Senior Technical Lead, Enterprise Platform

TIAA; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 130,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

TIAA is seeking a Technical Lead to provide senior technical vision and architectural leadership for its Insurance Solutions Technology platform in Charlotte. You will set SDLC governance, drive security standards, and own Level 3 production support for an externally-facing system.

Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, guiding AI governance for code generation, and translating business strategy into scalable technical roadmaps that align with annuity product expansion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 5+ years of experience; 7+ years preferred.
• Sedentary work.
• Career level 9IC.

Responsibilities

• Owns the technical vision and architectural roadmap for the Insurance Solutions platform.
• Defines and governs API security standards, architectural decision-making, and SDLC quality gates.
• Owns Level 3 production support strategy for an externally-facing system.
• Mentors engineering teams and elevates technical capability across the group.
• Governance for AI-assisted development tools and guardrails.
• Translate business and platform strategy into architecture and execution roadmaps.
• Guide platform evolution as annuity products expand into new markets.

Skills

Java development

SDLC governance

API security standards

Production support

Cloud-native engineering

AI governance

Technical leadership

Architecture roadmaps

External-facing platforms

Business-technology alignment

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

AWS EKS

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

CloudBees

ArgoCD

Terraform

Job description

TIAA is seeking a Technical Lead to provide senior technical vision and architectural leadership for its Insurance Solutions Technology platform in Charlotte. You will set SDLC governance, drive security standards, and own Level 3 production support for an externally-facing system.

Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, guiding AI governance for code generation, and translating business strategy into scalable technical roadmaps that align with annuity product expansion.