Consultant IT

Job Profile Summary

We are seeking a Technical Lead with strong hands-on engineering experience in designing developing and delivering scalable enterprise applications. This role requires deep technical expertise across full-stack development API-driven architecture cloud-enabled delivery automation quality practices and engineering leadership to ensure reliable secure and high-performing solutions.

The Technical Lead will provide technical direction own solution design guide development teams review engineering deliverables and collaborate closely with Product Owners architects developers QA engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into robust technology solutions. The role is accountable for architecture alignment code quality API and integration design CI/CD adoption production readiness and continuous improvement across delivery teams.

Key Skills

• At least 12 years of engineering experience
• Strong communication skills with passion for quality and attention to detail and ability to lead a team of 7 Engineers across Development & Test Automation
• Experience working across teams and driving alignment across multiple stakeholders
• Significant experience with Java (Spring Boot preferred) React JS Next JS.
• Strong knowledge of server-side rendering (SSR) static site generation (SSG) and API-driven development
• Significant experience designing and building scalable RESTful APIs and microservices
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code GitHub Copilot Cursor ChatGPT or similar platforms to support code generation refactoring test creation debugging documentation and developer productivity.
• Ability to use AI coding assistants responsibly including validating generated code following secure coding practices maintaining code review discipline writing effective prompts and protecting confidential information.
• Strong understanding of web performance optimization accessibility and responsive design.
• Experience building applications from concept/design architecture development production deployment
• Strong understanding of design patterns and architectural approaches such as MVC MVVM layered architecture microservices and event-driven architecture
• Experience with authentication/authorization (OAuth JWT SSO)
• Good in cloud platforms (AWS) and containerization (Docker Kubernetes)
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Use/Integrate with Observability tools App D Splunk etc.
• Strong knowledge of database technologies (SQL/NoSQL PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB etc.)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (Git)

Domain Experience (Added Advantage)

Experience working with US Insurance domain (Group Benefits Billing Claims Enrolment etc.)

Familiarity with platforms or business processes related to MetLife Sun Life or similar insurers will be a strong advantage Understanding of regulatory compliance and customer experience aspects in insurance systems

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Architect and design end-to-end full-stack solutions across frontend and backend systems
• Review engineers pull requests and mentor them on coding standards scalability and best practices
• Collaborate with UX/design teams to ensure consistent intuitive and responsive UI/UX patterns
• Design and develop scalable secure APIs and backend services
• Build and maintain high-performance React/ applications
• Lead development of server-side rendering and SEO-friendly web applications
• Manage application deployments across environments including Dev QA UAT and Production
• Define and implement CI/CD pipelines for web applications
• Responsible for production support (PROD support) on a rotational/on-demand basis ensuring system stability and quick issue resolution
• Ensure high test coverage (unit integration and UI tests) and enforce quality gates.
• Ability to guide and influence test automation via AI.
• Lead the adoption of coding standards architectural guidelines and best practices
• Champion the adoption of AI-assisted development practices using tools such as Claude Code GitHub Copilot Cursor ChatGPT and similar platforms to improve code quality automation refactoring documentation productivity and engineering consistency
• Evaluate and recommend new frontend/backend technologies and frameworks
• Design solutions for security scalability and high availability
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver complex technical initiatives
• Work shift: Work in overlapping time zones with US teams on the East coast as required

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

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