Senior Technical Lead IS Non-Life Distributed Backend

The Information Systems Non-Life Distributed Backend team, responsible for supporting backend delivery projects, enabling technological transformation, and leading transversal technical projects across the Non-Life division, is looking for a senior technical lead. The role focuses on leading a team of developers and technical initiatives, orchestrating workshops with .NET developers to spread knowledge and best practices, supporting code reviews and quality control with in-house tools and packages, helping define technical solutions with architects when needed, providing technical support on migration projects, and ensuring strong communication adapted to different project stakeholders.

The consultant will work within the IT organization on multiple initiatives and support technical project implementation. In this role, the consultant will:

• Provide support to .NET developers on Azure-related patterns and technical integration between on-premise and cloud systems
• Act as SPOC for defining the strategy for application lifecycle management and framework upgrades
• Act as SPOC for cross-team technical coordination
• Follow up issues impacting project delivery and manage related communication
• Contribute to application performance improvement
• Support modernization and compliance of existing assets according to internal standards
• Coach and lead junior and medior profiles
• Participate in documentation of transversal processes
• Streamline communication impacting development flow toward project leaders, team leaders, analysts, and developers
• Participate in the setup of new integration patterns

Main objectives

• Develop .NET solutions, including APIs and background worker processes
• Apply strong knowledge of Azure Integration Services, especially Azure messaging spaces
• Organize workshops to share knowledge with developers and analysts
• Perform code reviews and promote best practices
• Act as SPOC for transversal technical initiatives or integrations impacting the Non-Life information systems domain
• Help build a positive team spirit
• Participate in technical and process documentation

Additional objectives

• Ensure regular progress reporting to management
• Help share workload on delivery projects when needed

Mandatory soft skills:

• Ability to work autonomously and proactively take initiative
• Excellent prioritization skills
• Comfortable with cross-team collaboration
• Critical thinking
• Strong motivation to work in a pure technical environment
• Dynamic, pragmatic, diplomatic mindset
• Problem-solving attitude
• Strong ownership and commitment
• Strong communication skills, including speaking in front of a developer audience

Mandatory experience:

• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in .NET backend, including APIs and background worker processes
• Minimum 3 years of experience with Azure Integration Services

Preferred experience:

• Client data domain knowledge
• Insurance sector knowledge
• Experience with .NET Core and migration of .NET applications to recent versions (6 to 8+)

Mandatory technical skills:

• Excellent technical skills in .NET C# and Entity Framework
• Strong knowledge of Azure Messaging space and Azure Active Directory
• General knowledge of IT platforms
• Continuous improvement mindset for processes and applications
• Ability to write technical documentation and lead workshops for developers and analysts
• Participation in performance optimization of critical assets
• Contribution to delivery projects and sharing of code best practices
• Structured and efficient communication on project progress to concerned parties
• Code reviews and technical coaching for other developers
• Microsoft Office tools, at least Word and Excel