Technical Lead - Software Engineering

About the position

The Technical Lead is responsible for technical design, planning and execution of solutions (projects or technical team's vision backlog). The Technical Lead will be a technical expert in Full-stack Open Systems Development & Integration and will be responsible for building and implementing technical designs by solving complex IT engineering challenges. Your work will include day-to-day interactions that foster relationships by partnering with many different roles such as Architects, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, etc. You're seeking to create a lasting impact at every opportunity, building technical solutions that sustain and deploy technical projects. Preferred location is in our corporate office in Neenah, WI, but will consider a remote arrangement for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers and engineers in the technical delivery of software.
• Provide leadership in the creation of strategic roadmaps focused on business and technology needs.
• Assist in backlog refinement to break down the roadmaps into executable work by the scrum teams.
• Act as primary technical liaison; manage communication between technical staff and all project team members.
• Assist in determining project tech stack.
• Assist in Proof of Technology, Proof of Concepts & Modeling of solutions for the organization.
• Manage technical debt decisions.
• Ensure the team's adherence to SECURA's published integration and development standards, security standards, and governance practices.
• Provide post-project thoughts, ideas, adjustments, concerns in regard to the technical aspects of the project.
• Cultivate and disseminate knowledge of integration and development best practices.
• Assist with code reviews according to SECURA standards.
• Work with business analysts and technical team to plan product releases, provide estimates, and resolve issues.
• Mentor team members in development, requirements gathering, and development methodologies and process.
• Identify product and project risks, communicate them to the team, and create mitigation plans.
• Drive continuous improvements initiatives.
• Help clear technical roadblocks by working with Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architects & other Technical Leaders & team members.
• Manage relationships with software vendors, escalating issues that require immediate action.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate's or bachelor's degree in IT related field or equivalent combination of education/experience.
• Approachability, willingness to share knowledge, and ability to work in a team environment.
• Strong problem analysis/resolution, organizational, planning and prioritization skills.
• Proven success leveraging technology to meet business objectives.
• Ability to clearly articulate design and implementation choices.
• Comfortable with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders.
• Results oriented, self-motivated, resourceful team player.
• Expert knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle [SDLC], application development methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• 5+ years of Full-stack application development experience in a corporate environment.
• Experience working with XML and JSON data formats.
• Experience/Familiarity working with Duck Creek API's.
• Experience working within the Duck Creek platform.
• Experience working on front end UI/UX solutions leveraging Duck Creek Policy.
• Experience with .NET 8, C#.
• Experience with HTML5, CSS3.
• Experience with Git.
• Experience with Responsive/Adaptive design.
• Experience with consuming RESTful web APIs.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the P&C Insurance industry.
• Experience with MS Azure API Manager a plus.
• Experience with Blazor, MVC.
• Experience with .NET Web API.
• Experience with SQL based Databases.
• Experience with JSON/XML.
• Experience with Package Management Tools (LibMan, NuGet, NPM).

Benefits

• Opportunities for continuous learning and career advancement.
• Competitive benefits.
• A culture that champions work-life balance.