Engineering Team Lead

Job Description

Role Overview

As an Engineering Team Lead at AAA Life, you will operate as the step before formal engineering management-a senior, highly trusted technical leader responsible for owning technical direction, execution quality, and engineering influence across a product team.

This is a player-coach role, not a people-manager role. You will not have direct reports, but you will own technical responsibility and mentorship for the engineers on the team. You are expected to set the technical bar, guide solution design, influence engineering practices, and ensure high-quality delivery.

This role plays a key part in modernization, migration, and decommissioning efforts, helping teams move away from legacy systems toward modern, cloud-native solutions-while keeping delivery moving.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

45% - Technical ownership, leadership & solution design

• Serve as the go-to technical authority for the team

• Own technical decisions across backend, frontend, and integration layers

• Lead solution design, architectural decisions, and technical tradeoff discussions

• Bridge enterprise architecture direction with day-to-day delivery execution

• Identify technical risks, migration challenges, and decommissioning opportunities early

35% - Mentorship, coaching & engineering quality

• Act as a daily technical mentor and coach for engineers

• Perform thorough code reviews and provide architectural and design guidance

• Reinforce strong engineering fundamentals and best practices

• Set expectations for quality, maintainability, and long-term ownership

• Influence how engineers approach problems, not just what they build

20% - Modernization, migration & continuous improvement

• Support migration and decommissioning of legacy systems

• Help teams modernize applications toward cloud-native patterns

• Reinforce CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and secure coding practices

• Contribute to the broader engineering community of practice at AAA Life

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, learning, and technical excellence

Compensation: $160k to $180k Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education. Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.

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Skills and Requirements

Must-Have Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

• 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience

• 2+ years operating as a senior engineer or technical lead within Agile teams

• Strong engineering foundations, especially:

? Java (primary)

? AWS (core cloud platform)

• Experience designing and building modern applications using:

? Java, Spring Boot

? REST APIs

? React or Angular (working knowledge)

• Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum and/or Kanban)

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices

• Proven ability to lead through influence without formal people management authority

• Demonstrated experience with code reviews, technical mentoring, and solution design

Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills Nice-to-Have

• Experience modernizing legacy or monolithic systems

• Experience integrating with enterprise or vendor platforms (e.g., FAST, Guidewire, or similar)

• Background in insurance, financial services, or other regulated industries

• Experience guiding or coordinating third-party vendor technical work

Exposure to cloud-native architectures and observability practices