**Tech Lead (Backend) – Agency Applications | 12-Month Contract (Renewable)**
We are looking for a hands-on Tech Lead to join a group-level digital transformation project focused on insurance agency applications. The solution will be implemented across multiple countries in Asia. This is a balanced role – approximately 50% hands-on coding and 50% technical leadership & stakeholder management.
Key Responsibilities
**Technical Leadership & Stakeholder Management**
– Lead the design and development of scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs for agency applications
– Drive technical solutioning and architecture decisions in collaboration with business, product, and other technology stakeholders across markets
– Define and enforce backend architecture standards, coding standards, and development best practices
– Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and provide technical mentoring to the development team
– Identify and mitigate technical risks, performance bottlenecks, and security vulnerabilities
– Act as the technical point of contact, managing expectations and communicating progress clearly with regional stakeholders
**Hands-on Development**
– Design and develop enterprise-grade applications using Java technologies
– Build and maintain microservices-based architectures supporting insurance agency business processes
– Design RESTful APIs and event-driven integrations with internal and external systems
– Optimize application performance and database operations for large-scale transaction processing
– Ensure solutions meet scalability, reliability, security, and regulatory compliance requirements across markets
**Database & Integration**
– Design and manage MongoDB data models, collections, indexing strategies, and performance tuning
– Integrate with policy administration systems, CRM platforms, payment gateways, customer portals, and third-party insurance services
Requirements
– 6+ years of software engineering experience with Java enterprise applications
– 3+ years of experience in a Technical Lead or Team Lead capacity
– Strong hands-on experience with **Java** and **MongoDB**
– Proven project experience in the **Insurance** industry (digital transformation or agency digital projects highly preferred)
– Experience delivering large-scale backend systems in regulated environments
– Strong experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
– Solid stakeholder management skills – able to work effectively with business and technology teams across regions
– Fluent English communication skills (spoken and written); Cantonese is a strong advantage
Contract Details
– 12-month contract, renewable
– Hybrid working arrangement
If you have solid insurance project experience and are comfortable balancing hands-on development with technical leadership and multi-country stakeholder engagement, we would like to hear from you.
