Technical Team Lead

Here at Jaroop, we are changing the way that insurance companies distribute their products to the marketplace through innovative and technology-based solutions. Jaroop works with agencies, carriers, and affiliates using business and technology solutions to stand up, operate, optimize, and scale insurance distribution. We are committed to enhancing creativity, allowing us to have an innovative atmosphere with driven values, flexibility, and commitment to our team members.

We are searching for a Technical Team Lead to lead one of our software teams,, and be responsible for ensuring that the team meets commitments made to the business and implements code according to the technical architecture that you specify. When implementation complications arise, you are able to recommend paths forward; whether it involves tweaks to the technical architecture or adjusting business requirements. You will be an integral part of the Engineering Leadership structure as the point-person between the Engineers "on the ground" and the business.

The Jaroop team works in a hybrid model where team-members have the option to work remotely or work from our West Hartford, CT office. We are looking for an individual who is motivated, effective, and able to excel in a remote work environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the engineering team's day-to-day activities so that implementation commitments are delivered on or ahead of schedule
• Collaborate with our Consultants, Solutions Architects, Business Analysts, and UX Designers to ensure that the engineering team delivers what our clients need and want.
• Create technical architecture documentation and diagrams for the project and ensure that the engineering team's deliverables are implemented accordingly
• Identify and convey technical considerations, risks, and trade-offs
• Contribute to the engineering team's implementation efforts

• Ensure that the code you deliver has an extremely high level of quality and an extremely low potential for defects that will surface in the production environments
• Author documentation of your code that is useful for your team members and other members of Engineering

• Dive into code with engineers as technical challenges arise
• Develop proofs of concepts as needed
• Train internal resources on technical topics
• Mentor engineers in best practices, technical knowledge, and collaboration
• Act as the scrum master for the engineering team

• Keep current with engineering best practices, design principles, technology, security, and compliance in order to apply that knowledge to all of the responsibilities above

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or similar engineering major
• 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership role (e.g. Lead Engineer/Developer or Team Lead)

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
• Experience engineering in linux and/or MacOS environments
• Experience engineering a SaaS product/platform
• Experience engineering a cloud-based architecture
• Experience engineering with containers
• Experience engineering with design patterns
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working as a member of a highly-collaborative engineering team
• US citizenship or authorization to work in the US

Bonus Points

• Insurance industry experience, preferably in distribution
• Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar engineering major
• Experience engineering with Java
• Experience engineering with React
• Experience with multiple languages, frameworks, databases, services, and tools
• Experience engineering with TDD
• Experience engineering with Scala and Play
• Experience engineering with message/event queues
• Experience with agile/scrum process methodology
• Experience communicating directly with clients
• Active participation in widely-used open source projects
• *Located in the Northeastern US

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, Roth 401k with company match)
• Paid Time Off
• Company paid Life, Short Term & Long Term Disability Insurance
• Training & Development
• Work From Home
• Flexible work/Core hours

Additional Information

Our organization participates in eVerify. For more information please visit our website.