Software/Platform Engineer I

Description and Requirements
The MetLife EMEA Technology organization is evolving to enable MetLife's New Frontier strategy. With a strong vision in place, we are a function focused on driving digital technology strategies for key technology functions within MetLife including. In partnership with our business leaders, we develop and deliver seamless technology experiences to our employees across the entire employee lifecycle. Our vision and mission is to create innovative, transformative and contemporary technology solutions to empower our leaders and employees so they can focus on what matters most, our customers. We are technologists with strong business acumen focused on developing our talent to continually transform and innovate.
We are seeking a highly skilled Software Platform Engineer, a position with hands-on in Java Full stack development. He/she should be responsible for the design, development and maintenance of software development solutions within a defined system, platform or product, based on a set of standards and processes which establish consistency across the enterprise data, reduce risk and promote efficiencies in support of the organization's goals and objectives. This family can be used for both roles that require a complete technology stack of capabilities as well as roles that require to work on a single technology stack, application or platform.
Software or Platform engineering role can be used where the work requires a minimal amount of technology stack capabilities, work on a single application or roles that support platforms, SaaS, COTS
Key Relationships:
Internal Stake Holder - EMEA ART Leader, ART Leadership team, India EMEA Technology AVP, and Business process Owners for EMEA Technology.
Key Responsibilites:

• Design and implement frontend features in Angular/TypeScript with strong attention to maintainability and performance including maintaining backend features in Java/Kotlin.
• Maintain and improve application architecture, including module boundaries, state management patterns, and shared component quality.
• Build robust, testable UI logic and increase unit test reliability.
• Enforce and improve code quality practices.
• Support CI/CD pipeline stability and optimize frontend build/deploy workflows across environments.
• Contribute to secure and resilient user-facing flows, including authentication-adjacent and password-recovery experiences.
• Collaborate with QA, and DevOps teams to troubleshoot integration and release issues end-to-end.
• Participate in controlled modernization where legacy build/runtime patterns coexist with newer toolchains.
• Deliver production-quality code with strong test coverage, reliable migrations, and secure integration patterns.
• Contribute to shared core library evolution (Kotlin Multiplatform) for reusable cross-service and cross-UI functionality.
• Support release engineering activities: Gradle builds, artifact publishing, versioning, and Docker image delivery.
• Participate in troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for integration, environment, and production-like issues.

Education:
Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent
Technical Skills:

• Main Skill: Angular along with Java Spring Framework / Spring Boot
• Proven experience in building and consuming RESTful APIS using core HTTP protocols.
• Secondary skill: NodeJS and MSSQL
• Gradle and Maven
• Must have hands-on knowledge on commandline linux
• Have experience working in Azure DevOps (boards)
• Containerisation (Podman, aks)
• Have hands-on worked on GitHub Copilot, GitHub Enterprise
• Ability to work with Azure Cloud services development and deployment.
• Knowledge in Apache Webserver is Desirable
• Knowledge on Github is a must have.
• Collaboration
• Communication: Ability to communicate effectively to ensure results are achieved
• Agile Practices
• Collaboration Tools
• Product/Business/Industry experience
• Application Design/Architecture
• Cloud Native Technologies
• Communication: Ability to communicate effectively to ensure results are achieved
• Collaboration: Proven track record collaborating and working effectively in a global and multi-cultural environment
• Diverse environment: Can-do attitude and ability to work in a high paced environment
• Ability to support CI/CD pipeline setup and operations.

About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, 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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