Java Technical Lead

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Leadership - 50%
• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of web applications, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and customer needs.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership to the development team, including code reviews, architecture guidance, triage and problem-solving.
• Mentor and guide team members to deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable software.
• Implement and enforce best practices for security, performance, and code quality.
• Proactive ownership, assignment and delegation of critical and time-sensitive delivery of issue resolution and project tasks throughout the agile delivery life cycle.
• Highly experienced with Customer-First focus when collaboration with commercial and business operation teams.
• dvanced level experience with microservices architectures, development frameworks, internal and external 3rd party API integrations with Cloud-based SAAS technologies
•Application Performance & Security - 30%
• Monitor and optimize application performance, ensuring applications are running efficiently and reliably.
• Conduct regular security assessments and performance checks to identify and resolve potential issues.
• Oversee the application lifecycle, ensuring timely updates, releases, and enhancements.
Innovation, Collaboration and Continuous Improvement- 20%
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, integrating relevant advancements into the development process.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers and designers, to deliver solutions that meet customer needs.
• Enhance the application development process and drive innovation within the team.
Required / Desired Knowledge, Experiences, and Skills:
Common
Technical Expertise:
• Strong hands-on experience with Java development (JDK 1.7 and 1.8), including Java frameworks.
• Extensive experience with AWS native services including EC2, API Gateway, S3, SQS, SNS, ECS, CloudWatch, and Docker.
• Proven experience with event-driven architectures and managing applications that rely on such paradigms.
• Expertise in code repository management, including merging and unmerging with Git or Bitbucket, and managing code versions effectively.
• Strong experience with third-party collaboration and communication, ensuring seamless integration and coordination with external partners.
• Proficient in container management with Kubernetes, EKS, or similar frameworks, including cluster management.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, including local setup, configurati on, and troubleshooting.
• Extensive DevOps CI/CD experience, including hands-on with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins and Nexus Repository Manager.
• Strong troubleshooting and analysis skills, with a demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues.
• Experience with local setup and debugging, ensuring efficient development environments and resolving issues swiftly.
Methodologies and Practices:
• Experience with Agile methodology.
• Excellent communication and client interpersonal skills.
• Experience with Atlassian apps (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence) and IDEs such as IntelliJ.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Datadog.
Additional Experience:
• Core Java knowledge and experience with Hibernate, JPA.
• Experience with the insurance domain (optional).
• Basic knowledge of Python is a plus.
• Insurance policy lifecycle expertise includes understanding the end-to-end process of policy issuance, processing, and compliance.
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