PURPOSE:
Reporting to the Head of Digital, the position holder will be responsible for Digital Engineering. He/she will lead a team of talented engineers and work closely with other software engineering teams, business stakeholders, and program managers.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Recruit, hire, and develop high-performing software engineering teams.
- Mentor and coach team members to foster professional growth while building a positive, collaborative, and innovative team culture.
- Create career development plans and facilitate skills training for team members.
- Drive the design, development, and deployment of software applications.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and meet risk and quality standards.
- Establish and maintain engineering processes and coding standards.
- Advocate for and implement modern software engineering practices (e.g., CI/CD, DevOps, Agile).
- Provide technical leadership and guidance on complex software projects.
- Collaborate with architects and engineers to design and implement scalable, reliable, and efficient software solutions.
- Communicate progress, challenges, and opportunities to senior leadership.
- Identify and drive opportunities for technical innovation.
- Manage budgets and ensure cost efficiency within the engineering department.
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Academic and Professional Requirements
Experience Required:
Skills and Competencies: · Proven technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python · Strong technical expertise in software development, including programming languages, databases, and cloud technologies. · Proven ability to lead and motivate teams, build strong relationships, and resolve conflicts. · Experience in architecting and driving the implementation of large-scale distributed services. |
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| CIC Insurance Values | |||||||||||||||||
| CIC insurance Group is committed to providing excellent service, spur further growth and employees are required to align their behaviour to the following core values as critical to driving their performance;
· Integrity- Be fair and transparent · Dynamism- Be passionate and innovative · Performance- Be efficient and results driven · Co-operation- Live the Co-operative spirit |
If you have the aforementioned professional and academic qualifications and you are ready to execute the above mandate, strictly apply through: https://careers.cicinsurancegroup.com/ clearly indicating the position being applied for.
The application should reach us by close of business on 28th January, 2025. Please note only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us by 28th February, 2025 consider your application unsuccessful.
N/B: This job advert is open to both internal and external candidates.