Lead Cloud-Native Payment Applications Engineer

American Family Insurance Agency Staff

Madison (WI)

Hybrid

USD 131,000 - 220,000

Full time

10 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits
401(k) plan
Pension plan
Annual incentive
Paid holidays
Paid time off
Student loan repayment program

Job summary

American Family Insurance is seeking a Lead Application Development Engineer to drive the technical direction of secure, scalable payment applications. You will mentor engineers and partner with product, architecture, and business teams to modernize legacy solutions using cloud-native patterns.

You will guide design decisions, apply AI-enabled practices, and help deliver reliable payment capabilities across the enterprise.

Qualifications

  • Experience delivering payment platforms or enterprise-scale applications.
  • Strong analysis and design skills for complex systems.
  • Ability to communicate technical information effectively.
  • Experience turning business needs into scalable technical designs.
  • Experience leading architecture reviews and mentoring engineers.
  • Familiarity with cloud-native, microservices, and API patterns.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical direction for secure, scalable payment applications from concept to production.
  • Shape the future of our payment platform by modernizing legacy solutions to cloud-native patterns.
  • Turn complex needs into practical designs with cross-team collaboration.
  • Stay close to the code and lead development for high-risk capabilities.
  • Set engineering standards across design, testing, security, observability, and deployment.

Skills

Cloud architecture
Java / Spring Boot
Distributed systems
Microservices
API design
Security & compliance
Observability
Mentoring/leadership
SDLC knowledge
Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

AWS
Docker
CI/CD
Kubernetes

Job description

American Family Insurance is seeking a Lead Application Development Engineer to drive the technical direction of secure, scalable payment applications. You will mentor engineers and partner with product, architecture, and business teams to modernize legacy solutions using cloud-native patterns.

You will guide design decisions, apply AI-enabled practices, and help deliver reliable payment capabilities across the enterprise.

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