Technical Lead - Insurance Platform Implementation

Job Description:

Technical Lead - Insurance Platform Implementation (React/Next.js · Node.js · AWS):

About the Role:

Bajaj Capital is building its digital insurance platform - end-to-end buy journeys for Health, Life and Motor insurance on the web, and a shared API layer that powers the same journeys in our mobile app. As Technical Lead, you will own architecture and delivery across a blended team of in-house developers and implementation vendors, code alongside them, integrate with multiple insurers, and run an AI-native engineering practice where AI tools are used to build, test, deploy and operate the platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build primarily with AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot or approved equivalents) across UI, API and infrastructure code; set up AI-ready repos with shared agent instructions (CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md), prompts and templates that vendors must also follow.
• Use AI for spec-driven development, insurer API mapping, test generation, PR review in CI, IaC and pipeline authoring, release notes, log analysis and incident RCA - with human review and ownership of every change.
• Enforce AI guardrails: approved tools only, no customer data, health declarations or secrets in prompts, no unattended merges or deploys, and extra scrutiny on payments, pricing and data access.
• Health: member and cover selection, quote comparison, medical/PED declarations, proposal, KYC, payment and policy issuance.
• Life: needs-based cover, term/savings quotes, benefit illustrations, proposal, e-KYC, medicals scheduling, e-sign and payment.
• Motor: vehicle lookup, IDV, NCB and add-ons, quote comparison, renewals, break-in inspection flows and instant issuance.
• Build in React/Next.js (TypeScript) with a shared design system, SSR/SEO, Core Web Vitals, accessibility, funnel analytics, drop-off recovery and A/B testing.
• Design and build Node.js (NestJS/Fastify) APIs with OpenAPI contracts, reused by web and the mobile app, with versioning, security and backward compatibility.
• Build an insurer integration layer that normalises quote, proposal, payment and policy APIs across insurers and aggregators; handle timeouts, retries, idempotency and reconciliation.
• Integrate payment gateways, CKYC/e-KYC, e-sign, communication services, CRM and the data warehouse; orchestrate long-running journeys (e.g., AWS Step Functions).
• Lead in-house developers and vendor teams as one engineering unit: define scope, acceptance criteria and architecture guardrails; review vendor code to the same standards as in-house code.
• Ensure Bajaj Capital owns code, IP and infrastructure; enforce documentation and knowledge transfer so the platform is never vendor-locked.
• Mentor in-house developers through pairing and reviews; own sprint planning, estimates and releases with Product and Business.
• Own the AWS architecture (ECS Fargate/Lambda, API Gateway, Aurora PostgreSQL, S3, CloudFront, KMS, WAF) in Indian regions, fully in Terraform/CDK, with CI/CD, observability and on-call.
• Build to OWASP ASVS/API Top 10 and PCI-DSS-aligned payment practices; protect health and personal data per the DPDP Act 2023, IRDAI guidelines and SEBI CSCRF, with InfoSec and Compliance.
• Maintain complete audit trails of quotes, disclosures, consents and proposals for regulatory and claims needs.

Technology Stack:

• Web: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind/design system, TanStack Query, Playwright, Jest/RTL.
• Backend & AWS: Node.js, NestJS/Fastify, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQS/SNS, Step Functions, ECS/Lambda, Terraform/CDK, GitHub Actions.
• AI: Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Amazon Q Developer, MCP integrations (Jira, GitHub, Figma, AWS), Amazon Bedrock.

Required Qualifications:

• 8-12 years in software engineering, including 3+ years with React/Next.js and 3+ years building production Node.js/TypeScript APIs.
• Has delivered high-conversion, transactional web journeys (insurance, lending, payments or e-commerce) with third-party API integrations.
• Hands-on AWS experience operating production workloads with infrastructure as code and CI/CD.
• Demonstrable experience shipping production software with AI coding agents, with concrete examples of workflows and results.
• 2+ years as a Tech Lead who has managed vendor/implementation partners alongside in-house teams; still codes regularly.
• Strong grasp of web and API security, OAuth 2.0/OIDC and handling of sensitive personal data.
• B.Tech/B.E./MCA in Computer Science or equivalent.

Good to Have:

• Insurance broking, web aggregator or insurer tech experience; familiarity with insurer APIs and IRDAI distribution requirements.
• Experience with benefit illustration engines, underwriting rules, motor pricing or renewal journeys.
• LLM features in products (e.g., plan comparison assistants on Amazon Bedrock) with evaluations and guardrails; AWS certification.

Success in the First Year:

• Health, Life and Motor buy journeys live on web and consumed by the mobile app, with multiple insurers integrated and strong conversion.
• A single in-house plus vendor team delivering through AI-assisted workflows, with full code ownership at Bajaj Capital and no vendor lock-in.

Skills

AWS, CI / CD, E-Commerce, Fastify, Insurance, NestJS, Next.js, Node.js, Payments, PostgreSQL, React, Terraform, TypeScript