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Principal Platform & AI Engineering Lead

MetLife
Cary, USA
Full-time
Senior · 10+ years experience
Hybrid
USD 140000-180000 yearly / year
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Description and Requirements

  • The Principal Platform & AI Engineering Lead is responsible for driving architecture selection, platform strategy, and execution at the solution and portfolio level for the Unified Actuarial Platform (UAP). This role provides enterprise-level technical leadership across actuarial, risk, and regulatory platforms, ensuring the platform remains scalable, secure, current, and aligned with rapidly evolving business and technology needs. The role operates with broad autonomy and accountability and establishes long-term technical direction for UAP.

Description and Requirements

  • Platform & Architecture Leadership:
  • Define architecture strategy for full-stack platforms (UX, APIs, infrastructure)
  • Establish standards, guardrails, and reusable patterns
  • Lead solution design approvals for scalability and security
  • UX Engineering:
  • Define frontend strategy with React and micro-frontends
  • Establish design system and accessibility standards
  • Deliver intuitive digital experiences for actuarial workflows
  • API & Microservices:
  • Define API-first architecture strategy
  • Govern REST, GraphQL, and event-driven services
  • Ensure performance, scalability, and integration
  • Platform Infrastructure:
  • Lead cloud-native infrastructure frameworks
  • Drive CI/CD, containerization, and Infrastructure-as-Code
  • Establish DevSecOps practices
  • AI-First Engineering:
  • Drive adoption of AI-assisted development (Copilot)
  • Integrate GenAI into UX and engineering workflows
  • Delivery & Operations:
  • Own performance, availability, and scalability
  • Lead production issue resolution
  • Leadership & Governance:
  • Serve as principal technical authority
  • Mentor engineers and lead governance forums

Description and Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • 10+ years in full-stack engineering
  • Expertise in React, APIs, and cloud platforms
  • Experience with microservices architecture
  • CI/CD, containerization, Infrastructure-as-Code
  • AI-assisted development experience
  • Strong communication skills

Description and Requirements

  • Experience in actuarial or regulated domains
  • UX design systems and enterprise applications
  • API gateways and micro-frontend architectures
  • GitHub Enterprise and Copilot adoption
  • Azure or Kubernetes certifications

Description and Requirements

  • The expected salary range for this position is $140,000- $180,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
  • Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
  • As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We’re looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.
  • Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!

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