The Principle Engineer will focus on the processes and disciplines around software creation and
deployment. They will drive reduced delivery lead time across the enterprise. This role will report into
the Development COE Leader.

We will count on you to:

Recruit the new engineering / SDLC team members, working in collaboration with the other COE leads. (Agile coaches, training, test engineering, and Devops)
Lead a team, or teams, developers working on the tooling to reduce lead time across the organization.
Develop standardized CICD delivery processes supporting Agile delivery
Develop and maintain best practice development frameworks and establish standards for modern development tools
Accelerate developer on-boarding, increase overall code quality and reduce time to market.
Develop practices and guidelines to improve consistency and reuse of code.
Provide technical guidance and educate team members on development practices releasing production-ready software on a regular basis.
Able to own the SDLCs and to improve them in partnership with other COE leaders bringing better quality software to market faster
Assist divisional development teams with filling open roles and skill sets that will evolve the organizations development practice, achieve lower cost, and promote faster delivery

What you need to have:

A senior development leader that has significant experience of software delivery using Agile
methodologies at scale. Must have systematically and effectively transformed development teams and
lead them on the “Agile journey”. They must be a thought leader in the Agile space and able to gain
the respect of the Heads of Development across the business units.
The holder of this role must be a strong leader, able to sell a vision, communicate well and motivate.
They must be able to engage with senior stakeholders, understand their challenges and influence
through compelling outcomes.

Must haves:

Has run development teams / delivery for 10+ years
Broad experience across multiple programming languages and frameworks with in- depth skills in JavaScript, Node and .NET or Java.
Understands how to develop reusable software components that can be consumed across units in the organization.
Comfortable with contemporary application development stacks including MEAN, MERN, Microsoft and other emerging open source technologies.
Experience designing and deploying applications on cloud infrastructure with providers such as AWS, Azure, or Google.
Experience building cloud native software architectures.
Experience working with Agile, Lean and Continuous Delivery approaches, such as Continuous Integration, TDD, Infrastructure as Code etc.
Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
Practiced experience refactoring, design patterns, design driven development, continuous integration, system and application design, application security.
Industry experience in end-to-end solution design and development of Microservices, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and object-oriented programming (OOP) models
Sound knowledge of various security models and best practices including but not limited to Application security, Authentication, Authorization, SSO, database level security, encryption schemes & standards
Strong experience working with SQL and No-SQL databases.
Working knowledge of networking, firewalls, load balancers etc.
Experience with large-scale, high availability server architectures
Experience in CI/CD pipeline to deploy applications, preferably in the cloud
The ideal candidate is an excellent communicator and has experience working with both technical and non-technical colleagues in a cross-functional environment.
Able to work collaboratively with peers from all divisions across MMC, able to lead discussions, build consensus and encourage adoption.
A lifelong learner with an appetite for change.

What makes you stand out:

Financial Services / insurance experience preferred
Work in large International firm with both distributed development teams

COE Principal Engineer