Technical Lead - Java

Job Titl: Technical Lead - Java

HM Ideal Job Title Technical Lead Insurance Policy Booklet Generation

Duration: 6-12 mo CTHire

Location : Hartford, CT (Hybrid 3 days) relocation is acceptable local or regional priorized

Daily Schedule 8:00 AM 5:00 PM ET Number of Openings 1

CSA Screening MUST include availability Submittal Limit (per Supplier) 2

Interview Mode Virtual is acceptable, Onsite interview is a clear plus especially for second round interviews. Specify in your submission.

Java Technical Lead

API Design:

o Strong background in good API design, understanding restful practices, and scalable API architecture.

o Experience in defining clear open APIs.

o "They're a lead developer for developers."

Responsibilities:

o Leading the effort to develop and wire APIs into Pega workflows for automation.

o Primarily focused on Java development, not Pega coding.

Additional Skills:

o Experience writing MCP clients tools is highly beneficial for creating AI agents to wrap APIs.

Responsibilities:

o Responsible for implementation, production, support, and testing.

DevSecOps and Cloud Deployment

DevSecOps is implemented in the CI/CD pipeline.

Developers are deploying applications and maintaining DevOps pipelines using enterprise tooling.

API developers should be writing APIs for cloud deployment, specifically AWS gateway.

Candidates should be proficient in CI/CD, Jenkins, and GitHub.

API Developer Expectations

Modern API developers should be fully conversant on DevSecOps pipelines and writing for the cloud, including Terraform scripts.

They should know how to monitor application health on AWS and configure pods and clusters.

Missing these skills is a "big red flag."

Story Behind the Need Business Group & Key Projects

Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition

Candidate Requirements

Years of experience required

Degrees or certifications required

Disqualifiers

Best vs. average

Performance indicators

• The contractor will lead solution design and hands-on technical direction for back-end services and data modeling supporting policy booklet generation. Work includes new development plus targeted refactoring/modernization to reduce technical debt and simplify extension to new products.
• They will define integration patterns/APIs, support testability and quality, and provide technical leadership through design reviews and code reviews.
• Required: 8+ years software engineering with strong Java, 4+ years in technical lead/solution architect capacity, experience in enterprise application architecture, data modeling/legacy simplification, microservices/API design, and cloud (AWS).
• Experience with document generation/templating/content assembly frameworks is a HUGE plus.
• Insurance/ Employee Benefits Candidates will be priorized

Top 3 must-have hard skills

Level of experience with each

What are the top 3 skills that your ideal candidate would have? (Years of experience with each)

1

Java (8+ years): enterprise back-end development, service design, code quality and reviews, technically leading others (4+ years).

2

Technical Design & Data Modeling (5+ years): simplify complex legacy models; design extensible, product-agnostic data structures.

3

AWS & Cloud-Native Engineering (3 5+ years): cloud services, security/IAM, CI/CD, observability; building scalable APIs/microservices.

Candidate Review & Selection

Shortlisting process

Second touchpoint for feedback

Interview Information

and Expectations

Availability of HM for interview:

Immediately

Number and Type of Interviews:

Interviewing can begin immediately. Anticipated process: 2 rounds. Round 1: technical interview (Java, architecture, data modeling, AWS/cloud patterns). Round 2: solutioning/leadership interview (technical design, refactoring and simplification approach, trade-offs, stakeholder collaboration). No formal coding test required; expect whiteboarding and design discussion using prior examples.

Extra Interview Prep for Candidate

Be prepared to discuss an example where you simplified an overly complex architecture/data model, including before/after diagrams, trade-offs, and measurable outcomes.

Job Description: Technical Lead to lead the design and development of the Policy Booklet Generation module within a policy administration system. Responsible for reviewing and simplifying an overly complex architecture, streamlining and extending the data model to support multiple employee benefits products, defining integration patterns and APIs, and providing hands-on technical leadership (design reviews, code reviews, mentoring) through delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Technical & Design Leadership

• Provide technical oversight, technical designs and documentation, and hands-on engineering for the Policy Booklet Generation module within the broader policy administration platform.
• Assess and simplify the current application architecture, identifying areas of redundancy, inefficiency, and technical debt.
• Develop technical designs at application level for a scalable, modular, and maintainable Policy Document Management module that is aligned with Solution Architecture Conceptual designs and Enterprise Architecture standards & patterns.
• Design an extensible data model and framework capable of supporting multiple employee benefits product types.
• Define integration patterns, API specifications, and interface contracts with upstream/downstream systems.

Delivery Leadership

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional development team, providing guidance on engineering best practices and coding standards.
• Drive technical decision-making across the development lifecycle, ensuring solutions meet performance, reliability, and security requirements.
• Oversee the implementation of new software components and refactoring of legacy components.
• Conduct code reviews and architecture reviews.
• Partner with product managers, business analysts, solution architects and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical designs.