system documentation and ability to share knowledge is a must.
- Produce high quality work, that can be used to guide the work of other engineers.
- Guide the enhancements of our code libraries through code reviews that conveys a strategic vision.
The Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field
- 8+ years of experience as a Solution Architect or similar role in the technology domain.
- 2+ years of experience as a Tech Lead who can be hands-on and guide a team of technical resources.
The Ideal Qualifications
- Masters degree
- Experienced with large scale complex transformation initiatives.
- Demonstrates understanding of insurance business operates and specially experience with Underwriting processes, rules engine, and reporting.
- Should display and drive Accountability, Agility and Leadership
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, TOGAF) are a plus.
- Self-managed and motivated individual with strong leadership skills.
- Works with minimal oversight and proactively communicates status and risks to project leadership.
- Extensive experience of providing architectural direction to technical team
- Strong interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on the ability to effectively influence others
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: $144,800.00-$190,000.00
Hiring Process
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Interview
If you are invited for an interview, you will be scheduled to meet with the hiring manager and hiring team.
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 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.
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