- Handling software requests/tickets and driving them to completion
- At least 7+ years of engineering experience
- Strong object-oriented programming, functional programming, and system design skills
- Significant experience with Java (Spring Boot preferred), React JS , Next JS.
- Strong knowledge of server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG), and API-driven development
- Significant experience designing and building scalable RESTful APIs and microservices
- Strong experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern UI frameworks
- Experience integrating frontend applications with backend APIs and third-party services
- Strong understanding of web performance optimization, accessibility, and responsive design
- Experience building applications from concept/design → architecture → development → production deployment
- Robust understanding of design patterns and architectural approaches such as MVC, MVVM, layered architecture, microservices, and event-driven architecture
- Experience with authentication/authorization (OAuth, JWT, SSO)
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Strong knowledge of database technologies (SQL/NoSQL – PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.)
- Experience writing asynchronous, multi-threaded, and scalable backend services
- Track record in debugging and optimizing performance (frontend & backend)
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (Git)
- Strong communication skills, with passion for quality and attention to detail
- Experience working across teams and driving alignment across multiple stakeholders

Domain / Added Advantage:

Experience working with US Insurance domain (Group Benefits, Billing, Claims, Enrollment, etc.)

Familiarity with platforms or business processes related to MetLife,



Sun Life or similar insurers will be a strong advantage

Understanding of regulatory, compliance, and customer experience aspects in insurance systems

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Architect and design end-to-end full-stack solutions across frontend and backend systems
- Review engineers’ pull requests and mentor them on coding standards, scalability, and best practices
- Collaborate with UX/design teams to ensure consistent, intuitive, and responsive UI/UX patterns
- Design and develop scalable, secure APIs and backend services
- Build and maintain high-performance React/Next.js applications
- Lead development of server-side rendering and SEO-friendly web applications
- Manage application deployments across environments including Dev, QA, UAT, and Production
- Define and implement CI/CD pipelines for web applications
- Participate in production support (PROD support) on a rotational/on-demand basis, ensuring system stability and quick issue resolution
- Handle basic business requests through to production readiness, ensuring alignment with requirements and quality standards
- Triaging customer issues, incidents, logs, and production defects
- Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and reliability
- Ensure high test coverage (unit, integration, and UI tests) and enforce quality gates
- Lead the adoption of coding standards, architectural guidelines, and best practices
- Evaluate and recommend new frontend/backend technologies and frameworks
- Design solutions for security, scalability, and high availability
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver complex technical initiatives
- Monitor application health and proactively identify improvement areas
- Drive modernization initiatives and migration to newer frameworks/architectures
- Guide teams in breaking down complex stories and delivering high-quality code

📌 Lead Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Guardian Life
📍 Chennai