MetLife
Corporate Systems Tech -Software/Platform Engineer & Development Leader
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Lead software engineer responsible for Azure cloud adoption, AI platform development, CI/CD pipeline management, and mentoring engineering teams.
Description and Requirements
Role:-
The MetLife Corporate Technology (CT) organization is evolving to enable MetLife's New Frontier strategy. With a strong vision in place, we are a global function focused on driving digital technology strategies for key corporate functions within MetLife including, Finance, Actuarial, Reinsurance, Legal, Human Resources, Employee Experience, Risk, Treasury, Audit and Compliance. In partnership with our business leaders, we develop and deliver seamless technology experiences to our employees across the entire employee lifecycle. Our vision and mission is to create innovative, transformative and contemporary technology solutions to empower our leaders and employees so they can focus on what matters most, our customers. We are technologists with strong business acumen focused on developing our talent to continually transform and innovate.
As part of Tech Talent Transformation (T3) agenda, MetLife is establishing a Technology Center in India. This technology center will perform as an integrated organization between onshore, offshore, and strategic vendor partners in an Agile delivery model.
We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to spearhead our Azure cloud adoption and transformation initiatives. This role combines technical leadership with cultural change management, driving engineering excellence while transforming our infrastructure and development practices. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical leader who can architect solutions, mentor teams, and establish sustainable engineering practices that scale with our growing organization.
He/she should be a strategic thinker, an effective communicator, and an expert in technological development.
Key Relationships
Internal Stake Holder - Corporate Technology teams and India Corporate Technology AVP
Key Responsibilities
• AI Platform Capability Development: Design, develop, and manage scalable enterprise AI capabilities that support the AI platform.
• Automation & MLOps: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for ML models, ensuring automated testing, versioning, deployment, and monitoring in production environments.
• Lead the strategic migration of on-premises applications and services to Microsoft Azure
• Develop comprehensive cloud adoption roadmaps and transformation strategies to manage cluster configurations, monitor job performance and ensure high availability, performance and security of Azure-based solutions.
• Establish and evangelize modern software development practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and code quality standards
• Design and implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and related tools
• Mentor and coach engineering teams on cloud technologies, modern development practices, and technical decision-making
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and technical excellence
Education:-
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Data Science, Engineering or related field
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
#BI-Hybrid
Role:-
The MetLife Corporate Technology (CT) organization is evolving to enable MetLife's New Frontier strategy. With a strong vision in place, we are a global function focused on driving digital technology strategies for key corporate functions within MetLife including, Finance, Actuarial, Reinsurance, Legal, Human Resources, Employee Experience, Risk, Treasury, Audit and Compliance. In partnership with our business leaders, we develop and deliver seamless technology experiences to our employees across the entire employee lifecycle. Our vision and mission is to create innovative, transformative and contemporary technology solutions to empower our leaders and employees so they can focus on what matters most, our customers. We are technologists with strong business acumen focused on developing our talent to continually transform and innovate.
As part of Tech Talent Transformation (T3) agenda, MetLife is establishing a Technology Center in India. This technology center will perform as an integrated organization between onshore, offshore, and strategic vendor partners in an Agile delivery model.
We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to spearhead our Azure cloud adoption and transformation initiatives. This role combines technical leadership with cultural change management, driving engineering excellence while transforming our infrastructure and development practices. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical leader who can architect solutions, mentor teams, and establish sustainable engineering practices that scale with our growing organization.
He/she should be a strategic thinker, an effective communicator, and an expert in technological development.
Key Relationships
Internal Stake Holder - Corporate Technology teams and India Corporate Technology AVP
Key Responsibilities
• AI Platform Capability Development: Design, develop, and manage scalable enterprise AI capabilities that support the AI platform.
• Automation & MLOps: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for ML models, ensuring automated testing, versioning, deployment, and monitoring in production environments.
• Lead the strategic migration of on-premises applications and services to Microsoft Azure
• Develop comprehensive cloud adoption roadmaps and transformation strategies to manage cluster configurations, monitor job performance and ensure high availability, performance and security of Azure-based solutions.
• Establish and evangelize modern software development practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and code quality standards
• Design and implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and related tools
• Mentor and coach engineering teams on cloud technologies, modern development practices, and technical decision-making
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and technical excellence
Education:-
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Data Science, Engineering or related field
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
#BI-Hybrid
Top Skills
AI
Application Insights
Azure
Azure Monitor
Ci/Cd
Mlops
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