Lead Platform Engineer

• Work for a top-notch brand in the business insurance space across 26 countries with 11000 employees worldwide
• Part of expansion plan; New permanent role created
• Leadership; Development Team handling
• Open environment and a small and well-knit team.
• Playing a big part in their digital upgrade projects
• Flexible & hybrid (3days a week from office; Tuesdays & Thursdays anchor days)
• Auckland CBD based
• Salary : 160k NZD + 15% bonus

The role:

• Leading and managing a team of software engineers to design and develop software solutions for the organisation (approximately anywhere between 15 to 18 developers which includes Senior devs and contractors) reporting to the Head of Platform.
• Establish clear accountabilities for direct reports and build a strong culture of individual accountability and performance to ensure delivery of business goals.
• Provide technical direction, leadership and coaching to direct reports.
• Promote excellence through the attraction, continual development, and retention of high quality workforce with the knowledge, skills, and behaviours to deliver excellent outcomes and improved customer outcomes.
• Own the roadmap and backlog for platform enhancements, in collaboration with the Head of Platforms, architects, and business stakeholders.
• Responsible for the reliability, performance, security, compliance and scalability of assigned core technology platforms and ensure all audit actions are managed.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Solution Architects, Testing and Infrastructure teams to deliver outcomes.
• Act as a key point of contact for stakeholders relying on assigned platform services.

The ideal candidate:

• Experience as a Technical Lead / Team Lead / Development Manager / Lead platform
• A development Team lead who can think and bring ideas and best practices on the table along with proven examples of their capability to uplift their team members.
• Backend/fullstack development C# . NET (Non-negotiable) & Azure (non negotiable).
• Blazor (good to have).
• Should be based in Auckland or be able to relocate to Auckland (3days from office – Tuesdays & Thursdays mandatory).
• Insurance, Banking, Financial Domain (preferred).

Why this role?

• You will be a part of a growing organisation.
• Flexible work environment with work from home options
• Competitive salary & bonus
• Other perks : 5% matching super, 50% discounts of home and content insurance, Life Insurance, Trauma & Income protection, Discounted Health Insurance
• Collaborative, open work culture due to which a lot of our contractors like to keep coming back

If the role sounds interesting to you, apply today! Should you want more information, please call SWATI at 0220606355 OR email cv at sseth@welovesalt.com OR at dchoudhuri@welovesalt.com .

Pls note: A valid NZ work visa is a pre-requisite for all our positions as of now. In case any client is willing to sponsor an outstation international candidate, we would mention that separately.

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