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