MetLife Legal Plans · 17 hours ago
Architect of Software Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$121K/yr - $200K/yr
10+ years expMetLife Legal Plans is the country's largest provider of legal voluntary benefits, committed to providing excellent care to its members. The Architect of Software Engineering is responsible for designing and governing enterprise-grade applications, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and maintainable while leading the transition to microservices-based systems.
ConsultingLegal
Responsibilities
Architecture Design & Modernization
Create 3-year roadmaps aligning Line of Business strategic and tactical needs with modern enterprise architecture
Define and maintain application architecture standards and patterns consistent with MetLife best practices. Own reporting for Enterprise Application Inventory
Contribute to broader MetLife Enterprise Architecture community in developing standards and supporting architectural governance
Lead migration strategy from monolithic applications to a microservice architecture, ensuring modularity, scalability, faster/parallel development cycles, easier roll-back and patching, and reduced deployment risk
Embed automated remediation in application architecture: actions such as container restarts, failover, or scaling executed via orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes) must be factored into future state designs
Create application resilience by design: future state architectures must have built-in redundancy, be fault-tolerant, and support 'self-healing' by leveraging continuous monitoring, anomaly detection, and rule-driven automated responses
Design solutions using ReactJS for front-end, Django for back-end, and PostgreSQL for persistence
Define API-driven architecture and REST/GraphQL integration
Design secure, performant communication between client and server
Embed authentication flows (JWT, OAuth) and session management
Establish UI/UX guidelines leveraging Material UI for consistency and accessibility
Create component-based designs and UI/UX best practices
Design scalable, reusable UI components aligned with enterprise branding
Embed state management (Redux, Context API) and performance optimization for large-scale apps
Define application data architectures that support downstream business intelligence and analytics
Apply advanced SQL, indexing, and query optimization
Support data modeling for relational systems and handling of large datasets
Implement ACID compliance (Atomic, Consistent, Isolated Durable) transaction architecture, and scalability strategies
Ensure data models and workflows enable transaction auditability and compliance reporting
Embed data governance principles into application design to maintain integrity and traceability across services
Business Understanding & Automation
Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand product and service offerings
Translate business processes into data-driven rules and automated workflows
Ensure architecture supports business intelligence, analytics, and decision automation
Integration & Interoperability
Ensure seamless integration with enterprise systems, APIs, and third-party services
Define API-first design principles and implement secure, reusable services
Performance & Security
Implement best practices for application security, including OWASP standards
Optimize application performance across front-end and back-end layers
Collaboration & Leadership
Partner with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
Mentor developers on architectural principles, microservices design, and coding standards
Governance & Compliance
Enforce coding standards, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks
Ensure compliance with enterprise security and regulatory requirements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in CS, MIS, or equivalent required
10+ years' experience building web applications, ideally with experience in both small and large companies
Prior experience in Microservices Architecture
Ability to break up larger application repositories into microservices
Prior significant exposure to MaterialUI / ReactJS, Django ORM / Framework, PostgreSQL / Redshift
Prior experience in software development and systems architecture
Experience leading enterprise system architecture and interfacing with product and design functions
Ability to effectively cross-collaborate with internal and external stakeholders
Familiarity with modern web development tools and frameworks, including AWS and Azure
Preferred
Strong leadership skills and an aptitude for developing a high-performing culture
5+ years prior experience in systems and software architecture
12+ years prior experience in software development
Master's degree in CS, MIS, or equivalent
Familiarity or experience with legal, financial, and/or insurance technology products and applications
Agile or Scrum certifications
Company
MetLife Legal Plans
Life is filled with moments where you might need legal help.
201-500 employees
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