Software Development Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 13, 2026.
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
Software Development 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
- Develop and maintain server-side JavaScript code, specifically Node.js APIs.
- Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
- Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
- Understand and work with APIs, both internal and external.
- Experience with Node.js and Express.js.
- Experience in CI/CD to build and deploy Node JS applications
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think algorithmically.
- 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.
- Create and maintain terraform configurations as part of Build the Boat process using internal tools to migrate cloud applications from legacy subscriptions to new standardized azure landing zones.
Required Qualifications
- 2 - 3 years of overall experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent degree type.
- Proven experience in software development, specifically with Node JS and React.
- Proven experience in building highly secure REST APIs and integration with different platforms
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think algorithmically.
- Experience with following:
- CI/CD pipeline to build and deploy to Azure services
- Agile methodology
- API integration.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven experience with Azure cloud services (including most of the following: Azure App Service, Azure SQL, API Management, Key Vault, etc.).
- Working knowledge of Agile, CI/CD pipelines, ideally using Azure DevOps or similar tooling.
- Knowledge of Python and any ASGI server.
- Leverage AI to strengthen business impact and improve team / organizational performance.
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 $70,000 - $90,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.