Junior Software Engineer at MetLife
Cary, NC
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Jul 10, 2026
Cary, NC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level software engineering role aimed at recent graduates, focused on building and supporting full-stack applications — covering UI, APIs, and data layers — with an emphasis on integrating AI and machine learning capabilities. Day-to-day work spans requirements gathering, coding, testing, deployment, and resolving production issues within an agile team. Suits candidates with academic or internship exposure to software development and at least one programming language.
Junior level · National · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The posting is explicitly framed as an 'Early Career Technologist' role targeting new college graduates and those with only internship or academic project experience — seniority is assessed as Junior despite no numeric level in the title.
The programming language requirement lists Java, Python, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, and COBOL as interchangeable examples of 'at least one' language — Java is used as the primary with the others captured as alternatives.
Cloud familiarity (Azure/AWS/GCP) is listed under required qualifications with 'e.g.' framing, indicating any one cloud platform satisfies the requirement; all three are captured as alternatives.
Secure coding and automated testing appear together as a single 'basic knowledge' bullet under required qualifications and are split into two separate skills.
AI/ML frameworks (LangChain, Hugging Face, TensorFlow, Semantic Kernel) and Azure OpenAI appear under the Preferred Qualifications section and are marked accordingly.
No compensation range is provided in the posting.
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