Sr Solutions Engineer

Pacific Life; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 138,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Wellbeing reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Pacific Life in Newport Beach, CA is seeking a Senior Applications Solutions Developer to bridge business strategy and software delivery within the Institutional Division Technology Team.

You will design, build and maintain enterprise applications, collaborating with Product Owners, Solution Architects, SMEs, and engineering teams while leveraging AI-assisted tools to accelerate design, coding, testing and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline.
• 6+ years designing, developing and delivering enterprise software solutions.
• Experience with Python, React, APIs, SQL, integration technologies or comparable enterprise platforms.
• Experience translating business capabilities into scalable technical solutions.
• Experience partnering with Product Owners, Solution Architects and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted software development tools to improve engineering productivity.
• Strong understanding of enterprise application architecture, cloud-native development, integration patterns and the software delivery lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Own solution discovery from business capability through technical implementation.
• Partner with Product Owners, Solution Architects, SMEs, QA, and engineering teams to define scalable implementable solution paths.
• Produce implementation-ready technical designs, user stories, data mappings, API specifications, and solution documentation.
• Validate solution approaches against enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and governance standards.
• Design, develop, enhance and maintain enterprise applications using modern software engineering practices.
• Contribute production-quality code while improving application reliability, maintainability and performance.
• Leverage AI development tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, and similar technologies to accelerate analysis, coding, testing, debugging and documentation.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects evaluate technical tradeoffs and establish scalable solution patterns.
• Mentor developers through design discussions, code reviews and engineering best practices.
• Drive simplification, automation, reuse and reduction of technical debt across the application portfolio.

Skills

Enterprise software design

Solution discovery

AI-assisted development

Mentoring engineers

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline

Tools

Python

React

APIs

SQL

Integration technologies

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Job Description:

We're actively seeking a talented Senior Applications Solutions Developer to join our Institutional Division Technology Team in Newport Beach, CA.

As a Senior Applications Solutions Developer within Pacific Life's Institutional Division, you will serve as the technical bridge between business strategy, enterprise architecture, and software delivery. Working closely with Product Owners, Solution Architects, SMEs, and engineering teams, you will transform complex business capabilities into scalable, implementable software solutions. You will leverage modern AI-assisted engineering tools-including GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, and other large language models-to accelerate solution discovery, technical design, code development, testing, and documentation. Your work will ensure every solution aligns with division standards, enterprise architecture, security, and governance requirements, while delivering measurable business outcomes. This role combines solution architecture, software engineering, systems thinking, and business domain expertise to deliver high-quality applications across the Institutional Division's application portfolio.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Own solution discovery from business capability through technical implementation.
• Partner with Product Owners, Solution Architects, SMEs, QA, and engineering teams to define scalable implementable solution paths.
• Produce implementation-ready technical designs, user stories, data mappings, API specifications, and solution documentation.
• Validate solution approaches against enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and governance standards.
• Design, develop, enhance and maintain enterprise applications using modern software engineering practices.
• Contribute production-quality code while improving application reliability, maintainability and performance.
• Leverage AI development tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, and similar technologies to accelerate analysis, coding, testing, debugging and documentation.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects evaluate technical tradeoffs and establish scalable solution patterns.
• Mentor developers through design discussions, code reviews and engineering best practices.
• Drive simplification, automation, reuse and reduction of technical debt across the application portfolio.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline.
• 6+ years designing developing and delivering enterprise software solutions.
• Experience with Python, React, APIs, SQL, integration technologies or comparable enterprise platforms.
• Experience translating business capabilities into scalable technical solutions.
• Experience partnering with Product Owners, Solution Architects and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted software development tools to improve engineering productivity.
• Strong understanding of enterprise application architecture, cloud-native development, integration patterns and the software delivery lifecycle.

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Experience within insurance or financial services.
• Experience with enterprise architecture principles and solution governance.
• AWS Certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Certified Developer)
• Experience leading technical solution design across multiple teams.
• Passion for applying AI to modern software engineering practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.

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Base Pay Range:

$137,610.00 - $168,190.00

Your Benefits Start Day 1

• Prioritization of your health and well-being including Medical, Dental, Vision and Wellbeing Reimbursement Account that can be used on yourself or your eligible dependents
• Generous paid time off options including: Paid Time Off, Holiday Schedules and Financial Planning Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave as well as an Adoption Assistance Program
• Competitive 401k savings plan with company match and an additional contribution regardless of participation

You Can Be Who You Are

We are committed to a culture of diversity and inclusion that embraces the authenticity of all employees, partners and communities. We support all employees to thrive and achieve their fullest potential.

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EEO Statement:

Pacific Life Insurance Company is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/V. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation contact a Human Resources Representative at Pacific Life Insurance Company.