Senior Digital Software Engineer
About the Role
Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future. We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues. We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The Sr. Digital Software Engineer leads the delivery of complex software solutions while guiding technical execution within a team or across teams. This role blends deep engineering expertise with cross-functional collaboration, mentoring, and project leadership to ensure scalable, maintainable, and business-aligned software systems.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of major software components and services across the tech stack, from design to deployment.
- Serve as a technical lead on initiatives, coordinating development efforts, setting engineering direction, and driving improvements to velocity and quality.
- Partner with product managers and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
- Provide architectural input and advocate for engineering best practices, including secure coding, testing, and automation.
- Actively mentor engineers of varying experience levels through code reviews, technical guidance, and career development support.
- Influence team-level planning and prioritization by aligning technical solutions with business goals and constraints.
- Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams to ensure deployment readiness, observability, and performance.
- Support incident response and root cause analysis for critical production issues.
Requirements
- 5–8 years of professional software development experience, including full-stack or backend-focused roles.
- Strong proficiency in multiple technologies (e.g., React, Node.js, Python, SQL/NoSQL, cloud platforms like Azure or AWS).
- Experience with system design, architectural patterns, and API development at scale.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.
- Effective communicator with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and mentor other engineers.
Pay
The annual base salary range for this position is $117,880 - $147,350 USD. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (e.g., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements, and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed-upon number of hours to be regularly worked.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
- 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
- Voya Retirement Plan – employer-paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays, and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day
- Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year
Skills
At Voya, the following critical skills are key to success in our culture:
- Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
- Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem-solving to reach a well-reasoned solution.
- Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
- Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry to make sound business decisions.
- Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.