IT Development Manager

JUST ONE; Kentucky; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Job summary

JUST ONE is a multinational insurance group seeking a senior software delivery leader to own end-to-end development. You will drive SDLC adherence, architecture alignment, cloud-first delivery, and DevOps practices while managing backlogs and budgets.

You will collaborate with IT Architecture, Delivery, and Solution Design teams to ensure secure, scalable applications and mentor high-performing engineers and leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field and 8+ years software engineering experience.
• 4+ years in a lead/manager role overseeing multiple squads or teams.
• Proven track record delivering large, mission-critical applications in finance/insurance.
• Experience modernizing legacy systems and driving cloud transformation.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end software delivery from design to post-go-live support.
• Ensure SDLC adherence and drive continuous quality improvements.
• Manage backlogs, estimates, KPIs, and delivery using Jira and similar tools.
• Ensure architectural design alignment across applications with IT teams.
• Drive cloud-first development, CI/CD, and DevOps across core apps.
• Manage technical debt and align with IT strategy.
• Embed security/privacy-by-design and regulatory compliance.
• Support disaster recovery, business continuity, and audit readiness.
• Plan workloads, allocate resources, and provide timelines and budgets.
• Report progress to senior management and governance committees.
• Maintain technical documentation, API catalogs, and runbooks.
• Develop high-performing teams through coaching and mentoring.

Skills

.NET / C#

REST APIs

Microservices

Angular

React

React Native

Azure

CI/CD

DevOps

Architectural design

Jira

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Informatics or a related quantitative field

Master's degree (MSc/MBA) is a strong plus

Tools

Jira

Git

Azure

Docker

Job description

For a leading multinational insurance group.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end software delivery, from design and development through testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.


• Ensure adherence to SDLC standards and drive continuous improvement in software quality, development processes, and productivity.


• Manage development backlogs, estimations, KPIs, and delivery performance using Jira and other relevant tools.


• Ensure architectural and design alignment across applications in collaboration with IT Architecture, Delivery, and Solution Design teams.


• Drive cloud-first development, modern API design, CI/CD adoption, and DevOps practices across critical applications.


• Manage technical debt and ensure alignment with the overall IT strategy and technology roadmap.


• Embed security-by-design and compliance-by-design across all software development activities.


• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and security requirements, including DORA, GDPR, the EU AI Act, and Solvency II IT requirements.


• Support disaster recovery, business continuity, audit readiness, and operational resilience across the application landscape.


• Plan and prioritize development workloads across BAU and strategic projects, ensuring effective allocation of internal and external resources.


• Provide delivery estimates, timelines, capacity planning, budget input, and ongoing monitoring of development activities.


• Report delivery progress, risks, KPIs, and key issues to senior management and relevant governance committees.


• Ensure comprehensive technical documentation, API catalogues, runbooks, and knowledge-transfer processes are maintained.


• Build and develop high-performing technical teams through clear objectives, performance management, mentoring, succession planning, and targeted training.


• Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing while ensuring business continuity and reducing key-person dependencies.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Informatics or a related quantitative field. Master's degree (MSc/MBA) is a strong plus.


• Minimum 8 years of experience in software engineering, with at least 4 years managing development teams (multiple squads / team leaders).


• Proven track record of leading delivery of large, mission-critical applications, ideally in insurance, banking or financial services.


• Experience managing both legacy modernization (e.g., Cobol, mainframe-style core systems, large Oracle databases) and modern stacks (.NET, web/mobile, APIs, cloud).


• Demonstrable experience driving cloud transformation, CI/CD and DevOps adoption.


• Strong command of .NET / C#, web technologies (Angular/React/React Native), REST APIs, microservices and event-driven architectures.


• Strong Skills Oracle PL/SQL and familiarity with core insurance systems will be considered a plus.


• Hands-on understanding of Azure (or equivalent cloud), CI/CD pipelines, Git, containerization and infrastructure-as-code.


• Ability to inspire and develop senior engineers and team leaders.


• Excellent organizational, planning and prioritization skills under multiple competing demands.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.


• Excellent communication skills, able to engage with executives, business owners, auditors and technical teams.


• Fluency in Greek and English (written and spoken).

• Annual Gross Compensation: Base Salary €70.000 - €85.000


• Career development and growth opportunities