Lead Engineer, Enterprise Applications

TMG Insurance Services, LLC; Iowa (LA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement plan with company match

Medical, dental and vision plans

Flexible work schedules

Educational assistance

Job summary

TMG Insurance Services, LLC in Iowa is looking for a Lead Engineer for Enterprise Applications. This role is crucial for guiding solution design and ensuring high-quality implementations of core insurance applications.

The ideal candidate should possess over 8 years of experience, with a strong background in software engineering and system integration. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from $130,000 to $155,000, based on qualifications and experience.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in designing and implementing enterprise solutions.
• Strong understanding of APIs and data flows.
• Proven ability to guide development teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of solutions across enterprise applications.
• Support development teams during high-risk initiatives.
• Drive consistency in integration patterns across platforms.

Skills

Software engineering

System integration

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Education

8+ years of experience in software engineering or enterprise systems

Experience in insurance industry preferred

Job description

Lead Engineer, Enterprise Applications

Department: Information Technology

Overview

The Lead Engineer, Enterprise Applications is a technical leader responsible for guiding solution design, enabling effective delivery, and ensuring scalable, high‑quality implementations across enterprise applications supporting core insurance operations, including policy administration, billing, enterprise content management (ECM), underwriting workbench, and related systems. This role combines deep technical expertise with cross‑functional collaboration and solution leadership. The ideal candidate works closely with development teams to guide implementation, partners with business stakeholders to shape solutions, and aligns with architecture and infrastructure teams to ensure consistency and scalability across the technology landscape. This position plays a critical role in improving delivery quality, reducing technical risk, and ensuring systems are designed and implemented to support long‑term business needs.

Work Arrangement

Employees who live within 30 miles of the TMG home office are expected to follow a hybrid or in‑office schedule. The initial training period may require additional in‑office days.

Accountabilities

• Technical Leadership & Solution Design: Lead the design of end‑to‑end solutions across enterprise applications, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and alignment with business objectives; partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and shape effective, well‑architected solutions; provide technical leadership on complex initiatives, integrations, and cross‑platform dependencies; ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and long‑term technology direction.
• Development Guidance & Execution Enablement: Work closely with development teams to guide implementation approaches and ensure solutions align with design intent; support teams during complex or high‑risk initiatives by helping resolve technical challenges and unblock delivery; promote sound engineering practices and ensure adherence to development standards and best practices; review and validate key technical designs, implementation decisions, and integration approaches.
• Cross‑System Integration & Alignment: Drive consistency in integration patterns, data flows, and system interactions across platforms; collaborate with architecture, infrastructure, and other application teams to ensure cohesive, aligned solutions; act as a technical connector across systems such as policy administration, billing, ECM, underwriting workbench, and supporting platforms; ensure data flows are accurate, efficient, and scalable across the application landscape.
• Quality, Standards & Continuous Improvement: Establish and reinforce standards for solution design, development practices, and system integration; identify and address technical risks, gaps, and inefficiencies across systems; drive improvements in system reliability, scalability, and overall technical quality; contribute to reducing technical debt through practical, forward‑looking solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, enterprise systems, or technical leadership roles.
• Deep expertise in designing and implementing solutions across enterprise applications and integrated systems.
• Experience supporting or designing core insurance platforms (policy, billing, claims) or similar complex business environments.
• Strong understanding of system integration, APIs, data flows, and distributed system design.
• Proven ability to guide development teams and improve delivery outcomes through technical leadership.
• Experience partnering with business stakeholders to shape and design technology solutions.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to lead without direct authority.
• Experience preferred in the insurance industry; exposure to modern technology environments (cloud platforms, microservices, event‑driven architecture); experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery environments; familiarity with enterprise architecture practices and governance.

Pay Range

Anticipated hiring range: $130,000 - $155,000 annual base salary depending on experience, qualifications, and geographic location. $140,000 - $170,000 annual base salary depending on experience, qualifications, and geographic location in CA, CT, MA, NJ, NY, and PA.

Benefits

We are proud to offer our full‑time regular employees a robust benefits suite that includes: competitive base salary plus incentive plans for eligible team members; 401(k) retirement plan that includes a company match of up to 6% of your eligible salary; free basic life and AD&D, long‑term disability and short‑term disability insurance; medical, dental and vision plans to meet your unique healthcare needs; wellness incentives; generous time off program that includes personal, holiday and volunteer paid time off; flexible work schedules and hybrid/remote options for eligible positions; educational assistance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Mutual Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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