Lead Software Engineer

🕒 May 22

🏢🏡 New York City – Hybrid

💵 $119k - $195.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Guardian Life

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1860

💸 Finance

🧘 Wellness

💰 Non Equity Assistance on 2016-08

Finance • Insurance • Wellness

Guardian Life is a comprehensive insurance provider offering a wide range of insurance products and services. Founded 160 years ago, the company has grown to serve over 12 million people daily. Guardian Life specializes in various insurance plans, including life, disability, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance. The company also provides workforce solutions such as group benefits, absence management, paid leave, and benefits technology. Furthermore, Guardian Life offers investment services, annuities, and retirement plans, supported by financial professionals. The firm is committed to social responsibility, equity, and inclusion, partnering with organizations to foster well-being and financial health. With a strong network and deep industry experience, Guardian Life continues to be a reliable partner in protecting individuals and families while preparing them for the future.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute the key technology components of the Enterprise API Technology & Platform strategy • Ensure alignment with Guardian’s enterprise digital strategy • Develop seamless data integration between Enterprise Applications using RESTful APIs, messaging, and event streams • Mentor team members, design delivery strategies, and champion a culture of automation and continuous improvement within the software delivery lifecycle • Lead the design, development, and evolution of enterprise APIs, including REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and event‑driven integrations, following API‑first design principles • Enable developer productivity and self‑service through reusable API frameworks, platforms, templates, SDKs, documentation (OpenAPI/AsyncAPI), and developer portals • Establish best practices & enterprise capabilities for improving API design, governance, testing, documentation, and release management across development teams • Drive incident response and resolution for production API and platform issues, lead post‑mortems, and implement preventive and resiliency improvements • Research emerging technologies and perform PoCs related to API management, integration patterns, platform engineering, and observability • Ensure compliance with security, data privacy, and performance standards in all integration projects • Collaborate with a team of software engineers in implementing and maintaining enterprise APIs and platform(s).

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience • 10+ years of experience in Software engineering, building and operating distributed systems • Strong hands‑on experience developing high‑quality APIs using Java (Spring Boot), Node.js, .NET, or Python • Experience with a broad range of web technologies including React, Angular, & Typescript • Expertise in Microservices Architecture, Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP), and Event‑Driven Architectures • Strong knowledge of API security including OAuth 2.0, JWT, token lifecycle management, and user access control mechanisms • Competency with CI/CD automation tools (e.g., Bitbucket, Jenkins, AWS, GitHub) • Deep understanding of API protocols and integration patterns: REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP, async/event‑driven architectures • Experience implementing API observability using logging, metrics, tracing, and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Splunk) • Strong experience designing domain‑aligned APIs using OpenAPI / Swagger specifications, with a focus on consistency, reusability, and user/machine readability. • Deep understanding of containerization & orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Helm) and AWS Cloud services S3, Lambda, Kafka, SQS/SNS, Redis Cache. • Hands‑on experience working with both SQL and NoSQL databases, designing for scale, performance, and reliability.

🏖️ Benefits

• annual, sales, or other incentive compensation