The Technical Lead is responsible for technical planning and execution of technical solutions (projects or technical team's vision / backlog).
The Technical Lead will be a technical expert in Full-stack Open Systems Development & Integration and will be responsible for building and implementing technical designs by solving complex IT engineering challenges.
Your work will include day-to-day technical leadership of a small team and gaining the respect of your teammates. You're seeking to create a lasting impact at every opportunity, building technical solutions that sustain and deploy technical projects.
RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Lead a team of developers and engineers in the technical delivery of software. Focus will be on but an Agent Portal to include a front-end Quoting solution on top of Duck Creek Policy.
- Provide leadership in the creation of strategic roadmaps focused on business and technology needs.
- Act as primary technical liaison; manage communication between technical staff and all project team members.
- Assist in determining project tech stack.
- Assisting in Proof of Technology, Proof of Concepts & Modeling of solutions for the organization.
- Manage technical debt decisions.
- Ensure the team's adherence to SECURA's published integration and development standards, security standards, and governance practices.
- Provide post-project thoughts, ideas, adjustments, concerns in regards to the technical aspects of the project (what went well, what did not go well, suggestions for improvements, etc.).
- Cultivate and disseminate knowledge of integration and development best practices.
- Assist with code reviews according to SECURA standards.
- Work with business analysts and technical team to plan product releases, provide estimates, and resolve issues.
- Mentor team members in development, requirements gathering, and development methodologies and process.
- Identify product and project risks, communicate them to the team, and create mitigation plans.
- Drive continuous improvements initiatives.
- Help clear technical roadblocks by working with Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architects & other Technical Leaders & team members.
This can involve working on new standards and guidelines and adjusting existing ones.
Manage the relationship with software vendors, escalating issues that require immediate action.
QUALIFICATIONS : ESSENTIAL :
ESSENTIAL :
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in IT related field or equivalent combination of education / experience
- Approachability, willingness to share knowledge, and ability to work in a team environment
- Strong problem analysis / resolution, organizational, planning and prioritization skills
- Proven success leveraging technology to meet business objectives
- Ability to clearly articulate design and implementation choices
- Comfortable with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders.
- Results oriented, self-motivated, resourceful team player
- Expert knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle SDLC , application development methodologies, tools, and techniques
- 5+ years of Full-stack application development experience in a corporate environment
- Design and / or development experience in automated data transfers, both real-time and batch, and familiarity with security requirements for data in-flight
- Advanced understanding of API development and related patterns (REST, HTTP / S and SOAP)
- Experience in the following languages, C#, VB.NET, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java Language
- Experience working on front end UI / UX solutions leveraging Duck Creek Policy
- Experience working with XML and JSON data formats
- Experience / Familiarity working with Duck Creek API's
- Experience working within the Duck Creek platform
PREFERRED :
- Experience in the P&C Insurance industry
- Hands-on experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and Anypoint Studio a plus
- Experience with MS Azure API Manager a plus
The preferred location of this position is for our corporate office in Fox Crossing, WI, but we will consider a remote / work from home arrangement for the right candidate.