Solutions Architect, New Business & Underwriting

We're growing our investment in the New Business space supporting order entry and underwriting applications. As the Solutions Architect, for the New Business & Underwriting Core Technology team, you'll have an opportunity to partner with other technologists to transform the existing tech stack to support current and new business processes using a "cloud first" approach. In this role, you will collaborate with key stakeholders, the enterprise architecture team, and across our enterprise technology teams to analyze, define and implement the technical solution architecture, aligned with the strategic vision.

The New Business & Underwriting tech stack is comprised of multiple delivery teams, technical disciplines, and supports the end-to-end Value Stream of our New Business life cycle.

Responsibilities:

• Designing and implementing complex solutions with technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JAVA, NodeJS, SpringBoot, Python, APIs, Kafka and Cloud Native Services.

• Create, enhance and maintain services, components and integrations that solve business problems and support the MassMutual vision for digital enablement

• Leading system design and architectural activities in support of design reviews and decisions

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to less experienced team members

• Identify end-to-end technical solutions based on business needs that utilize a service-based architecture incorporating API's and Events for decoupling Digital and Backend application services.

• Partner with Enterprise Architecture to further the strategic vision and application Roadmaps

• Capture future state technology vision in actionable, context-specific roadmaps

• Collaborate with global workforce, vendors, and third-party contractors

• Partner directly with the specific technology subject matter experts and technical leads to ensure architecture standards are adopted and solutions are aligned with enterprise Technology stacks.

• Architected Solutions are designed as reusable components (API's/ Microservices) that compose an overall solution that's flexible, scalable, performant and providing excellent user experience.

• Accountable for implementation of cross-functional solution architecture of all technologies in the New Business & DI Core Technology stack

• Understand and proactively assess the current state of the technology and identify gaps and overlaps

• Ensure technologies are optimized, recommending investments and rationalization and if necessary, conduct technology assessment and selection

• Possess deep industry understanding and a point-of-view of the services provided and the technologies/products used in the industry to effectively make recommendations on product usage and investments

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field of study with practical experience
• 7+ years design & development experience including frontend, backend, database and Integration technologies.
• 2+ years in cloud application design, development, and deployment.
• 1+ year experience in automated DevOps deployment pipelines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Order Entry & Underwriting experience

• Experience with open source tools

• Detailed understanding of both Agile and Waterfall software engineering principles (SDLC) and methodologies

• Excellent mentoring skills and the desire to contribute to efforts beyond the scope of the day-to-day project work

• Exposure to Legacy back office batch processing systems.

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Salary Range:

$134,400.00-$176,400.00

At MassMutual, we focus on ensuring fair equitable pay, by providing competitive salaries, along with incentive and bonus opportunities for all employees. Your total compensation package includes either a bonus target or in a sales-focused role a Variable Incentive Compensation component.

Why Join Us.

We've been around since 1851. During our history, we've learned a few things about making sure our customers are our top priority. In order to meet and exceed their expectations, we must have the best people providing the best thinking, products and services. To accomplish this, we celebrate an inclusive, vibrant and diverse culture that encourages growth, openness and opportunities for everyone. A career with MassMutual means you will be part of a strong, stable and ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits. And your voice will always be heard.

We help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. As a company owned by our policyowners, we are defined by mutuality and our vision to put customers first. 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. At MassMutual, we Live Mutual.

MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.

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At MassMutual, we focus on ensuring fair, equitable pay by providing competitive salaries, along with incentive and bonus opportunities for all employees. Your total compensation package includes either a bonus target or in a sales-focused role a Variable Incentive Compensation component. For more information about our extensive benefits offerings please check out our Total Rewards at a Glance.