Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

Summary As a Lead Engineer you will join our highly skilled Product team. Your role will be responsible for solution design, translating business requirements and terms into product design and technical concepts. You will also engage in active development to deliver those solutions. You will be working closely with Product Owner, Analyst and Architect and your role will be crucial for the team to fully own, design, plan and deliver end-to-end feature implementation. Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned. )Involved in early planning and design to line up features that are in a state of readiness to be broken into User Stories that provide business value .Produce solution design with relevant technical specification documents to support a strong implementation. This may include wireframes, UML, data models and diagrams .Identify matches to existing product functionality and identify application gaps .Work closely with developers and QA engineers to deliver best design and implementation of features within the tea mSupport ongoing development of features and provide guidance on design and priority decisions .Provide and enhance product documentation to support future support, extension and usage . Education and/or Experienc e Minimum 5 years Java development experien ceExperience in developing, debugging and troubleshooting enterprise web applicatio nsExperience in modelling complex data in a structured and flexible manner using OO Analysis and Design (OOAD) & notation (UML ).Experience of working in an Agile environment and working knowledge of Agile methodologies e.g. SCRUM, SAF e . Knowledge, Skills and Abiliti esAble to independently analyze requirements and come up with a sound and sustainable solution desi gnAbility to translate business requirements to technical specification is essential to this rol e.Excellent communication skills, with ability to explain complicated processes and concepts to non-expert s.Knowledge & understanding of the insurance industry would be a distinct advantag e. Technical Ski llsJava, REST, SOAP, JSP, ORMApplication servers - experience with one or more of JBoss, Tom catDatabases: Ora cleDevelopment Tools: Gradle, Jenkins, Junit, G it Language Ski llsAbility to speak the English language proficiently, both verbally and in writi ng. Travel Requirem entsThis position may require adhoc occasional tra vel.