Development/Engineering Manager

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Job details

Company overview

We are a company that provides a wide range of services in the life insurance industry. We offer various insurance products for both individuals and corporations, including medical insurance, cancer insurance, income protection insurance, and pension insurance. We focus on providing optimal insurance plans tailored to the life stages and needs of our customers. Leveraging our strong financial foundation and global network, we deliver long-term security and trust. Additionally, we are committed to offering services utilizing digital technology, providing convenient and prompt services such as online contract procedures, insurance reviews, and after-sales support.

Responsibilities

The company. is currently hiring a Dev Team Manager to strengthen development team operations. The Dev Guidewire and Document Mgt team is in the Open Engineering Department, and manages customer facing applications used to create, quote and buy insurance products in addition to internal facing applications used to manage policies and claims. As the leader of the Dev Guidewire and Document Mgt team, you will leverage your communication, leadership and technical expertise skills to help define and implement best practices, collaborate with stakeholders and build the skills and capacity of the dev team to deliver high quality and user satisfying software solutions.
Main responsibilities:

• Operations
  • Write and review code in a hands-on manner. Give expert advice and coaching to the engineers in your team
  • Manage team members to develop and implement operational targets and contribute to the achievement of the department's goals
• Communication, Influence and Persuasion
  • Exhibit strong leadership and communication skills
  • Take responsibility for communication with internal and external stakeholders
  • Reach agreement by fostering a sense of satisfaction even when stakeholders have different opinions
• Innovation
  • Keep in touch with engineering trends and use this knowledge to form opinions on software architecture and technology to craft elegant, scalable and innovative solutions to complex challenges
  • Direct the team to propose new initiatives that bring added value and contribute to the achievement of the department's and company's medium to long-term strategic goals
• Knowledge
  • Lead by example and be the technical subject matter expert, with a broad understanding spanning both your own operational area and beyond
  • Develop and implement cross-functional and cross-departmental operational measures
• Professional Development
  • Build your team up, by identifying the skills and expertise necessary for success, and working together with them to define roadmaps that motivate them to achieve even greater results

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Prior experience in a technical leadership position
• 7+ years of experience as a software engineer developing web applications
• Technical competence with both front end and back-end development
• Expertise with Java, Gosu or another Java equivalent/similar language
• Japanese level: Business
• English level: Business

Salary

10 - 14 million yen

Location

Tokyo