Lead IT Architect

About us 

bolttech is an international insurtech with a mission to build the world’s leading, technology-enabled ecosystem for protection and insurance. With a full suite of digital and data-driven capabilities, bolttech powers connections between insurers, distributors, and customers to make it easier and more efficient to buy and sell insurance and protection products.

A part of Pacific Century Group, bolttech serves customers in multiple markets across North America, Asia and Europe.

In this position you will…

Our IT R&D team in the Polish part of bolttech consists of over 60 people, including Developers, PMs, Leaders, and Testers. We create software for internal business needs, including integration with external partners. The systems are also developed by external suppliers. The IT Architecture and Integration team you will lead currently consists of 4 people. This team is responsible for integration between systems, standards in the SDLC process, architecture, and development of shared services. 

In this role, you will combine the functions of an Engineering Lead and a Team Lead, thus performing a role that both creates software development standards, design and build it solutions.

You will be responsible for…

1. Defining  technical goals and roadmap in response to the organization's strategy and needs.

2. Creating IT solutions concepts based on collected business requirements and actively participate in implementation.

3. Searching for optimal IT solutions

4. Standardization of IT architecture and integration

5. Standardization of SSDLC processes and tools.

6. Developing and maintaining technical documentation

7. Backlog management of your team (common services and integration)

8. Team work management (delegating tasks, motivation)

9. Development of team members, including leadership, mentoring and coaching,

10. Planning and verification of tasks based on established priorities and goals

11. Cooperation with Technical Solution Managers, stakeholders, Product Owners, external customers and suppliers

12. Improving processes organizing team work

13. Implementing best practices in IT Systems development (design patterns, methodology, toolset)

14. Defining and measurement of IT systems metrics

15. Verification and evaluation of proposals for technological changes

16. Analysing and assessing team work results for the purpose of optimizing organizational processes

17. Keep technical knowledge up to date and inspire others.

18. Additional tasks assigned by the superior

To be successful you will require the following competencies & skills

…we expect you to be able to demonstrate the following key competencies and skills:

Education: Preferred higher education in Computer Science or other technological fields

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years as an IT manager of a development team

• Minimum 2 years in a similar position as a technology leader (e.g.IT Solutions Architect)

• Minimum 3 years as an active developer (preferred technology .Net)

Technical Skills:

• Broad IT knowledge in the area of cloud solutions

• Expert level in .Net and architecture

• Very good understanding of Microsoft .Net technologies

• Very good knowledge of Jira

• Familiarity with AWS and/or Azure cloud solutions

• Knowledge of programming tools and CI/CD

• Familiarity with UML notation and architectural design tools

• Experience in defining architecture, integration – knowledge of design patterns, performance, scalability, and security issues of IT systems

• Experience as an IT systems developer (object-oriented language, integrations, services, components, databases)

• Experience in shaping architecture and designing using tools like Enterprise Architect

Managerial and Organizational Skills:

• Leadership skills and assertiveness

• Ability to manage scope and planning

• Excellent organizational skills

• Very good communication skills in Polish and English (minimum C1)

• Conflict management

• Ability to manage dependencies (system and team)

• Knowledge of SCRUM methodology

• Dynamic personality, not afraid of challenges, openly communicating with stakeholders at various levels of the organizational structure

• Proactivity and initiating new solutions

• Experience in managing business needs and changes in IT ecosystems

• Bold and open view on architecture – experience in creating system development visions

• Experience in managing a technology team (task delegation, scope management, people management)

• Experience in creating and implementing IT standards and procedures

• Experience in contract management and vendor management

• Very good communication skills, business empathy

• Engineering mindset

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