Full Stack Technical Lead

Kinsale Insurance is looking for individuals who are passionate about building innovative solutions that enhance business workflows and processes through quality and efficiency to join their development team. The Full Stack Tech Lead will provide both technical and team leadership to their assigned Agile team and development resources across the IT department. Contribute to complex, cost-effective solutions (both new development and the enhancement and maintenance of existing shared services) by preparing system specifications, development, testing, and implementation. Through coaching, mentorship, and hands-on development efforts, this individual will work to ensure that both the technical resources and environment can exceed expectations and delivering on the team’s committed objectives.

Responsibilities

Guide Agile team development efforts towards successful project delivery.

Own the overall technical delivery and implementation of business solutions that are developed by the team.

Analyze existing systems against IT and business strategies to make well-defined recommendations and execution plans for efficiency and architecture/design improvements aligned with our cloud strategy, team roadmap and target state architecture.

Review technical designs of systems, ensuring adherence to standardized proven design patterns and industry best practices where possible.

Actively seek optimization opportunities aligned with our environment, technology stack, and product selection framework.

Research and evaluate alternative solutions and develop recommendations to meet business needs.

Provide technical leadership to teammates by mentoring on standards, product vision, new technologies, design techniques, development best practices, security controls, etc.

Identify team skill gaps and recommend training and growth opportunities for team members.

Collaborate with team members, technical resources, and business stakeholders to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain business applications.

Provide leadership and technical guidance in the developer Communities of Practice, planning, prioritization, and Agile ceremonies.

Review both frontend and backend code and provide meaningful feedback to the development team responsible for implementing features.

Maintain high standards of software quality within the team and across the department by working with other team leads, managers, and technical resources in the establishment of best practices that align with our core values.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, technology or related field preferred

8+ years’ experience as a full stack developer including two years of technical leadership

Significant work-related experience on Java-based platforms/applications including involvement in at least two successful, enterprise-wide implementations

Significant work-related experience delivering frontend applications with modern web frameworks and/or libraries (Angular, Svelte, React, etc.).

AWS Certified Developer preferred

2+ years’ experience developing software and identifying solutions in the public cloud (AWS preferred)

Proven experience with Agile software development methodology

Familiarity with CICD practices and related tools such as Mend, SonarQube, Maven, and Git.

Demonstrated ability to stay on top of the latest trends and technologies in the industry and to identify opportunities for their use

Model IT core values of teamwork, customer focus, smart growth, and innovation

Additional experience in any of the following is a plus:

Event driven design patterns

Webpack configuration and bundle optimization

Micro Front-end architecture

Material Design, Storybook, Cypress, Jest

State Management and Reactive forms

Java Services using Spring Boot and Hibernate

Python Services using Flask

AWS Certified Developer accreditation

Leveraging AI toolsets such as Github Copilot and ChatGPT in the development process

At Kinsale we offer the following great benefits:

Competitive salary with performance-based bonus opportunities

Single and Family Health, Dental and Vision Insurance plans with HSA funds contributed

Short-Term and Long-Term disability

Life Insurance

Matching 401(k) with no vesting time period

Generous Paid Time Off and Holidays

$3K every year in reimbursement for education, certs, conferences and development