Software Engineer Technical Lead

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. The focus will be on building a front-end Agent 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 regard 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:

• 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
• Experience working with XML and JSON data formats.
• Experience/Familiarity working with Duck Creek API’s
• Experience working within the Duck Creek platform.
• Experience working on front end UI/UX solutions leveraging Duck Creek Policy
• Experience with the following:
• .NET 8, C#
• HTML5, CSS3
• Git
• Responsive/Adaptive design
• Consuming RESTful web APIs

PREFERRED:

• Experience in the P&C Insurance industry.
• Experience with MS Azure API Manager a plus.
• Experience with the following:
• Blazor, MVC
• .NET Web API
• SQL based Databases
• JSON/XML
• Package Management Tools (LibMan, NuGet, NPM)

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.