Architect

Since 1851, MassMutual’s commitment has always been to help people protect their families, support their communities, and help one another. Therefore, we want to inspire people to Live Mutual. We at MassMutual value diversity and inclusion. We’re people helping people.

A career with us means you will work alongside exceptional people and be empowered to reach your professional and personal goals. Our employees are the foundation of what makes MassMutual a strong, stable, and ethical business. We seek and value unique and varied perspectives and experiences because we believe we are stronger when all voices are heard. We invite you to bring your bright, innovative ideas to MassMutual as we continue to help millions of Americans rely on each other.

Together, we’re stronger.

Accountabilities

• Define and own the end-to-end architecture for web applications, APIs, and data platforms, covering scalability, performance, resiliency, security, and cost.
• Translate business and product requirements into architecture blueprints, reference architectures, and technical roadmaps.
• Establish and govern engineering standards, design patterns, and best practices, and document key decisions through architecture decision records (ADRs).
• Lead design and architecture reviews, and ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, and compliance requirements.
• Design database schemas and data models, and define data storage, aggregation, and integration strategies across SQL and NoSQL technologies.
• Architect RESTful API strategy, including design standards, versioning, authentication and authorization, and lifecycle management.
• Design cloud-native solutions on AWS, including deployment topology, security set-up, and infrastructure approach.
• Define CI/CD, testing, observability (logging and monitoring), and release strategies to enable reliable, repeatable delivery.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and tools; recommend adoption through proofs of concept and technical due diligence.
• Guide and mentor engineers through hands-on technical leadership, code and design reviews, and prototyping of critical components.
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams (product, engineering, security, infrastructure, data) to resolve technical dependencies and drive alignment.
• Identify and manage technical debt, risks, and trade-offs, communicating them clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Promote and contribute to open source libraries and internal reusable components where appropriate.

Skills Required

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or an equivalent quantitative field, or relevant experience. Master’s or PhD preferred.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in an architect or technical lead role.

Architecture and design

• Proven experience designing distributed, scalable systems using patterns such as microservices, event-driven architecture, and API-first design.
• Strong knowledge of non-functional requirements (performance, availability, security, scalability, maintainability) and how to design for them.
• Strong object-oriented and functional design skills.
• Ability to produce clear architecture artifacts (system context, component, sequence, and deployment diagrams).

Backend and APIs

• 7+ years of experience with backend languages such as Python, NodeJS, or Java.
• Deep experience designing and building REST APIs (Java or NodeJS preferred), as well as consuming and integrating them.

Data

• 5+ years of experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases, such as MySQL, AWS Aurora, MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, Redshift, and AWS DynamoDB.
• Strong data modeling and database schema design skills.
• Experience designing ETL/ELT pipelines and data integration patterns.

Cloud and DevOps

• Strong experience architecting and deploying web applications on AWS.
• 5+ years of experience with at least one of Spark, Docker, AWS, or Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum).
• Experience with logging, monitoring, and observability tooling.
• Experience with Git version control and GitHub (3-5+ years).

Frontend

• Working knowledge of modern frontend frameworks such as ReactJS or Angular, sufficient to guide full-stack design decisions.

Leadership and collaboration

• Excellent analytical, data-driven decision making, with strategic and conceptual thinking, planning, and execution skills.
• Proven success leading in complex, matrixed, cross-functional projects, including influencing without direct authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presenting to senior technical and business stakeholders.
• Proficiency with the Atlassian stack (Jira, Confluence) and collaboration tools such as Slack.

Preferred

• AWS Solutions Architect certification (Associate or Professional) or equivalent.
• Experience in financial services or insurance, or other regulated industries.
• Experience with security architecture, including identity and access management, encryption, and compliance frameworks.

Why Join Us

We’ve been around since 1851. During our history, we’ve learned a few things about making sure our customers are our top priority. In order to meet and exceed their expectations, we must have the best people providing the best thinking, products, and services. To accomplish this, we celebrate an inclusive, vibrant, and diverse culture that encourages growth, openness, and opportunities for everyone. A career with MassMutual, Great Place to Work® certified and one of India’s Best Workplaces in BFSI 2023 (Top 50), means you will be part of a strong, stable, and ethical business with industry-leading pay and benefits. And your voice will always be heard.

Does this sound like a great fit? Apply today!