Technical Lead

Company: MassMutual
Location: Springfield
Posted on: February 22, 2021

Job Description:

Do you want to be part of a team that encourages your growth, supports your ambitions and makes it a priority for you to reach your goals? Is helping people part of who you are? At MassMutual, we help millions of people find financial freedom, offer financial protection and plan for the future. We do this by building trust with our customers by being knowledgeable problem solvers and prioritize their needs above all else. We Live Mutual. Description ------ Responsibilities This is a role for a senior engineer that brings experience in standard web backend architecture delivery and management. The lead will be accountable for technical delivery, engineering excellence and quality design for the a sub-team within Data Integration/API Delivery Organization. Execution and Delivery

• Delivery is a critical success factor for this role. You will need to lead two scrum teams, 4 developers in United States and 4 in Romania to ensure timely completion of assigned work
• Lead the team through technical roadblocks, contributing technical development and design skills to the team.
• Partner with Project Manager/Scrum Master in understanding the level of agility and adoption of delivery methodology; coaching other team members in doing so
• Working within project planning constraints, communicating any identified project risks and issues to the project manager accordingly
• Effectively lead the team to translate and breakdown business and design requirements into engineering tasks, partnering closely with the PO.
• Lead the team to build efficiencies in "developer on call" process to support maintenance and issue remediation of the APIs: Debugging existing software and correcting defects
• Provide technical expertise and leadership to design, development, implementation, testing, documentation, and operation of systems and/or applications that support Mass mutual applications/platforms & integrations.
• Build complex system components integrating appropriate technologies as needed (e.g. creation, processing and consumption of Restful API endpoints)
• Lead the design of database schema, query and aggregate data.
• Expertise in understanding of algorithms and data structures (core SE concepts such as sorting, inserting sort, merge sort etc)
• Provide ongoing product support and maintenance to systems, with proven ability to think critically and componentize issues. Support other team members when they are stuck in debugging.
• Help others problem solve in team to resolve complex issues
• Analyze performance requirements & performance of current APIs and actively remediate tech debt with those.
• Assist in production setup, monitoring and roll out to partners Software Engineering Excellence
  • Accountable for enforcing use of SE Excellence principles in the two scrum teams being managed.--
  • Writing or reviewing software system documentation and ability to share knowledge is a must
  • Produce high quality work, that can be used to guide the work of other engineers, in order to lead by example.
  • Guide the enhancements of our code libraries through code reviews that conveys a strategic vision.
  • Focused on quality of the code and guide the team to use those principles- leveraging unit testing frameworks, reusable code design, clear documentation, pair programming, code reviews.
  • Shift Left mentality - work side by side with Software Testers to ensure speed of delivery & quality of the final product
  • Leverage unit testing frameworks, reusable code design, clear documentation, and code reviews.
  • Build mindset of building excellence - avoid developing one person silos on the code (share knowledge)
  • Contribute to the creation of content used to train other engineers on the use and organization of our libraries and frameworks in order to encourage reuse and consistency.
  • Lead appropriate documentation, following SE principles to ensure knowledge is transitioned. If you are building a component or adding on to a component the readme for the project should be updated so that any other developer could pull down the code and leverage it. Leadership
    • Mentor and guide the development efforts of other team members (around 7 developers including the team in Romania)
    • Develop collaborative partnerships with internal partners
    • Presenting to leadership and stakeholders and supporting coordination of technical decisions.--
    • Onboarding new team members to ensure they are able to get up to speed Required skills and qualifications - The qualifications that are needed for this role:
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      • 8 or more years of experience with designing and implementing complex solutions
      • Bachelors Degree in Engineering field
      • Leadership - We need a leader with team spirit and someone who can coach others to be better.
      • Quality Mindset - shift left mentality. A leader who has experience partnering with SDETs and automation of testing, believing in the fact that quality is accountability of the team and not just QA.
      • Critical Thinking - Open to support current APIs & guide teams if needed when they are on call
      • Agile Delivery - Comfortable with agile delivery/methodology (grooming, story pointing, acceptance criteria, definition of done). Lead by example of following these practices
      • Experience in developing REST services using Java or Node.js
      • AWS/Microservices
      • Spring Framework knowledge and experience
      • Able to implement processes and troubleshoot to continue to improve operational stability
      • Experience and understanding of Kubernete s (preferred)
      • Experience with API Management Suite (Plus)
      • Experience with generating technical documentation #LI-TM1 Why Join Us. We've been around since 1851. During our history, we've learned a few things about making sure our customers are our top priority. In order to meet and exceed their expectations, we must have the best people providing the best thinking, products and services. To accomplish this, we celebrate an inclusive, vibrant and diverse culture that encourages growth, openness and opportunities for everyone. A career with MassMutual means you will be part of a strong, stable and ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits. And your voice will always be heard. Recognized as a 2019 World's Most Ethical Company by Ethisphere, MassMutual is guided by a single purpose: We help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. As a company owned by our policyowners, we are defined by mutuality and our vision to put customers first. It's more than our company structure - it's our way of life. We are a company of people protecting people. Our company exists because people are willing to share risk and resources, and rely on each other when it counts. At MassMutual, we Live Mutual. MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.-- Full time R8232 About Us At MassMutual, we're fostering an inclusive and dynamic environment where our employees are valued for who they are and can build successful careers. For us, diversity and inclusion is more than a goal, it's the only way forward. --- 100% rating on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index (2018)
        --- National Association for Female Executives Top Company for Executive Women (2018)
        --- Disability Equality Index-- (DEI) Best Place to Work for Disability inclusion (2018)
        --- Working Mother Media 100 Best Company (2017)
        --- Military Friendly Employer (2018)

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