| Company |
Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) |
| Job title |
Lead Software Engineer |
| Job location |
Chesterfield, Missouri, US |
| Type |
Full Time |
Responsibilities:
- Leads a team of developers; oversees development team quality of work, timelines, and project risks without supervision.
- Designs, develops, tests, deploys and supports API-based systems focusing on industry best practices with a cloud-first emphasis.
- May supervise or manage four or fewer employees, and responsible for team’s performance; coaches and mentors team members.
- Seeks continuous quality improvements for supported products.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements & Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of software development experience
- Master’s degree and/or LOMA certification
- Proficiency in multiple tools of the full stack covering frontend frameworks, databases, and deployments
- Proficiency in a variety of general programming languages
- Proficiency in Test-Driven Development
- Experience with a variety of database technologies
- Proficiency in containerization
- Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies
- Demonstrated ability to lead small teams or projects
- Advanced ability to solve complex problems, drawing upon creativity, experience, and multiple sources of information
- Advanced communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex or difficult information
Insurance and/or reinsurance industry knowledge
- Experience with AWS, GCP or other cloud provider
