About the Company
Leading Insurance Organization
About the Role
The candidate will be responsible for being the key conduit between delivery, developer, QA and release management team. They will be tasked at proposing budgets for projects and overseeing all the activities related to delivery each project under their fold. The candidate is expected to work along with different stakeholders across the organization to deliver quality products on time. The candidate in various occasions will also have to talk directly to vendors to get engineering aspects vetted to ensure timely and accurate deliveries. Engineering Lead is expected to create detailed solutions for any requirement and gets the same vetted across leadership.
Responsibilities
- Proposing and managing budgets for projects.
- Supervising the work of multiple teams.
- Planning and executing strategies for completing projects on time.
- Developing designs and products.
- Determining the need for training and talent development.
- Determining processes for cost reduction and management.
- Hiring contractors and building teams.
- Ensuring products have the support of upper management.
- Providing clear and concise instructions to engineering teams.
- Ensuring high quality, defect-free, scalable, and timely developments by his team using best coding practices.
Qualifications
- Master's or bachelor's degree in Engineering, management, or any other equivalent field.
- Has 15+ years of experience in the field of engineering.
- Has 10+ years of experience in the Appian projects in development team.
- Candidates having Insurance Industry experience is preferred on topics such as issuance, underwriting claims management in technology perspective.
- Has experience in managing large scale data migrations from legacy systems to cloud or external.
Required Skills
- Strong software development skills including proficiency in Appian with good understanding of software development methodologies such as Agile, Scrum and Kanban.
- Experience in database design and management is important, including relational databases like My SQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
- Experience with cloud computing technologies such as AWS with the ability to manage cloud-based systems.
- Results orientated with ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize projects and allocate resources appropriately.
- Up to date knowledge of latest industry trends in tech and processes.
Preferred Skills
- Proven leadership and management skills with the ability to optimize team performance and development.
- Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate and manage key stakeholders and suppliers.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
- An appreciation of and an ability to positively resolve issues arising from different cultures.
