Lead Software Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities:

Design and develop back-end micro-services and REST APIs for web applications.
Collaborate with various front-end and back-end development teams on user-facing features and services
Work with platform & system architects on software and system optimizations & enhancements, helping to identify and remove potential performance bottlenecks.
Focus on innovating new and better ways to create solutions that add value and amaze the end user, with a penchant for simple elegant design in every aspect from data structures to code to UI and systems architecture
Stay up to date on relevant technologies, plug into user groups, and understand trends and opportunities that ensure we are using the best techniques, tools and practices.
Work with other software leads on developing and improving software development methodologies and processes.
Focus on design patterns, test driven development, enforce code quality and standards, and document APIs.
Lead & guide the fellow developers on the team through technical skill development and knowledge sharing.
Collaborate with Scrum Master, business and technical analysts, developers, QA, and other IT team members to understand business & technical requirements that drive the analysis, design, and creation of quality technical solutions.
Align technical solutions with business and IT strategic visions while complying with the organization's architectural standards.

Qualifications (demonstrated competence):

Expert knowledge of Java and related tools such as Spring Boot, JMX, JUnit, J2EE -> JPA, JAXB, Spring MVC, Maven
Hands-on experience using and developing REST APIs using microservices architecture
Working knowledge of distributed cloud computing architecture patterns
Strong understanding of git, bitbucket, Jira, confluence, swagger (API documentation).
Working knowledge of Relational (MS SQL Server, MySQL, Aurora) and NoSQL database systems (Mongo, Redis, or Memcached)
Working knowledge of Agile / Scrum methodology
Learns fast in a fast-paced environment
Ability to visualize, articulate, and solve problems to make informed decisions. Organize and analyze a solution as part of a whole and its individual components.
Respond well to change; handle multiple demands/priorities effectively; adapt to best fit with the situation at hand; handle conflict effectively; willing to accept new responsibilities; take initiative and be accountable.

Highly desirable but not required skills include:

Experience with cloud computing APIs (Amazon Web Services preferred)
Experience with cloud computing services (Amazon Web Services like Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, ECS, and RDS preferred)
Knowledge of dynamic server coding environments such as Python
Interest in emerging platform-as-a-service / distributed application frameworks such as ECS, Spring, and Docker
Interest in Server-less Architecture
Understanding of build tools such as Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild
Prior experience of Microsoft Stack of technologies including .NET and C#

Education Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology/Systems, related field, or equivalent experience
7 + years of relevant experience around design and development of distributed enterprise applications
Insurance industry experience a plus, but not required
AWS Certification - Solutions Architect/Developer