You desire impactful work.
 

You’re RGA ready

RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

Builds and operates cloud‑first, API‑based solutions with a strong focus on automation and developer enablement. Owns the delivery of complex software from concept through production, solving ambiguous technical problems and continuously improving how applications are built, deployed, and operated. Prioritizes streamlined workflows that accelerate delivery and return time to development teams, while clearly communicating technical decisions and outcomes to stakeholders.

Principle Duties

• Independently design, develop, test, deploy, and support cloud‑first, API‑based applications from concept through production, applying industry best practices across the full software lifecycle.

• Translate ambiguous or complex business and technical requirements into well‑designed, scalable technical solutions, making timely and effective design and implementation decisions with limited guidance.

• Lead implementation of moderately complex features and services, including frontend, backend, data, and integration layers, while ensuring reliability, performance, and maintainability.

• Design and implement backend services and APIs using modern frameworks and patterns, including data validation, persistence, and asynchronous or event‑driven processing.

• Develop and maintain modern frontend applications, applying best practices for usability, performance, accessibility, and maintainable state management.

• Design and evolve data models to support scalable, resilient systems, balancing performance, cost, and operational considerations.

• Ensure code quality and system reliability through automated testing, code reviews, and adherence to established engineering standards.

• Deploy and operate applications in cloud environments, leveraging cloud‑native services and infrastructure‑as‑code to support scalability, resiliency, and repeatability.

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues, identifying root causes and driving improvements to system stability and performance.

• Communicate technical problems, trade‑offs, and solutions clearly to both technical peers and non‑technical stakeholders.

• Continuously improve supported systems, proactively identifying opportunities to reduce technical debt, improve performance, and enhance developer and user experience.

Education

• 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

• 4+ years software development experience - Required

• 6+ years software development experience - Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Independent delivery of API‑based, cloud‑first applications - Required

• Ability to solve complicated or ambiguous technical problems -Required

• Proficiency in Python - Required

• Modern frontend development with React, Redux, and Material UI - Required

• Backend API development using modern Python frameworks (e.g., FastAPI, Flask, Litestar) - Required

• Data modeling and persistence using MongoDB - Required

• Automated testing using unit, integration, and end‑to‑end frameworks (PyTest, Playwright, ViTest) - Required

• Cloud‑native development and deployment using AWS - Required

• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform - Required

• Secure application development and secrets management - Required

• Ability to manage work independently with minimal supervision - Required

• Clear communication of technical concepts to technical and non‑technical stakeholders - Required

• CI/CD pipeline implementation and maintenance (e.g., Jenkins) - Preferred

• Application monitoring and performance optimization using observability tools - Preferred

• Event‑driven architectures and asynchronous processing (e.g., SQS, Celery)

• Intermediate

• Preferred

• Experience with relational databases (e.g., RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL) - Preferred

• Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript - Preferred

• CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions - Preferred

• Experience with OpenShift or similar platforms - Preferred

• Experience working in Agile development environments - Preferred

• Familiarity with Test‑Driven Development (TDD) principles - Preferred

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What you can expect from RGA:

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.

• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.

• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.

We’re excited to get to know you and connect your unique skills with our global opportunities. To create a modern and seamless experience, we use artificial intelligence (AI) in parts of our preliminary screening process. This technology helps us personalize job recommendations, automate interview scheduling, evaluate candidates based solely on experience—without considering name, gender, or other personal details—and provide real-time answers through our chatbot. AI is used only during early screening and never makes hiring decisions. Your RGA recruiter will work closely with you every step of the way to ensure the process feels personal, thoughtful, and focused on you.

Compensation Range:

$89,310.00 - $134,870.00 Annual

Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.

RGA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, sex, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.