Lead Software Engineer

Great Eastern; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a candidate to lead the support and enhancement of its General Insurance Core application system. This role requires hands-on support, incident resolution, and collaboration across teams. The ideal applicant will possess strong Java skills, SQL experience, and a minimum of 9 years in a relevant field. It’s essential to have a Bachelor's in Computer Science and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Flexibility to work outside standard hours is also necessary.

Qualifications

• Strong design and programming skills in Java and related technologies.
• Good working experience in SQL is a MUST, ETL will be an advantage.
• Experience in working on General Insurance related systems.
• Min 9 years of relevant working experience.
• Candidate must have good interpersonal skill and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead support and enhancement of General Insurance Core application.
• Provide 1st Level support for applications and incident resolution.
• Manage BAU activities including incident resolution and performance tuning.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers and promote DevOps culture.
• Conduct system and integration testing.

Skills

Java and related server side technologies

SQL

Micro services

UNIX and Linux

SCRUM and Agile methodologies

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or IT related disciplines

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

ETL

Job description

To lead the support and enhancement of General Insurance Core application system, particularly ensuring high availability, security, and performance.

The role involves hands‑on General Insurance Core application support, incident resolution, and collaboration across IT and business teams.

Provide 1st Level support for General Insurance Core application and other interfacing applications.

Provide quality technical solution, develop out of box solutions with considerations on meeting IT architecture standards.

Manage BAU activities including incident resolution, patching, and performance tuning.

Support onboarding of new applications and integration into General Insurance Core application system.

Accountable for implementation timeline on enhancement pertaining to General Insurance Core application, including product launch.

Monitor application vulnerabilities and apply mitigation strategies.

Lead and mentor junior engineers and promote DevOps culture.

Takes accountability, but not limited to, business requirements document, design / system architecture specifications, system test and integration plan, technical impact assessment and source code documentation.

Carry out day‑to‑day end‑of‑day processing support.

Manage and review vendor functional test results, deployment release note and package.

Provide periodical health report on General Insurance Core application.

Conduct system and integration testing.

Coordinate and work with business users, business analysts, project managers and other stakeholders on day‑to‑day basis on SIT, UAT and Production Support, users’ queries and database related issues.

Be able to analyze logs from servers and troubleshoot issues.

Qualifications

• Strong design and programming skills in Java and related server side technologies. (Java, J2EE, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, REST APIs).
• Good working experience in SQL is a MUST, ETL will be an advantage.
• Strong knowledge and experience with micro services required.
• Experience in working on General Insurance related system such as policy administrative system, analytics/reporting and product rules configuration is important.
• Good working experience in DXC suite of software such as Policy/M, Polisy400, Polisy/SEA, Integral P&C, VP/MS, Product Stage, Integral Business Analytics and PrintXpress, Integral Frontend and Ignasia will be added advantage.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, team-oriented environment with minimum direction and management oversight.
• Experience in UNIX and Linux is a must.
• Knowledge in container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) will be added advantage.
• Knowledge in Autosys will be an advantage.
• Experience in MQTT or Messaging protocol based technologies (Messaging and Async architectures) will be an added advantage.
• Good understanding of SCRUM and Agile methodologies will be added advantage.
• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, or IT related disciplines.
• Min 9 years of relevant working experience.
• Candidate must have good interpersonal skill, problem solving and business acumen.
• Ability to work after office hours, weekends and public holidays.