Lead Cloud Developer

WTW; Reigate; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the InsurTech space is seeking a Lead Cloud Developer to join their agile engineering team. You will play a critical role in designing and developing high-performance SaaS solutions, while also leading the development team to adhere to best practices in software engineering. You will contribute to both the architecture and implementation, ensuring reliability and user satisfaction across multiple products.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing cloud-based solutions.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture.
• Willingness to learn new technologies like Angular.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver product backlog with Product Owner.
• Lead implementation of product code for front and back end.
• Conduct proof of concepts using the latest technologies.

Skills

Cloud Technologies

SaaS

Agile Methodology

Microservices

Full Stack Development

Job description

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We are looking for a Lead Cloud developer to join our growing engineering organisation developing a wide range of market-leading InsurTech solutions. You will be working in flexible agile squads delivering value on multiple greenfield workstreams in the delivery family to deliver core foundational functionality that will be used by multiple SaaS product offerings across the business.

Although mostly a hands-on role, part of your time will be to technically lead the scrum team to ensure best practice SaaS is implemented.
You will play a key role in designing and creating new features and enhancing existing code whilst ensuring the multiple microservices that team is responsible for continue to meet high levels of reliability, maintainability, usability, and performance.

Although experience in Angular is not mandatory, a willingness to upskill and play a full stack role in the team is also required.

The Responsibilities

• Work with the Lead System Architect and Product Owner to define, refine and deliver the product backlog.
• Contribute to the design of SaaS software solutions meeting functional and non-functional requirements.
• Lead and guide implementation of product code (Front and Back End), following best practices for maintainability, testability and performance.
• Lead and guide implementation of test-related code (unit tests, test frameworks and associated automated test cases).
• Review and debug code to identify defects, performance bottlenecks or technical debt.
• Conduct PoC’s using the latest technologies and present the findings to technical and non-technical audiences
• Implement high-performance solutions targeting Azure using IaC.
• Optionally take on people management responsibilities.