Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer I

MetLife, Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

MetLife is seeking an experienced Technical Lead to modernize distribution applications using cloud-ready, secure, and scalable practices. Lead engineering teams and align with enterprise architecture, security, and operational standards.

Key responsibilities include delivering full-stack features in an Agile setup, driving release readiness, and collaborating with global stakeholders to ensure quality and governance across initiatives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years IT experience including delivery leadership.
• 5+ years web/full-stack development.
• 3+ years Agile delivery.
• Led teams of 5–10 engineers.
• Cloud migration and automation experience.
• Hands-on with microservices and Spring Boot.
• REST API design experience.
• Experience with AI-assisted tools a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and modernize full-stack apps on cloud.
• Collaborate with owners, analysts, architects, and engineering teams.
• Lead mid-sized team to deliver features in Agile.
• Drive release readiness and operational stability.
• Ensure security, quality, and change-management practices.

Skills

Full-stack development

Java development

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Docker

REST APIs

CI/CD

DevOps

Team leadership

Tools

Git

Bitbucket

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

MetLife is seeking an experienced Technical Lead to help modernize business-critical distribution applications using cloud-ready, secure, and scalable engineering practices. This opportunity is ideal for a delivery-focused full-stack technologist who can lead engineering teams, collaborate effectively with global stakeholders, and drive high-quality application development aligned with enterprise architecture, security, and operational excellence standards.

What You Will Do

• Design, build, and modernize full-stack applications using approved cloud solutions and modern engineering practices.
• Work closely with application owners, business analysts, architects, and engineering teams to align with the MetLife Global Platform Reference Architecture.
• Lead and coordinate a mid-sized team of employees and/or vendor resources to deliver application features in an Agile model.
• Collaborate with global and local stakeholders, engineers, and delivery teams to support shared delivery goals.
• Drive progressive delivery, release readiness, and operational stability with a focus on reducing production incidents.
• Ensure required quality, security, and change-management practices are followed, including Veracode, SonarQube, ServiceNow, and release governance processes.
• Support documentation, delivery governance, and process artifacts required for financial institution technology delivery.

What We Are Looking For

• 8+ years of experience in the IT industry, including hands-on application development and delivery leadership.
• 5+ years of experience in web or full-stack application development.
• 3+ years of experience delivering projects using Agile practices.
• Experience leading a team of 5–10 engineers or vendor team members.
• Strong experience in cloud migration, deployment automation, build automation, and release automation.
• Hands‑on knowledge of microservices and modern application frameworks such as Spring Boot, Netflix OSS, Kubernetes, Docker, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong understanding of REST API design and integration patterns.
• Exposure to AI‑assisted software engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar developer productivity platforms.

Technical Skills

• Full‑stack application development and application deployment automation.
• Strong hands‑on experience in Java development, including core Java concepts, object‑oriented design, collections, concurrency, exception handling, and enterprise application development.
• Hands‑on expertise with Spring Boot, Spring Framework, RESTful services, dependency injection, configuration management, security integration, and production‑ready microservices development.
• Containers and orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Docker Swarm, or equivalent.
• CI/CD and DevOps tools: Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, UCD, or similar.
• Observability and monitoring tools: Splunk, AppDynamics, or equivalent.
• NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cosmos DB, Cassandra, or similar.

Preferred Qualifications

• Scrum knowledge and experience working in Agile delivery teams.
• Project management, stakeholder coordination, and delivery tracking skills.
• Incident management and release management exposure.
• Automated testing mindset and experience with quality engineering practices.

Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure certification or equivalent Azure development experience.

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. As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We’re looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value. 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!