Lead Software Engineer

Job description

You desire impactful work. You’re RGA ready RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies , we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all. As Technical Lead Engineer, provides technical skills combined with strong leadership skills to articulate architectural direction and solutions to both product stakeholders and the development team. A full stack engineer with team leadership skills, deep proficiency in general programming languages, frameworks and deployment methodologies who creates API-based applications from concept to finished product with a cloud-first emphasis. Builds and encourages a collaborative environment while promoting architectural standards of the organization. Principle Duties: Leads a team of developers; oversees development team quality of work, timelines, and project risks without supervision Provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle. Mentor engineers and conduct design and code reviews. Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, and business stakeholders to deliver strategic technology solutions. Lead troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and production support activities. Build scalable, event-driven solutions using AWS services and modern architectural patterns. Develop and maintain Python-based APIs, integrations, automation, and platform capabilities. Analyze requirements, create technical designs, and deliver solutions through Agile methodologies. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions. Qualifications: Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) Computer Science or equivalent experience required Master’s degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) preferred Work Experience: 8+ Years software development experience required Skills & Abilities: Advanced Python development required API and integrations, testing and automation, object-oriented design and software engineering best practices required AWS Experience with Data Ops ECS, Lambda, EventBridge, API, Kinesis required Data & Orchestration AWS Airflow or Astronomer, DAG Development, DBT and Snowflake required Institutional Investments, Asset Management, or Financial Services experience. Preferred Experience with event-driven and microservices architectures. Preferred Experience supporting enterprise data platforms and data operations. Preferred Experience with streaming technologies and real-time data processing. Preferred #LI-HYBRID #LI-MC1 What you can expect from RGA: Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world. Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought. Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential. We’re excited to get to know you and connect your unique skills with our global opportunities. To create a modern and seamless experience, we use artificial intelligence (AI) in parts of our preliminary screening process. This technology helps us personalize job recommendations, automate interview scheduling, evaluate candidates based solely on experience—without considering name, gender, or other personal details—and provide real-time answers through our chatbot. AI is used only during early screening and never makes hiring decisions. Your RGA recruiter will work closely with you every step of the way to ensure the process feels personal, thoughtful, and focused on you. Compensation Range: $107,060.00 - $159,390.00 Annual Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits. RGA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, sex, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.