# Principal Engineer-Annuity Platforms and Transformation

Hiring organization: [The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/the-guardian-life-insurance-company-of-america)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/82cee767-ad77-4776-a753-bc7ea49d7283

Listed on The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Lead / Staff / Principal
- Salary: 126910 – 208495 USD per year

## Summary

A technology leader role guiding the design and modernization of Guardian's annuity platforms and ecosystem, balancing enterprise architecture with hands-on technical leadership across the full value chain. The role suits experienced engineers with deep insurance or policy administration domain knowledge who thrive in transformation environments and can influence strategy across distributed teams.

_Our summary, not The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America's wording._

## Skills named

.NET, Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Kafka, Git, GitHub Actions, Java, Jenkins, JSON Web Token (JWT), Microservices, Next.js, Node.js, OpenAPI/Swagger, React, Splunk, Spring Boot, TypeScript

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related field
- 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience including senior/lead engineer roles in enterprise platforms
- Experience with policy administration systems, preferably in annuities with ALIP platform exposure
- API-driven and event-driven architecture design and implementation
- Web application development with Java, Spring Boot, .NET, or Node.js
- Microservices and cloud-native development on AWS
- Front-end development with React, TypeScript, or Next.js
- Integration design using SNS/SQS, Apache Kafka, and S3
- API design with OpenAPI/Swagger and industry standards (ACORD, IRI Digital First, ACORD NGDS, DTCC)
- Version control and CI/CD automation tools (Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- API security implementation with OAuth 2.0, JWT, and token-based authentication
- Splunk, AppDynamics, JSON/XML, caching, and performance analysis experience
- Leadership of engineering teams and influence over technical decisions
- Ability to work in ambiguous, fast-paced environments
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

## Nice to have

- Large-scale transformation programs or platform migration experience
- Track record supporting large-scale business-critical systems
- Experience with distributed team collaboration across time zones

Apply on The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America's site: https://guardianlife.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Guardian-Life-Careers/job/Bethlehem/Principal-Engineer-Annuity-Platforms-and-Transformation_R000109975