technical manager Princeton, NJ
Job description
Company
Munich Re America Services
Location
Princeton , United States
IT Senior Application Developer – Tech Lead
Information Technology Services Delivery
We’re adding to our diverse team of experts and are looking to hire those who are committed to building a culture that enables the creation of innovative solutions for our business units and clients.
The Company
As a member of Munich Re Specialty Insurance (MRSI) operations, we offer the financial strength and stability that comes with being part of the world's preeminent insurance and reinsurance brand. Our risk experts work together to assemble the right mix of products and services to help our clients stay competitive – from traditional reinsurance coverages, to niche and specialty reinsurance and insurance products.
The Opportunity
The Tech Lead will be part of a cross-functional Agile development team to deliver high-quality digital solutions across a broad range of innovation initiatives , while championing quality and good coding practices.
The right candidate will have strong design and technical delivery skills while remaining future focused.
Major Accountabilities:
- Designs, builds and maintain efficient, reusable and reliable code leveraging agreed or established specifications and standards.
- Integrates developed applications and standard components for end-to-end business solutions.
- Establishes and enforces coding standards and code templates.
- Translates use cases into functional applications by developing prototypes to validate business hypothesis or architecture design.
- As part of our DevOps mode (build, own, run), supports stable and smooth maintenance of the products.
- Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
- Creates required business and/or technical documentation to support product needs including documentation for security and operational compliance.
- Collaborates with the Global Development community - The development teams at Munich Re typically consist of internal external consultants and provider resources across multiple locations onshore and nearshore.
- Willing to Coach and Mentors junior members of the team.
Successful Candidate Qualifications:
- 14+ years of experience in hands on software development, demonstrating in depth knowledge of clean coding, object-oriented development principles, patterns, and agile development practices.
- Strong programming background and knowledge of building and implementing applications in the cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP) and delivering interactive web sites and user interfaces
- 14+ Years’ experience in implementing solutions using either Microsoft Tech stack (ASP. Net Core, C#, Visual Studio / VS Code).
- Experience with micro service architectures, containers and cloud services (including integrating with micro service).
- Expertise in modern API technologies: REST APIs, API guides, API guidelines, API management, JSON, Swagger, Authentication mechanisms (OAuth2, JWT, TLS).
- Background in frontend technologies, e.g. JavaScript, Angular, React, Polymer, jQuery.
- Knowledge of Interface technologies like web-services: O/JDBC, XML, SOAP
- Clear understanding of DevOps principles, preferably with VSTS and Git - source control, branching, merging and code reviews.
- Working knowledge of Azure DevOps for code versioning and solution continuous deployment.
- Knowledge of maintenance topics like version control, automated deployment/testing and experienced with usage and design of databases (SQL Server, NoSQL).
- Know-how about TDD (test driven design), unit testing and automated testing (frameworks).
- Excellent analysis, modeling, and design skills; ability to apply consistent architectural patterns and coding frameworks to new development efforts.
- Good interpersonal communications skills; competency to interact with business users as well as team members in a professional way.
- Bachelor’s Degree – Computer Science / Information Systems specialization preferred
- Comprehensive understanding of the MRSI landscape and detailed knowledge of how the unit operates today is highly preferred
- Highly organized, energetic, and charismatic change leader, who has the ability to unite a team around a specific objective and build partnerships.
- Knowledge of product and project management principles and practices.
- Strong influencing skills and ability to share a vision and convince others to embrace and embed in their organization.
- Consulting and collaborative working style creating a culture of accountability and sharing.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to communicate across all levels of the organization and simplify complex concepts and issues.
- Ability to work in a demanding, fast-paced environment, dealing with ambiguity.
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