Senior Technical Lead

Within GOSP Generali Operations Service Platform, we are looking for a Senior Technical Lead to support our Global Digital Factory in delivering and driving the following key activities:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of software products and strategic technology initiatives, being hands-on on both frontend (Flutter, modern web) and backend (Java/Spring Boot, microservices) codebases.
• Define and evolve solution architectures aligned with business goals and enterprise standards, ensuring consistency across distributed systems.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to squad teams, supporting critical design and implementation decisions with direct code involvement if necessary.
• Drive engineering excellence through modern development practices, automation, CI/CD pipelines, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure solutions meet security, performance, scalability, reliability, and operational requirements, owning security by design across the full stack (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, OWASP, secure design patterns).
• Own security, compliance and risk assessments, as well as cloud policy and cloud adoption evaluation.
• Collaborate with architects, product owners, scrum masters, and business stakeholders to transform requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Promote engineering standards, governance practices, and a culture of quality and accountability across the organization.
• Coordinate distributed and multidisciplinary teams across multiple countries, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps, modernization programs, and strategic transformation initiatives including AI-enabled engineering adoption.
• Mentor engineers and help develop the next generation of technical leaders within the team.

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of proven, hands-on experience in software engineering, with a strong track record of delivering complex solutions in enterprise environments.
• 5+ years in a Technical Lead or Senior Technical Lead role, with direct responsibility for architecture decisions, team guidance, and delivery of production systems.
• Proven hands-on expertise across the full stack including devOPS practices: backend development with Java and Spring Boot, and frontend development with Flutter and/or modern web frameworks. The candidate must demonstrate direct, hands-on coding experience on both frontend and backend codebases.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in application security: OAuth2, OpenID Connect, secure design patterns, OWASP best practices.
• Experience in the insurance or financial services industry, or in similarly regulated and complex enterprise environments (e.g., banking, healthcare, telecommunications), is strongly preferred.
• Experience working in international, multi-country delivery programs with distributed teams.
• Knowledge of the English language (CEFR B2 reference level or above).

Hard Skills

• Solution Architecture and Enterprise Design.
• Software Engineering, Distributed Systems, Java and Spring Boot.
• Cloud Platforms (AWS and/or GCP).
• DevOps, CI/CD, Automation, Containerization and Kubernetes.
• Security by Design: OAuth2, OpenID Connect, Secure Design Patterns and Best Practices.
• Flutter and Modern Mobile Development.
• AI-enabled Engineering, including tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and modern Generative AI platforms with an understanding of LLM architectures, AI integration patterns, and AI governance principles.
• Technology Governance, Engineering Excellence, and Agile Delivery.
• Technical Leadership, Mentoring, and Stakeholder Management.

Soft Skills

• Strong technical leadership skills, with the ability to inspire teams, drive accountability, and foster a culture of ownership and continuous learning.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including C-level management.
• Proven ability to mentor and develop engineers, building high-performing teams.
• Ability to operate autonomously across architecture, engineering, security, and stakeholder management domains.
• Predisposition to simplify processes and reduce complexity.

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