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.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Insurance
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