Position- Lead Engineer
Remote Work
Role:-
- Involved in early sprint planning and design to line up features that are in a state of readiness to be broken into User Stories that provide business value.
- Identify matches to existing product functionality and identify application gaps.
- Produce technical specification documents to support a strong implementation. This may include wireframes, UML, data models and diagrams.
- Ensure acceptance tests accurately articulate the business need for features, that these tests flow into the associated user stories, and that these are used to drive lean development.
- Create designs and support testing that is focused on achieving acceptance criteria of features/stories as part of the sprint and release cycles.
- Support ongoing development of features and provide guidance on design and priority decisions.
- Provide and enhance product documentation to support future support, extension and usage.
Required Skills and Experience
- Minimum 5 years Java development experience including JEE technologies such as:
- JSP, JMS, JNDI
- Application servers - experience with one or more of Websphere, Weblogic, Tomcat
- Databases: DB2, Oracle, MS SQL Server
- Development Tools: Apache, Jenkins, Ant, Maven, Junit, Eclipse, SVN
- Experience using one or more of the following middleware and integration technologies: SOAP (over HTTP/JMS), WebsphereMQ, SOA.
- Ability to translate business requirements to technical specification is essential to this role.
- Experience in Design or Analyst role would be an advantage.
- Strong understanding of current technologies and integrated I.T. systems.
- Experience in modelling complex data in a structured and flexible manner using OO Analysis and Design (OOAD) & notation (UML).
- Good process analysis and mapping skills.
- Experience of working in an Agile environment and working knowledge of Agile methodologies e.g. SCRUM, SAFe.
- User Experience focus and an understanding of how to shape and produce a product that is intuitive a key differentiator.
- Good logical and analytical kills.
- Excellent communication skills, with ability to explain complicated processes and concepts to non-experts.
- Fluency in verbal and written English essential.
- Knowledge & understanding of the insurance industry would be a distinct advantage.
Interested candidates can share their updated cv on kalpita.kotkar@everestek.com