Technical Director for Insurance Platforms
About Our Organization
We are a leading business with a history of launching exciting new services that make a difference to our millions of customers.
The role works closely with product managers, business analysts, delivery managers, and other stakeholders to define technical requirements and deliver features that align with business goals.
You'll have the opportunity to mentor and guide a team of skilled Java developers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
* Develop and implement scalable solutions in our cloud-designed microservices environment using deep understanding of AWS, Java, Spring Framework, and other relevant technologies.
* Oversee the software development lifecycle, from planning and design to deployment and maintenance, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products.
* Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, continually integrating new ideas and best practices to enhance our web applications.
Critical Success Factors:
* Strategic and technical alignment
* Hands-on experience as a software engineer in an enterprise with high scaling, availability, and performance requirements running on cloud-based infrastructure
* Effective communication and influencing skills
What We Are Looking For:
* Experience in Technical Leadership, and demonstrable ability to motivate self and others with a passion to mentor
* Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical requirements effectively to the business and across multidisciplinary teams
* Ability to identify and resolve complex technical challenges, ensuring the stability and reliability of our applications
* Strong demonstrated technical experience in Java using spring framework, AWS, relational databases (MySQL, Postgres etc.), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible etc.), containerisation (Docker, ECS etc.)
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