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# Lead Software Engineer

- **Company:** Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $107,060.0 - $159,390.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Architectural Patterns, Automation of Tests, Python (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Software Development, DataOps, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Enterprise Data Management, Snowflake, Servicebus, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Video Streaming, Api Design, Stream Processing, Programming Languages, Microservices
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c4b570a1bfb92df2

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) Computer Science or equivalent experience required
 * Master's degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) preferred

Work Experience:

 * 8+ Years software development experience required

Skills & Abilities:

 * Advanced Python development required
 * API and integrations, testing and automation, object-oriented design and software engineering best practices required
 * AWS Experience with Data Ops ECS, Lambda, EventBridge, API, Kinesis required
 * Data & Orchestration AWS Airflow or Astronomer, DAG Development, DBT and Snowflake required
 * Institutional Investments, Asset Management, or Financial Services experience. Preferred
 * Experience with event-driven and microservices architectures. Preferred
 * Experience supporting enterprise data platforms and data operations. Preferred
 * Experience with streaming technologies and real-time data processing. Preferred

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## Description

As Technical Lead Engineer, provides technical skills combined with strong leadership skills to articulate architectural direction and solutions to both product stakeholders and the development team. A full stack engineer with team leadership skills, deep proficiency in general programming languages, frameworks and deployment methodologies who creates API-based applications from concept to finished product with a cloud-first emphasis. Builds and encourages a collaborative environment while promoting architectural standards of the organization.

Principle Duties:

 * Leads a team of developers; oversees development team quality of work, timelines, and project risks without supervision
 * Provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle.
 * Mentor engineers and conduct design and code reviews.
 * Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, and business stakeholders to deliver strategic technology solutions.
 * Lead troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and production support activities.
 * Build scalable, event-driven solutions using AWS services and modern architectural patterns.
 * Develop and maintain Python-based APIs, integrations, automation, and platform capabilities.
 * Analyze requirements, create technical designs, and deliver solutions through Agile methodologies.
 * Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions.


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