Lead Developer

The Lead Developer programs and configures software to meet TIAA business needs. Under minimal supervision this job identifies and analyzes complex business software needs writes and reviews complex code to optimize the performance and efficiency of the organizations IT platform/infrastructure and conducts testing to ensure programs are functioning properly. This job is considered a subject matter expert in the Applications Development & Support area and provides technical leadership across the development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Leads the design and development of production-quality Java solutions (microservices batch pipelines APIs) that serve enterprise financial and insurance platforms with a focus on externally-facing partner-integrated capabilities

• Provides technical leadership across the development lifecycle including architecture decisions code review and mentoring of other developers on the team

• Partners with business analysts partner integration teams and downstream data consumers to design develop and troubleshoot complex end-to-end technical solutions supporting SIA product portability

• Designs secures and maintains external customer-facing APIs at enterprise scale ensuring performance security and reliability standards are met

• Leads containerization and deployment strategy using AWS EKS working across CI/CD tooling (Jenkins/Cloudbees/ArgoCD) to drive delivery velocity and platform stability

• Applies validates and stress-tests AI-generated code in a production-grade externally-facing environment ensuring quality and security are never compromised

• Performs maintenance programming and correction of identified defects across own work and the work of the broader team

Educational Requirements

• Bachelors Degree Required

Work Experience

• 5 Years Required; 7 Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level
9IC

Required Skills

• 5 or more years of experience with Java development (Java 17) with deep expertise in Spring Boot and Spring Batch
• Hands-on experience developing and securing external customer-facing APIs at enterprise scale
• Hands-on experience with AWS EKS containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins Cloudbees ArgoCD)
• Experience with REST API design and integration; deep familiarity with contract-first approaches (OpenAPI/Swagger)
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-assisted development tools (Copilot Kiro or similar) to drive SDLC quality and delivery velocity
• Experience with production-support incident triage using Splunk Dynatrace or similar observability tools
• Proven track record providing technical leadership and mentorship to development teams

Preferred Skills

• Proficiency in Python for scripting automation and/or data-processing tasks supporting platform and integration workflows
• Message-based integration experience (IBM MQ Apache ActiveMQ Artemis Kafka or JMS)
• Broader cloud infrastructure experience: AWS (ECS S3 Glue Lambda) OpenShift Terraform
• Secrets management and authentication chains (CyberArk Conjur Kerberos or equivalent)
• Financial services or insurance industry domain exposure
• BPMN / workflow orchestration (Flowable Camunda or similar)
• Agile/Scrum practices in a Jira-based SDLC
• Ability to work across technical and business teams to translate strategic platform goals into engineering execution

Related Skills

Agile Methodology Continuous Integration and Deployment Data Analysis Debugging DevOps Enterprise Application Integration Operating Systems Management Problem Solving Programming Software Development Software Development Life Cycle Web Application Development

Anticipated Posting End Date:

Base Pay Range: $128000/yr - $153000/yr

Actual base salary may vary based upon but not limited to relevant experience time in role base salary of internal peers prior performance business sector and geographic addition to base salary the competitive compensation package may include depending on the role participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example annual discretionary incentive programs non-annual sales incentive plans or other non-annual incentive plans).

Company Overview

Every worker deserves a secure retirement. For more than 100 years TIAA has delivered it for millions of people. Founded to help educators retire with dignity today weʼre a market-leading retirement company fueled by world-class asset management. But weʼre not just another legacy financial services firm. Weʼre fighting harder than ever before for our clients and the many Americans who need us.

Our Culture of Impact

At TIAA were on a mission to build on our 100 year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrows challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People Be Client Obsessed Lead with Integrity Own It and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveens entrepreneurial spirit where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact. Here every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathwaysbecause when our people succeed our impact on clients lives grows stronger.

Benefits and Total Rewards

The organization is committed to making financial well-being possible for its clients and is equally committed to the well-being of our associates. Thats why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to make a positive difference in the lives of our associates and their loved ones. Our benefits include a superior retirement program and highly competitive health wellness and work life offerings that can help you achieve and maintain your best possible physical emotional and financial well-being. To learn more about your benefits please review our Benefits Summary .

Equal Opportunity

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. TIAA does not discriminate against any candidate or employee on the basis of age race color national origin sex religion veteran status disability sexual orientation gender identity or any other legally protected status.

Our full EEO & Non-Discrimination statement is on our careers home page and you can read more about your rights and view government notices here .

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Required Experience:

Senior IC