Role Value Proposition: The Principal Architect role at MetLife Investments offers a unique opportunity to drive technological innovation within a leading global organization. This position allows you to leverage your expertise in institutional asset management and cutting-edge technology to create impactful solutions that support all aspects of our Investment Management business. You will work independently and collaboratively with Agile development teams, ensuring that our investment strategies are seamlessly integrated with technology to deliver superior business outcomes. If you are a visionary technologist with a passion for transforming business concepts into modern engineered solutions and possess strong communication skills at all organizational levels, this role is designed for you. Key Responsibilities: * Each architect manages the entire investment portfolio across seven lines of business (LOBs) by asset class, catering to two distinct client profiles: preserving regulatory reserves for our global insurance business (MII) and generating alpha for large institutional clients serviced by MIM. Architects operate independently but ensure collaboration across the overall strategy. * The hands-on Principal Architect must be able to synthesize business concepts into technological solutions and communicate them effectively at all organizational levels. Solutions need to be thorough, encompassing all technology stack levels, and aimed at achieving desired business outcomes. * A key technical leader with expertise in buy-side institutional asset management, across various asset classes such as global public securities, alternative assets, and derivatives, is essential. * This role involves developing conceptual and solution designs for applications, platforms, data, and processes to effectively use technology within MetLife Investments. * The ability to translate business concepts into technological solutions and communicate them clearly at all organizational levels is crucial to realizing our New Frontier strategy Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills: Required: * Demonstrable active listening skills are critical to aligning business and technical strategies. There is a strong emphasis on integration, enterprise data, and modern secure event-driven architectures as core competencies. * Significant proven experience in supporting the Buy or Sell Side Front, Middle, and Back-office investment lifecycle. * Significant proven experience in designing event-driven public cloud solutions for buy-side firms * Proven Ability to extrapolate business requirements into modern technology solutions and communicate them through detailed architecture documentation and collaborative small working groups of technologists. * 3+ years’ experience in designing cloud-based solutions that service Publics, Alternatives, and Derivative solutions. Preferred: * Designed and Deployed solutions using Azure * Experience in communicating architecture using standards such as TOGAF. * Applied understanding of typical software design patterns * Delivered Solutions based on data-centric foundations such as Databricks, Data Lakes, Fabrics, ODS’ * Familiarity with Investments technologies such as Trade capture and Order management, Investments Accounting, Loan Origination, Security and Price Mastering systems to name a few. At MetLife, we’re leading the global transformation of an industry we’ve long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we’re dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our customers. Equal Employment Opportunity/Disability/Veterans If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process. MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.