Software Engineering Lead

The Department

Life Technology Solutions (LTS) is a practice within Milliman one of the largest actuarial consulting firms in the world. Our system Integrate is a market-leading application used throughout the life insurance industry for activities such as financial modelling and reporting business planning and reporting and insurance product pricing. Our cutting-edge cloud-hosted product Integrate uses Microsoft Azure for large-scale financial modelling and reporting calculations making us the leading actuarial Microsoft Azure Partner and one of the largest worldwide users of cloud computing services.

We are an agile team working within an entrepreneurial business. âWe are notâjustâa software vendor; weâprovideâa full range of actuarial consulting services. âWe believe this differentiates us in theâindustryâas our software is builtâin close collaborationâwith our consultantsâand in partnership with ourâcustomers which provides us a feedback loop and lean mindset notâusuallyâpossible in a heavily regulated market.â

We believe technologyâwillâfundamentally change the way actuaries work in the life insurance industry making them moreâefficient effectiveâand informed.ââWe built Integrate to help them focus onâwhat they do best: lead with confidence.ââWe are not only changing the way actuariesâworkâwe areâchanging the way actuarialâsolutionsâare builtâand delivered.ââ

Our team members have the chance to learn a complex business domain from some of theâmostâregarded actuaries in the world.âOur team is aâfusion of skillsâand peopleâwe value a growth mindset practice continuous delivery build hyper-scale computational systems make big data usable automate complex financial workflowsâandâprovideâaâdevelopment environmentâfor actuaries to build risk models.ââWe break new ground soâabove allâyouâmustâloveâto learnâandâdemonstrateâan ability to adapt to new challenges.â

What We Offer

• A fun flexible and collaborative working environmentâ
• A teamâcomprisedâof outstanding professionals with a passion for excellenceâ
• A competitive salary an excellent benefits packageâand various subsidiesâ
• Aâteamâthatâchallenges and likes to be challenged
• Equal Opportunity Employerâ

The Role

The Software Engineering Lead is a hands-on team member that helps a capable product team deliver their Integrate actuarial development environment reliably and continuously. This is a playercoach role: you write code support engineers improve how work moves from idea to production and keep the team aligned with Product QA and Operations.

Our engineers act as product engineers. Your impact comes from creating clarity in ambiguous spaces improving delivery discipline and raising the bar across the team.

Your Responsibilities:

• Contribute directly to the codebase while supporting shielding and unblocking the team.
• Continuously improve how workflows from idea to production so changes ship quickly safely and with minimal ceremony.
• Help shape solutions when problems are not fully definedworking with stakeholders to understand the domain clarify intent and make pragmatic trade-offs.
• Champion modern engineering practices: small changes automated testing CI/CD and low-risk releases.
• Partner with QA and Operations to build quality observability and reliability into everyday work.
• Use simple metrics and feedback loops to improve flow reduce risk and learn from incidents.
• Coach engineers across experience levels through reviews pairing and clear expectations.
• Act as connective tissue across Product QA Ops and Engineeringclarifying ownership and keeping teams aligned.

Job Knowledge Experience Skills

Job Knowledge Required

• Strong practical engineering background /C# and/or React/TypeScript or similar stack.
• Experience delivering software via CI/CD and automated quality gates.
• 5 years of relevant software industry experience with a bachelors degreeâfocusedâon softwareâengineeringâcomputer science financial engineering actuarial science or mathematics.â
• Aâdegree is not a requirement if you haveârelevantâindustry experience.
• Experience leading engineers in a hands-on engineering lead or playercoach capacity.

Experience and Soft Skills Required

• A mindset oriented toward continuous delivery reliability and sustainable pace.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot Cursor Codex) in production engineering workflows.
• Comfort working in ambiguous problem spaces where requirements are evolving or incomplete.
• Ability to understand enough of the domain to help define solutionsnot just execute specs.
• Comfort leading through influence in cross-functional matrixed environments.
• Clear pragmatic communication and sound judgment.

Location

This role is based out of the Milliman office in Chicago IL but candidates hired into this role may work remotely anywhere in the US.

The expected application deadline for this job is March 31st 2026.

Compensation

• The overall salary range for this role is $117500 - $222985.
  • For candidates residing in: Alaska California Connecticut Illinois Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey New York City Pennsylvania Virginia Washington or the District of Columbia the salary range is $135125 - $222985.
  • All other locations the salary range is $117500 - $193900.

A combination of factors will be considered including but not limited to education relevant work experience qualifications skills certifications etc.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees health financial security and well-being.
Benefits include:

• Medical Dental and Vision Coverage for employees dependents and domestic partners.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Confidential support for personal and work-related challenges.
• 401(k) Plan Includes a company matching program and profit-sharing contributions.
• Discretionary Bonus Program Recognizing employee contributions.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) Pre-tax savings for dependent care transportation and eligible medical expenses.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) Begins accruing on the first day of work. Full-time employees accrue 15 days per year and employees working less than full-time accrue PTO on a prorated basis.
• Holidays A minimum of 10 paid holidays per year.
• Family Building Benefits Includes adoption and fertility assistance.
• Paid Parental Leave Up to 12 weeks of paid leave for employees who meet eligibility criteria.
• Life Insurance & AD&D 100% of premiums covered by Milliman.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Fully paid by Milliman.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.

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