Solution Architect - IT

Job Responsibilities:

As a Solution architect specialising in Application Architecture, you will work closely with the CTO and the head of development in other centres to assist in planning the delivery of projects in cost- effective and time-efficient manner

- Lead and oversee the development of complex solutions that span multiple towers and/or encompass multiple service offerings

- Drive discovery process with the customer to understand their need for Insurance Policy Administration System (PAS) requirements.

- Understand the customer's operational process, their pain points, intended outcome of their requirements and provide suitable design and solutions, taking into considerations the current capabilities and future roadmap of the product.

- Plan build or development tasks by confirming objectives and specifications with the relevant stakeholders

- Ensure focus on Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) with special emphasis on code quality and unit testing

- Split requirement into manageable development features or modules for the team.

- Identify functional and non-functional constraints of the system and designs optimal solutions.

- Debug or troubleshoot coding bugs and provides fixes for the same

- Participate in application profile and performance benchmarking activities.

- Bring in industry best practices to all facets of software design and delivery process

- Occasionally involve in pre-sales activities such as product demonstrations, proposal writing etc.

- Suggest any improvements on the implementation process.

Essential Skills:

- Overall experience in the range of 14 to 18 years.

- 4+ years of experience on design and architecture.

- 10+ years of strong software development experience of designing and coding on enterprise web-based systems.

- Experience on Objected Oriented Design, Data modelling skills using UML.

- Experience with Java 8+; J2EE and Gradle/ Maven.

- Experience with Spring (Boot, Security) and other Java frameworks.

- Experience with BPM tools such as Camunda (preferred), jBPM, Activiti, Pega

- Experience with using Kafka and good understanding of Kafka Architecture.

- Experience with database applications such as Postgres, Oracle, MySql, DB2 and with JDBC and ORM tools.

- Experience with source control tools like Git , GitHub, BitBucket, Subversion.

- Experience with DevOps tools (e.g. Teamcity, Jenkins) and strategies.

- Experience with Unit Testing tools such as Junit 5.

- Experience with OpenAPI Specification (OAS).

- Exposure to authentication frameworks like OIDC (Open Id Connect) and Authorisation frameworks OAuth2.

- Experience using Agile development methodologies.

Desirable Skills:

- Understanding of ACORD data standards.

- Insurance Industry Experience.

- Experience with Integration frameworks such as Apache Camel.

- Designing and working with ESB / EAI and API gateway and management tools

- Cloud services and platform such as Azure and/or AWS, GCP.

- Knowledge of DevOps practices - Kubernetes, Docker, etc.

- Experience with servers such as Tomcat, JBoss and/or Websphere.

- Best practices on log management and deriving metrics - Elastic, Logstash, Kibana

- Consulting experience and/or Client engagement presentation skills.

Our promise to you:

At ChainThat, we foster an inclusive, supportive, fun yet challenging team environment. We value having a team that is made up of diverse set of backgrounds and respect the healthy expression of diverse opinions. We deliver on the promise of innovation. Come join us as we continue to change the world of insurance market with our technology. We are an equal opportunity employer.