Technical Lead - FAST Policy Admin

Sioux Falls, Des Moines, Chicago, Fargo,

8+ years of experience in software engineering, enterprise application development, solution architecture, and technical leadership within complex distributed environments.

Proven experience leading end-to-end solution delivery across policy administration platforms, enterprise integrations, data ecosystems, and customer-facing applications. Strong hands-on experience designing and developing solutions with Java, Angular, Spring Boot, Type Script, Mule Soft, REST APIs, ETL/data integration, and enterprise application integration.

Experience with FAST Policy Administration or comparable insurance policy administration platforms.

Expert understanding of enterprise integration architecture, including API-led connectivity, service orchestration, event-driven architectures, messaging patterns, XML/JSON transformations, and system interoperability. Experience integrating enterprise applications across APIs, messaging, ETL, data platforms, mainframe systems, and downstream applications.

Demonstrated experience performing end-to-end impact analysis across dependent systems, identifying upstream and downstream impacts, technical dependencies, integration touchpoints, and enterprise-wide implementation considerations.

Experience designing and integrating solutions across policy administration systems, customer servicing platforms, correspondence systems, operational data stores, data warehouses, reporting environments, reinsurance systems, mainframe applications, and downstream enterprise consumers.

Proven ability to evaluate solution alternatives and determine appropriate solution placement across FAST configuration, Integration platform, downstream/data platforms to ensure capabilities are implemented within the most appropriate technology layer.

Experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git Hub, and modern Dev Ops practices.

Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Dev Sec Ops  practices, Git Hub, automated testing strategies, containerized deployments, Kubernetes, and modern software delivery practices. Experience with App Dynamics, Kibana, centralized logging, monitoring, and production troubleshooting tools.

Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex cross-platform production issues spanning FAST, APIs, integration middleware, databases, correspondence platforms, reporting systems, data services, and downstream consumer applications.

Experience using Git Hub Copilot, Claude Code or other AI-assisted development tools to improve requirements analysis, technical design, code quality, documentation, testing, troubleshooting and engineering productivity.

Experience leading technical design, architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical decision-making.

Strong experience defining technical roadmaps, technical enablers, modernization strategies, architectural improvements, and technology investment priorities.

Strong problem-solving skills and ability to operate in a fast-paced Agile delivery environment.

• Life Insurance or Financial Services experience.
• SAFe Agile experience, including PI Planning, feature refinement, technical enablers, and cross-ART dependency management.
• FAST Policy Administration implementation, configuration, integration, release, and production support experience.
• Experience with Snowflake, Kafka/event-driven architecture, XML/JSON, data mapping, reporting architectures, and enterprise data flows.
• Experience with mainframe technologies such as COBOL and DB2 or integration with mainframe-based systems.
• Experience driving platform modernization, technical debt reduction, observability, automation, and supportability improvements.