Lead Application Developer

Description :

Our not-so-secret sauce.

Award-winning, inclusive, Top Workplace culture doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a result of hard work by extraordinary people.

More than 9,000 of the industry’s brightest talent drive our efforts to deliver purposeful work and meaningful impact every day.

Learn more about what makes us different and how you can thrive as a Lead Application Developer at MMA.

Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA) provides business insurance, employee health & benefits, retirement, and private client insurance solutions to organizations and individuals seeking limitless possibilities.

With 170 offices across North America, we combine the personalized service model of a local consultant with the global resources of the world’s leading professional services firm, Marsh McLennan (NYSE : MMC).

A day in the life.

As a Lead Application Developer on the MMA Application Development team, you’ll head a team of developers in the design, development, coding, testing, and debugging of applications.

These applications are vital to the success of the organization and add value to our client’s experience. As a lead developer you will both mentor and teach other developers, as well as promote MMA (Marsh & McLennan Agency) technology standards, process, and procedures of the software development life cycle.

Through servant-style leadership, you will manage a team of developers capable of handling complex projects and resulting in high-quality products.

Our future colleague.

We’d love to meet you if your professional track record includes these skills :

• A proven ability to lead an innovative, motivated Custom Application Development Team to enhance the business through collaboration, innovation, creative solutioning, and delivery excellence.
• A proven track record of successfully delivering highly scalable digital products while navigating complex, and sometimes urgent, and technically challenging questions and issues.
• Design, coding, testing and debugging new and existing applications within coding standards and best practice guidelines.
• A propensity for building strong relationships with all stakeholders, including internal project teams, business analysts, product owners, scrum-masters, developers, and testers.
• 10+ years of experience, with a proven track record of successfully delivering highly scalable digital products, including 2+ years of leadership experience.
• Hands-on experience with :

o Complex software product delivery in an Agile environment.

o Building distributed systems at scale based on microservices architecture.

o Object-oriented programming experience using languages such as Blazor, C#, .NET, IIS, SQL, and NoSQL databases.

o API Management systems like Apigee and Informatica, as well as REST API design and implementation.

o Azure and / or AWS public cloud technology stack

o Container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

o Continuous integration and robust build and test automation, including cross platform stacks and containerization (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, JFrog Artifactory).

o Code reuse to decrease time to market, create code uniformity, increase scalability and agility.

o Monitoring system performance trends and recommends improvement plans.

o Runing an Agile Development Pod using the Scrum framework to manage user stories, backlog, and sprints.

An interest in new technologies and trends in Open Source, UI, AI etc.

These additional qualifications are a plus, but not required to apply :

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Insurance or Finance Industry related knowledge

We know there are excellent candidates who might not check all of these boxes. Don’t be shy. If you’re close, we’d be very interested in meeting you.

Legal work authorization to work in the U.S. on a permanent and ongoing basis without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.

Valuable benefits.

We value and respect the impact our colleagues make every day both inside and outside our organization. We’ve built a culture that promotes colleague well-being through robust benefit programs and resources, encourages professional and personal development, and celebrates opportunities to pursue the projects and causes that give colleagues fulfilment outside of work.

Some benefits included in this role are :

• Generous time off, including personal and volunteering
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Remote Work
• Charitable contribution match programs
• Stock purchase opportunities
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