West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find…
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West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
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Skills: Instructional Design, Adult Learning, Technical Training, Curriculum Development, Virtual Facilitation
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find…
Skills: Financial Services Sales, Annuity Product Knowledge, Customer Experience, CRM Systems, Microsoft Office
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find…
Skills: Project Management, Cross-functional Coordination, Stakeholder Management, Marketing Strategy, Financial Services Marketing
City of Hamilton, Bermuda · On-site
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Skills: Financial Planning And Analysis, US GAAP, Bermuda Statutory Accounting, Financial Modeling, Stakeholder Management
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
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Skills: Marketing Automation, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce Data Cloud, Customer Data Platforms, Data Architecture
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
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Skills: Customer Service, Transaction Processing, Verbal Communication, Written Communication, Computer Proficiency
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
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Skills: Tableau, ETL, RDBMS, SAP Business Objects, Agile Scrum
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
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Skills: Tableau, Power BI, SQL, Data Modeling, Data Wrangling
Greenwich, Connecticut, United States · On-site
$98k–$146k/yr
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Skills: Investment Accounting, Derivatives, US GAAP, US Statutory Accounting, Bermuda Statutory Accounting
City of Hamilton, Bermuda · On-site
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Skills: Pricing Models, Due Diligence, Asset-Intensive Insurance Pricing, Solvency II, ICS
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
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Skills: Claims Processing, Annuities, Customer Empathy, Regulatory Compliance, Fraud Prevention
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
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Skills: People Leadership, Coaching, Change Management, Performance Management, Data Analysis
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
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Skills: Internal Audit, SOX Compliance, IT Audit, Risk Assessment, Internal Controls
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
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Skills: Operational Excellence, Process Optimization, Leadership, Change Management, Risk Management
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
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Skills: Derivative Operations, Collateral Management, Trade Settlements, Investment Accounting, ISDA Documentation
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
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Skills: Marketing Analytics, SQL, Data Mining, Tableau, Power BI
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
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Skills: Internal Audit, External Audit, SOX Testing, Risk Management, Internal Controls
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find…
Skills: Workload Management, Operational Planning, Coaching, Mentoring, Analytical Skills
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States · On-site
We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find…
Skills: ALIP, SQL, Java, Python, C++
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You will lead the architecture, engineering, and operational excellence of a new institutional administration platform from the ground up. This involves partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, AI-enabled solutions that support financial reporting and contract administration.
Candidates must have 10+ years of experience in enterprise software development with deep expertise in cloud-native technologies and financial systems. A bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience is required, along with strong leadership and communication skills.
We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.
Accountabilities:
Lead the architecture, development, production support, and continuous evolution of Athene's Institutional Administration platform, ensuring scalability, resiliency, security, and operational excellence.
Design and deliver enterprise integrations with financial, accounting, treasury, and operational systems while maintaining strong controls, reconciliation, and audit readiness.
Partner with Finance, Actuarial, Treasury, Operations, and business stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into simple, reliable technical solutions.
Champion modern software engineering practices, including AI-enabled development, cloud-native architecture, automation, observability, CI/CD, testing, and secure software delivery.
Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, mentoring, code reviews, and engineering standards while influencing a blended team of internal engineers and delivery partners.
Lead production readiness, incident response, platform stability, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure reliable delivery of business-critical financial services.
Qualifications and Experience:
10+ years of relevant experience designing, building, and supporting enterprise software platforms, including ownership of business-critical production applications or relevant experience.
Deep expertise developing cloud-native applications using Python, FastAPI (or similar frameworks), React/TypeScript, PostgreSQL, AWS services, infrastructure as code, and modern CI/CD practices.
Experience building financial, accounting, insurance, or other highly regulated systems with strong understanding of enterprise controls, auditability, and operational excellence.
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to improve software delivery while maintaining accountability for architecture, code quality, testing, and security through strong engineering judgment.
Proven critical thinker with a bias for action, adaptability, innovation mindset, strong communication skills, and the ability to influence technical and business partners across the organization.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
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Athene is committed to inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.
Athene is a leading retirement services company with operations in the United States, Bermuda, Canada, and Japan. Athene is focused on providing financial security by offering an attractive suite of retirement income and savings products to individuals and by serving as a solutions provider to corporations. Through its subsidiaries, Athene offers: • Retail fixed, fixed indexed and registered index-linked annuities • Fixed annuity reinsurance for third-party providers • Institutional products, such as funding agreements and pension group annuity solutions Let’s work together to make retirement remarkable. View our employment opportunities at Athene.com/careers. Learn how to become an Athene financial professional at athene.com/contact. -- https://www.athene.com/social -- Athene’s principal subsidiaries include Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company, a Delaware-domiciled insurance company, Athene Annuity and Life Company, an Iowa-domiciled insurance company issuing annuities in 49 states (excluding NY) and D.C., Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York, a New York-domiciled insurance company and issuing annuities in New York, and Athene Life Re Ltd., a Bermuda-domiciled reinsurer. This material should not be interpreted as a recommendation by Athene Annuity and Life Company, Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York or Athene Securities, LLC. -- This page represents companies owned by Athene Holding Ltd. (West Des Moines, Iowa) using the Athene name including Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company (West Des Moines, IA), Athene Annuity and Life Company (West Des Moines, IA), Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York (Pearl River, NY), Athene Securities, LLC (West Des Moines, IA) and Athene Life Re Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda). ©2022 Athene. All rights reserved.
Offices: 7700 Mills Civic Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA 50266, US
Athene is a leading retirement services company with operations in the United States, Bermuda, Canada, and Japan. Athene is focused on providing financial security by offering an attractive suite of retirement income and savings products to individuals and by serving as a solutions provider to corporations. Through its subsidiaries, Athene offers: • Retail fixed, fixed indexed and registered index-linked annuities • Fixed annuity reinsurance for third-party providers • Institutional products, such as funding agreements and pension group annuity solutions Let’s work together to make retirement remarkable. View our employment opportunities at Athene.com/careers. Learn how to become an Athene financial professional at athene.com/contact. -- https://www.athene.com/social -- Athene’s principal subsidiaries include Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company, a Delaware-domiciled insurance company, Athene Annuity and Life Company, an Iowa-domiciled insurance company issuing annuities in 49 states (excluding NY) and D.C., Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York, a New York-domiciled insurance company and issuing annuities in New York, and Athene Life Re Ltd., a Bermuda-domiciled reinsurer. This material should not be interpreted as a recommendation by Athene Annuity and Life Company, Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York or Athene Securities, LLC. -- This page represents companies owned by Athene Holding Ltd. (West Des Moines, Iowa) using the Athene name including Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company (West Des Moines, IA), Athene Annuity and Life Company (West Des Moines, IA), Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York (Pearl River, NY), Athene Securities, LLC (West Des Moines, IA) and Athene Life Re Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda). ©2022 Athene. All rights reserved.
Offices: 7700 Mills Civic Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA 50266, US
