Lead Payment Platform Engineer – Cloud-Native & Hybrid

American Family Insurance; Alabama; Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) and pension

Annual incentive

9 paid holidays

Paid time off (23 days)

Student loan repayment

Paid-family leave

Job summary

American Family Insurance in Madison, WI is seeking a Lead Application Development Engineer to guide the secure, scalable payment platform from concept through production, shaping its architecture and roadmap.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product, architecture and business teams, move legacy solutions to cloud-native microservices, and apply AI-enabled practices to improve quality, speed, and reliability across the enterprise. Hybrid role with travel.

Qualifications

• Approximately 10+ years in software engineering and enterprise delivery.
• 7+ years with Java/Spring Boot or comparable backend tech.
• Experience building cloud-native apps on AWS with microservices.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction for secure, scalable payment apps from concept to production.
• Modernize legacy solutions with cloud-native, microservices, API, event-driven patterns.
• Turn complex needs into designs and delivery plans with cross-functional teams.
• Lead development for high-risk capabilities and ensure production readiness.
• Mentor engineers and drive engineering excellence across design, testing, and security.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Cloud-native

Microservices

REST APIs

Event-driven

AWS

CI/CD

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Job description

American Family Insurance in Madison, WI is seeking a Lead Application Development Engineer to guide the secure, scalable payment platform from concept through production, shaping its architecture and roadmap.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product, architecture and business teams, move legacy solutions to cloud-native microservices, and apply AI-enabled practices to improve quality, speed, and reliability across the enterprise. Hybrid role with travel.