Job description
The future of insurance starts with AI. To date, Shift Technology’s AI-powered products have benefitted more than 300 million policyholders globally by reducing underwriting risk, identifying more fraud, and automating critical tasks throughout the claims process. Shift harnesses the power of AI to enable the world’s leading insurance organizations to make better decisions. Our products help insurers improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and deliver superior customer experiences to their policyholders. Our culture is built on innovation, trust, and a drive to transform the insurance industry by imagining and innovating solutions that impact insurers and their customers - like you! We come from more than 50 different countries and cultures and together we are creating the future of insurance.
Our Engineering team lies at the core of the value we offer to our customers. We solve complex problems by working not only within our squads, but also by working collaboratively with other teams across the organization. If you are excited by solving complex technical challenges, this is the right place for you!
What you’ll do…
As the Team Lead within a squad, reporting to the Engineering Manager overseeing the team, you will play a key role in leading and growing a group focused on developing and maintaining our C# and React-based software stack. Your mission will be to drive engineering excellence, implement robust software practices, and ensure the usability, efficiency, and reliability of our decision automation framework, encompassing both UI and API components. You will collaborate closely to deliver scalable, impactful solutions that advance our AI-driven Insurtech platform
More specifically in this role you will:
- Mentor and support the growth of software engineers within your squad, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration.
- Actively participate in code reviews, offering technical guidance and ensuring adherence to best practices and coding standards.
- Lead technical projects, providing direction and fostering innovation to deliver impactful solutions.
- Take ownership of planning, implementing, and delivering complex technical products, ensuring timely and high-quality results.
- Adopt a data-driven approach, creating and refining frameworks to measure performance, reliability, and outcomes.
- Collaborate closely with product management to align technical strategies with business objectives and priorities.
- Partner with Data Scientists to provide them with effective tools and guidance, enabling timely and successful project delivery.
- Drive continuous improvement in processes and practices, ensuring the team operates efficiently and delivers exceptional results.
What you Bring…
- A minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience in software development, including significant expertise in C# and React.
- You have first hand experience in managing and mentoring teams, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and leadership
- Experience working with development teams across multiple time zones, comfort with working collaboratively and leading your team autonomously
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, working effectively with stakeholders across product, engineering, and business teams.
- You are excited about the challenge of delivering excellent service to our customers
- A proactive mindset, with a track record of taking ownership and driving innovation.
- You have experience working with agile methodologies
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive multiple projects at a time and prioritize tasks accordingly
- You often come up with innovative ideas to find a solution to intricate problems, and know how to get your teammates behind them
- Strong communication skills and fluency in English.
Recruitment process
- Talent Acquisition screening call
- Hiring Manager interview (Technical & Managerial)
- Two technical interviews, with Backend and Frontend Engineers
- Final interview with a Group Engineering Manager
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To support our permanent, full time employees at every stage of their careers and lives, we provide a competitive total rewards and benefits package. Here are the global benefits we’d like to highlight:
- Flexible remote and hybrid working options
- Competitive Salary and a variable component tied to personal and company performance
- Company equity
- Focus Fridays, a half-day each month to focus on learning and personal growth
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Mental health benefits
- 2 MAD Days per year (Make A Difference Days for paid volunteering)
Additional benefits may be offered by country - ask your recruiter for more information. Intern and Apprentice position are eligible for some of these benefits - ask your recruiter for more details.
At Shift we strive to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from and hire people who will contribute to the diversity of our company, without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other non-merit criteria.
Shift Technology is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our application and employment process. Should you require accommodation, please email [email protected] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
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