Tech Lead - SmallTalk

Position Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of software engineers in the Smalltalk space, ensuring the successful delivery of projects within agreed timelines and quality standards.
• Participates on technology project teams; effectively interacts with business partners, Business Analysts, Architects, Quality Assurance Specialists and management; takes ownership and accountability for own work, as well as, the work of the team.
• Adheres to project management methodology and standards applicable to assigned work
• Contributes towards defining timelines and project plans; analyzes and estimates feasibility, effort, time and compatibility.
• Generates more complex technical assessments, develops solution alternatives, evaluates options, and provides recommendations considering efficiency and cost effectiveness to achieve complete solution development, problem resolution and/or system maintenance that meets the business need.
• Complies with architectural and coding standards; considers re-use of existing software structures along with future maintainability of solutions.
• Develops and executes test scenarios and test cases for unit and integration testing.
• Delivers quality solutions for both new and existing applications of varying complexity and scope while adhering to software development best practices; solutions are delivered in a timely manner, meeting or exceeding established SLAs or timelines.
• Collaborates effectively with third-party vendors as required.
• Participates in on-call production support of applications/platforms in multiple environments; escalates issues following procedures to minimize system downtime.
• Ensures full compliance with all IT policies, procedures and controls.
• Mentors developers within the department and within Chubb approved consulting teams.