Develop scalable, cloud-native full-stack applications using React, Java, and Spring Boot. Build secure REST APIs and microservices, optimize responsive and accessible user experiences, maintain high-quality UI and backend code, and collaborate cross-functionally on enterprise solutions.
Description and Requirements
Role Value Proposition
We are seeking a Full Stack Engineer who is passionate about building scalable, cloud-native, and API-driven digital experiences. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in React, Java, and Spring Boot, with a proven ability to develop responsive, accessible, and high-performance web applications. This role requires a focus on delivering secure, high-quality solutions that seamlessly integrate modern user interfaces with robust backend services and microservices.
Key Responsibility
Technical
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We're looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
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Role Value Proposition
We are seeking a Full Stack Engineer who is passionate about building scalable, cloud-native, and API-driven digital experiences. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in React, Java, and Spring Boot, with a proven ability to develop responsive, accessible, and high-performance web applications. This role requires a focus on delivering secure, high-quality solutions that seamlessly integrate modern user interfaces with robust backend services and microservices.
Key Responsibility
- Design, develop, and maintain modern React-based web applications and Java/Spring Boot backend services.
- Build and integrate secure, well-designed REST APIs and microservices.
- Ensure the development of secure, high-quality code across UI and backend components while adhering to enterprise engineering standards, coding best practices, and security guidelines.
- Develop responsive, accessible, and high-performance digital experiences.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and cloud-native solutions.
Technical
- 5-7 years of experience in Full Stack development with expertise in React JS, Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs.
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture and cloud-native application development.
- Experience with frontend performance optimization, accessibility, and responsive design.
- Knowledge of secure coding practices, testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise engineering standards.
- Proficiency with databases and modern development tools
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We're looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
#BI-Hybrid
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