PHI - Lead- Data Architect

prudential; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Prudential Health India (PHI) is seeking a Lead/Principal Software Engineer for a deep-technology role based in Mumbai and/or Mangalore with work-from-office emphasis. The position targets 12-15 years of experience and focuses on building a cloud-native, microservices-oriented platform for health-insurance solutions.

The candidate will deliver core integration layers and platforms spanning customer, distribution, partnerships, and core areas.

Qualifications

• 7-18+ years of hands-on engineering experience in enterprise-grade solutions.
• Strong understanding of architecture and strategy in technology.
• Experience delivering backend services and platform components.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, unit test, and implement software for backend systems supporting mobile apps, SDKs, micro-frontends, WhatsApp, and ecosystem partners.
• Develop open APIs and capabilities for seamless integration with ecosystem partners.
• Build world-class, reusable platform capabilities as RESTful services with production-grade code.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise-grade solutions

Microservices

REST APIs

Cloud

Job description

Prudential's purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people's career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.

Prudential (UK) in partnership with HCL group plans to set-up a standalone Indian health insurance company to address the growing healthcare needs of the Indian consumer.

This joint venture will combine Prudential's global expertise in insurance and financial services with HCL Group's experience in technology and healthcare solutions.

Prudential, with its longstanding presence in India, already operates two leading businesses in life insurance and asset management with the ICICI Group. Prudential was also the proud sponsor of the 1983 Cricket World Cup, India's first World Cup Victory!

Prudential Health India is a Zero to One team undertaking a no-legacy, greenfield health insurance deployment in India, building journeys that truly empathize with the customer and offer a differentiated experience.

Lead/Principal Software Engineer

Note: The title will depend on (1) Experience (2) Expertise and (3) Performance. So the title could be: (Senior Manager) Lead Software Engineer (Asst. Director) Principal Software Engineer

Deep technology role

Experience: 12 - 15 years.

Location: Mumbai and/or Mangalore

Work from office only

Job Profile Summary

PHI intends to build a cloud-native, microservices-oriented, loosely coupled & open technology platform, which is tightly aligned to health-insurance domain, and built expecting to be reused while anticipating change .

The PHI platform will be made up of multiple applications supporting different business functions, which are well-integrated and well-orchestrated.

The applications could be COTS (Common-Off-The-Shelf) vendor software, or Prudential Group software capabilities, or software built by in-house PHI engineering team.

All applications need to adopt common services, platforms, architectural principles, and design patterns.

The right candidate will be accountable to deliver technology artefacts to business stakeholders, in the fastest time possible , with least gaps , best quality , and clarity on how the technology and business requirements can be delivered and tested at pace, with minimal gaps, and best quality.

Requirement gaps, change requests, non-integrated journeys, bugs in UAT, NFR failures - all these would signal poor quality deliverables by this candidate.

We are looking for 4 candidates . Each of them will need on a specific core engineering areas : These candidates will focus on engineering solutions for building core integration layer and platforms stitching all of PHIs applications across customer, distribution, partnerships and core areas.

Job Description

Deeply understand the long-term architectural direction, with emphasis on reusable components, and the interactions between the various applications.

Work with TDMs, BAs, and Solution designers to understand business requirements and engineer technology solutions considering functionality, interoperability, performance, scalability, reliability & availability & other applicable criteria.

Design, develop, unit test, and implement software programs for backend systems supporting mobile apps, SDKs, micro-frontends, WhatsApp, and ecosystem partners. Establish standards for platform development.

Conceptualize and incorporate reusable development frameworks.

Create specifications and detailed plans, write code, own unit, performance, and functional testing, and play an active role in rollout and launch.

Work closely with other engineers, designers, R&D, analysts, product managers, and other teams and stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes for the company.

Develop open APIs and capabilities required to enable seamless integration across ecosystem partners.

Use data-driven insights to guide the development of programs and apps that meet user needs.

Develop world-class and reusable platform capabilities as RESTful services with flawless code continuously delivered in production.

Follow and contribute to defining and ensuring adherence to architecture and coding standards.

Keep up with innovativeness to build world-class propositions using bleeding-edge technologies, frameworks, and best practices to bring differentiation through technology.

Who we are looking for

Technical Skills & work experience:

MH: Proven hands-on experience of engineering enterprise grade solutions with overall experience between 7 - 18 years

MH: Demonstrated ability to understand technology and architectural strategy & p