What are the responsibilities and job description for the Tech Lead position at ACORD?
Position Summary
The Technical Lead will cultivate and maintain a variety of client, server and web-based applications. They will be responsible for developing software applications based on client requirement and make enhancements according to project specification.
Position Responsibilities
- Work with IT to help design and implement tools and services needed to support the business;
- Design, develop, test, debug and document programs that meet user needs and specifications;
- Deliver high-quality systems and meet project deadlines;
- Maintain and improve existing programs;
- Gather, organize and manage information/requirements from users and various levels of management;
- Assist with ad-hoc reporting and special requests;
- Work on a variety of projects (multi-task);
- Ability to quickly learn and work on new technologies and implement POC;
- 40% hands on development activity / remaining time spent as a liaison between the Stakeholder and agile scrum team members
- Manage offshore associates
Education & Essential Skills
- BS in Computer Science;
- Strong Full-Stack Lead;
- Strong understanding of object oriented design and programming principles;
- Agile development methodology including DevOps mode;
- QA and Testing Tools and Methodologies;
- Self-motivated, energetic and with a very positive attitude;
- Excellent verbal and written skills with the ability to communicate clearly and be easily understood;
- Good attention to detail and ability to produce work quickly, accurately, and independently;
- Ability to think analytically and complete projects with minimal supervision;
- Excellent prioritization, planning, organization, time management and multitasking skills;
- Troubleshooting - debugging, problem solving;
- Ability to think "out-of-the-box";
- Background in the banking sector and/or insurance;
- Java/J2EE/Design Patterns;
- Single Page App;
- Working knowledge of AWS
- Proficient in design/deploying application in Cloud;
- Knowledge of API;
- Knowledge of static code analysis tools (CheckStyle/PMD/Sonarcube) and Testing framework JUnit.
Experience
- 10 years of development experience using Core Java
- 8 years experience in Application Architecture / Design Framework Capability
- 6 years experience using Spring Boot
- 5 years experience using Microservices Architecture
- Experience with working on webservers and applications servers like Tomcat, Jboss, Websphere
- Experience with code management and automation tools like GIT, Jenkins, Maven
- Experience in messaging area: ESB Integrations
- Background in banking sector and/or insurance a plus.
