Lead design build and operate secure scalable cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure. Architect solutions implement backend services and REST APIs use IaC and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams support CI/CD and monitoring and maintain technical documentation.

Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
When you join MetLife's Global Technology team you'll be part of a forward-thinking group dedicated to shaping the future of digital solutions for customers worldwide. You'll develop maintain and support technology applications and delivery leveraging AI automation and contemporary ways of working to enhance experiences and drive business outcomes. Your work will simplify complex processes improve tech resiliency and ensure high-performing seamless solutions that power life's most important moments. In this dynamic environment you'll collaborate with talented peers across teams and functions expanding your skills in impactful ways. Ready to push boundaries and set new industry standards? Join us and help drive the future of technology forward.
The Opportunity
Lead Cloud Engineer to build and operate cloud-based applications in an efficient safe and compliant manner. We maintain a global view of cloud adoption and leverage infrastructure as code to engineer a cloud platform providing self-service capabilities and metrics to drive desired behaviors around financial operations security posture and overall good hygiene for cloud-based applications.
Key Responsibilities

• Strong experience on technical solution architecture and enterprise architecture
• Deliver fit for purpose secure scalable solution architectures in an agile framework that evolves with the line of business by collaborating with AD business and engineering teams.
• Build scalable secure and high-performance backend services.
• Implement cloud-native solutions using Microsoft Azure including deployment configuration and monitoring.
• Work with containerization platforms such as Docker and orchestration frameworks (Kubernetes preferred).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product Owners QA DevOps UI/UX) in an Agile environment.
• Participate in code reviews contribute to architecture discussions and support continuous improvement.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation.

Required Qualifications

• 6 - 8+ years of overall experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering or equivalent degree type.
• Strong hands-on experience in Python.
• Proven experience in building highly secure REST APIs and integration with different platforms
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of application design and architecture system integration and data flows
• Strong experience with Azure cloud services (including most of the following: Azure Kubernetes Service Azure SQL API Management Key Vault etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience on Generative AI (Langchain Langgraph) Development in GitHub Enterprise GitHub CoPilot.
• Working knowledge of Agile CI/CD pipelines ideally using Azure DevOps or similar tooling.
• Knowledge of FastAPI and any ASGI server.
• Extensive hands-on experience in designing developing delivering and architecting enterprise solutions.

Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $105000 - $155000 . 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.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health financial wellness and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision dental insurance and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home pet critical illness hospital indemnity and accident insurance as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs parental leave paid time off paid holidays volunteer time off tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
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.
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!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race color national origin religion creed sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability marital or domestic/civil partnership status genetic information citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States) uniformed service member or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
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