Guardian Life · 1 day ago
Technical Lead - Software Engineering
Holmdel, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$119K/yr - $195K/yr
9+ years expGuardian Life is seeking a Technical Lead to serve as a hands-on technical leader for a product or platform within their Digital & Technology organization. The role involves guiding engineers in building secure and scalable solutions, enforcing coding standards, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure technical alignment and excellence.
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Responsibilities
Lead the design, development, and technical delivery for one or more agile squads
Define and enforce coding standards, best practices, application support and test automation strategies
Manage all team level dependencies in partnership with Product Owner
Continuous look for opportunities to optimize the team
Collaborate with Product and COEs, Data, AI, Architecture, and QA teams to ensure technical alignment
Conduct design and code reviews to maintain quality, scalability, support and security
Mentor engineers, fostering skill development and technical depth across the team
Troubleshoot complex issues and implement long-term, sustainable solutions
Drive adoption of SDLC practices CI/CD, and cloud-native solutions
Contribute to technical roadmaps, influencing architecture and modernization decisions
Write and deploy code or configuration to support the product teams
Qualification
Required
9–12 years of software engineering experience, including several in a technical leadership role
Deep hands-on expertise in modern programming languages such as Java, Python, and Node.js, and modern frameworks
Strong understanding of AI, Data, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
Experience working in cloud-based environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and improve team performance
Excellent collaboration skills with cross-functional teams in agile settings
Benefits
Skill-building
Leadership development
Philanthropic opportunities
Supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources
Company
Guardian Life
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) is one of the country’s leading mutual insurers.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2016-08-23Non Equity Assistance
Leadership Team
Andrew McMahon
Chairman and CEO
Michael Prestileo
Chief Strategy Officer
Recent News
2025-12-11
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