Job Description
Role Overview
AAA Life’s Integration & Platform Services team owns the enterprise integration layer that connects legacy systems with modern platforms. This team operates an API-first and event-first control plane that centralizes security, observability, and operational governance across the enterprise.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a hands-on technical leader responsible for designing, building, and operating this integration platform end-to-end. This includes architecture, modernization strategy, proof-of-concept work, production readiness, and long-term operational ownership.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
· 50% – Design & build integration services
• Build Java/Spring Boot microservices and APIs
• Implement API-first and event-driven integration patterns
• Apply strangler and dual-run modernization techniques
· 25% – Architecture, migration & modernization
• Replace legacy batch-driven systems with a new integration layer
• Perform discovery on legacy systems while delivering net-new code
• Define microservice standards, authorization patterns, and observability integration
· 25% – Technical leadership & collaboration
• Drive projects end-to-end and weigh technical alternatives
• Pair program 1–2 days per sprint and mentor engineers
Work closely with DevOps, Security, Data, vendors, and product teams
Compensation: $120k to $140k Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education. Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.
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Required Skills & Experience
Core Technical Environment
• Backend development with Java and Spring Boot
• Microservices, API-first, and event-driven architectures
• AWS cloud platform
• Containerization using Docker and Kubernetes
• Enterprise CI/CD pipelines
• Distributed tracing and observability tooling
• Agile delivery with 2-week sprints and paired programming
Must-Have Qualifications
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong backend engineering focus (not frontend-heavy)
• Deep experience building APIs and microservices
• Advanced Java and Spring Boot expertise
• Experience deploying and operating services in AWS
• Hands-on containerization experience (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Strong understanding of CI/CD patterns
• Experience working in Agile environments
• Ability to take ambiguous requirements and turn them into executable work
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across engineers, vendors, and platform teams
Demonstrated experience with TDD and pair programming
Must-Have Qualifications
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong backend engineering focus (not frontend-heavy)
• Deep experience building APIs and microservices
• Advanced Java and Spring Boot expertise
• Experience deploying and operating services in AWS
• Hands-on containerization experience (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Strong understanding of CI/CD patterns
• Experience working in Agile environments
• Ability to take ambiguous requirements and turn them into executable work
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across engineers, vendors, and platform teams
Demonstrated experience with TDD and pair programming
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
Nice-to-Have Qualifications
• Experience with Go or GraphQL
• Experience working with regulated or sensitive data (HIPAA, PII, SOX)
• Third-party or vendor system integrations
Prior legacy modernization or system decommissioning experience
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.