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Technical Lead

Greater London, South East, England
£85000 - £100000 per annum
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Job Ref:BH-23362
Technical Lead – Digital Underwriting
London or Manchester | Hybrid (2 days per week in office) | Permanent
Up to 100K Bonus Benefits
 
We are currently looking for a Technical Lead to join a global reinsurance and specialty insurance organisation.
 
You’ll play a central role in the design, development, and delivery of cloud-native solutions that underpin a large-scale Digital Underwriting platform used across the US market.
 
What You’ll Be Doing
  • Lead the design and development of scalable, secure, and high-performance services for Digital Underwriting use cases, including pricing engines and rule-based workflows.
  • Write clean, efficient, and maintainable TypeScript / Node.js code, adhering to best practices.
  • Design and deliver cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure, with a strong focus on containerised services (AKS), App Services, and Functions.
  • Use Databricks to support data modelling, transformations, analytics, and pricing models.
  • Build, manage, and optimise CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
  • Apply cloud security, performance, and cost-optimisation best practices in a regulated environment.
  • Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and raise overall engineering standards.
  • Lead and contribute to technical design workshops with product owners, architects, data teams, and business stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with globally distributed teams across the UK, US, and Germany.
 
What We’re Looking For
  • Strong commercial experience in software development with hands-on technical leadership.
  • Advanced proficiency in TypeScript / Node.js.
  • Solid experience delivering solutions on Microsoft Azure.
  • Experience with containerised platforms (AKS preferred).
  • Exposure to Databricks or modern data platforms.
  • Proven ability to mentor engineers and lead by example.
  • Confidence running code reviews and technical design discussions.
  • Strong communication skills, able to translate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Insurance or reinsurance experience is beneficial but not required.
 
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