Department:

Information Technology

Job Description:

The Lead Engineer, Enterprise Applications is a technical leader responsible for guiding solution design, enabling effective delivery, and ensuring scalable, high-quality implementations across enterprise applications supporting core insurance operations, including policy administration, billing, enterprise content management (ECM), underwriting workbench, and related systems. This role combines deep technical expertise with cross-functional collaboration and solution leadership. The ideal candidate works closely with development teams to guide implementation, partners with business stakeholders to shape solutions, and aligns with architecture and infrastructure teams to ensure consistency and scalability across the technology landscape. This position plays a critical role in improving delivery quality, reducing technical risk, and ensuring systems are designed and implemented to support long-term business needs.

Work Arrangement:

Employees who live within 30 miles of the TMG home office are expected to follow a hybrid or in-office schedule. The initial training period may require additional in‑office days.

Accountabilities:

Technical Leadership & Solution Design

Lead the design of end-to-end solutions across enterprise applications, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and alignment with business objectives
Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and shape effective, well-architected solutions
Provide technical leadership on complex initiatives, integrations, and cross-platform dependencies
Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and long-term technology direction

Development Guidance & Execution Enablement

Work closely with development teams to guide implementation approaches and ensure solutions align with design intent
Support teams during complex or high-risk initiatives by helping resolve technical challenges and unblock delivery
Promote sound engineering practices and ensure adherence to development standards and best practices
Review and validate key technical designs, implementation decisions, and integration approaches

Cross-System Integration & Alignment

Drive consistency in integration patterns, data flows, and system interactions across platforms
Collaborate with architecture, infrastructure, and other application teams to ensure cohesive, aligned solutions
Act as a technical connector across systems such as policy administration, billing, ECM, underwriting workbench, and supporting platforms
Ensure data flows are accurate, efficient, and scalable across the application landscape

Quality, Standards & Continuous Improvement

Establish and reinforce standards for solution design, development practices, and system integration
Identify and address technical risks, gaps, and inefficiencies across systems
Drive improvements in system reliability, scalability, and overall technical quality
Contribute to reducing technical debt through practical, forward-looking solutions

Qualifications:

Experience Required

8+ years of experience in software engineering, enterprise systems, or technical leadership roles
Deep expertise in designing and implementing solutions across enterprise applications and integrated systems
Experience supporting or designing core insurance platforms (policy, billing, claims) or similar complex business environments
Strong understanding of system integration, APIs, data flows, and distributed system design
Proven ability to guide development teams and improve delivery outcomes through technical leadership
Experience partnering with business stakeholders to shape and design technology solutions
Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to lead without direct authority

Experience Preferred

Experience in the insurance industry
Exposure to modern technology environments (cloud platforms, microservices, event-driven architecture)
Experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery environments
Familiarity with enterprise architecture practices and governance

Pay Range:

Anticipated Hiring Range:

$130,000 - $155,000 annual base salary depending on experience, qualifications, and geographic location
$140,000 - $170,000 annual base salary depending on experience, qualifications, and geographic location in CA, CT, MA, NJ, NY, and PA

Benefits:

We are proud to offer our full-time regular employees a robust benefits suite that includes:

Competitive base salary plus incentive plans for eligible team members
401(K) retirement plan that includes a company match of up to 6% of your eligible salary
Free basic life and AD&D, long-term disability and short-term disability insurance
Medical, dental and vision plans to meet your unique healthcare needs
Wellness incentives
Generous time off program that includes personal, holiday and volunteer paid time off
Flexible work schedules and hybrid/remote options for eligible positions
Educational assistance

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Mutual Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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