About the Client
We are one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.
About the Role
Join our Database as a Service (DBaaS) team and help evolve a core platform used. We provide secure, stable, and easy-to-use database services with a strong focus on automation and self-service, supporting both private and public cloud environments.
We are looking for a hands-on Lead Java Engineer who combines strong development skills with the ability to guide technical direction when needed.
This is an individual-contributor technical lead role. You will spend most of your time designing, building, reviewing, and improving code, while taking technical lead on selected features, refactoring efforts, and cross-team initiatives.
Responsibilities
Engineering & Delivery
- Work with and improve a large existing Java codebase
- Drive incremental refactoring and modernization of legacy components
- Contribute to migration towards Spring Boot-based services
- Design, develop, and maintain services forming the DBaaS platform
- Participate in code reviews and maintain high code quality
- Troubleshoot issues and contribute to production support
- Collaborate with database engineers and other teams
Technical Leadership & Delivery
- Lead implementation of selected features and initiatives
- Drive pragmatic improvements in system design, reliability, and maintainability
- Contribute to architectural decisions with focus on practical solutions
- Support end-to-end delivery — design, implementation, testing, and operation
- Collaborate with product owners and other teams to refine priorities
- Apply agile practices to deliver incremental improvements
- Stay actively involved in implementation to keep decisions grounded in reality
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Strong experience with Java and backend development
- Experience building and maintaining RESTful services
- Experience working with large, complex codebases
- Proven ability to perform incremental refactoring and modernization
- Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals and clean code practices
- Experience with CI/CD, Git, and Docker
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Good communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
- Professional proficiency in English
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Spring Boot or modernizing legacy Java applications
- Experience with PostgreSQL and/or Oracle
- Understanding of distributed systems challenges (failures, retries, idempotency)
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
- Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and production troubleshooting
- Experience with asynchronous patterns (messaging, background processing)
What we are looking for
- Someone comfortable improving existing systems step by step
- Ability to balance technical quality with business needs
- A pragmatic mindset — choosing the right level of solution
- Ownership and accountability for delivered work
Nice to Have Skills
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