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This is a hands-on technical leadership role - leading a team of engineers across the front end, back end, and integration layer, setting technical direction, and building secure, scalable solutions that connect internal platforms with carrier, broker, and third-party partners. You will champion the use of AI-assisted development tools across the team and guide the adoption of AI capabilities, such as LLM-powered features, in our productsWhat will your job entail?\nKey Responsibilities:\nLead the technical design and delivery of full stack solutions, owning architecture decisions, standards, and best practices.\nMentor and coach developers, conduct code reviews, and foster a culture of quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement.\nPlan and estimate work with product and project stakeholders, break down requirements, and ensure on-time, high-quality delivery.\nDevelop responsive front-end interfaces and robust back-end services using modern frameworks and languages.\nDesign, build, and document RESTful APIs (OpenAPI/Swagger) with strong security (OAuth 2.0, JWT), versioning, and error handling, and define API standards for the team.\nBuild and maintain integrations across policy, claims, billing, and underwriting systems, and with carrier, broker, and third-party data partners, using APIs, messaging, and event-driven patterns.\nDrive the use of AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) across the team to speed up development, code review, debugging, refactoring, test generation, and documentation, while ensuring all AI-generated output is validated for quality and security.\nLead the integration of LLM and AI services (e.g., Claude, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI) into applications, including chatbots, document processing, summarization, search, and workflow automation.\nOwn CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategy, and cloud deployments, improving reliability and release processes.\nCollaborate with product, design, QA, DevOps, and business teams in an Agile environment, and communicate technical decisions to technical and non-technical audiences.\nRequired Qualifications\nExperience\n8+ years of full stack development experience, including 3+ years in a technical lead or senior leadership role.\nProven experience leading, mentoring, and growing engineering teams.\nExperience with solution architecture, system design, and technical documentation.\nTechnical Skills\nStrong back-end skills in C#/.NET, Java, Node.js, or Python.\nFront-end skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and React, Angular, or Vue.\nHands-on experience designing and consuming REST APIs and integrating third-party systems at scale.\nExperience with SQL and NoSQL databases.\nPractical experience using AI-assisted development tools and calling LLM APIs.\nStrong understanding of API and data security best practices.\nExperience with Git and CI/CD.\nPreferred Qualifications\nCloud experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP), containers, and serverless.\nAPI gateway and integration platform experience (e.g., Azure API Management, MuleSoft, Logic Apps).\nExperience integrating with CRMs, ERPs, payment platforms, and other systems using webhooks, message queues, and event-driven patterns.\nExperience implementing AI patterns such as prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), embeddings and vector search, and tool/function calling.\nExperience monitoring AI features for accuracy, cost, latency, and safety, applying guardrails and responsible AI practices.\nExperience with vector databases, LangChain or similar frameworks, and AI agent or MCP-based integrations.\nFamiliarity with microservices and event-driven architecture.\nKnowledge of data privacy and compliance considerations when working with AI.\nFamiliarity with ACORD standards and experience in the insurance or financial services domain.\n*****Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time*****\nRyan Specialty is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse workforce throughout the organization. Ourvision is an inclusive and equitable workplace where all employees are valued for and evaluated on their performance and contributions. Differences in race, creed, color, religious beliefs, physical or mental capabilities, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, and many other characteristics bring together varied perspectives and add value to the service we provide our clients, trading partners, and communities. Thispolicy extends to all aspects of our employment practices, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, discipline, firing, promoting, transferring, compensation, benefits, training, leaves of absence, and other terms, conditions, and benefits of employment.\nHow We Support Our Teammates\nRyan Specialty seeks to offer our employees a comprehensive and best-in-class benefits package that helps them - and their family members - achieve their physical, financial, and emotional well-being goals. In addition to paid time off for company holidays, vacation, sick and personal days, Ryan offers paid parental leave, mental health services and more.\nThe target salary range for this position is $128,000.00 - $160,000.00 annually.The wage range for this role considers many factors, such as training, transferable skills, work experience, licensure and certification, business needs, and market demands. The pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Full-time roles are eligible for bonuses and benefits. For additional information on Ryan Specialty Total Rewards, visit our website https://benefits.ryansg.com/.\nWe provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us to request an accommodation at \nThe above is intended to describe this job's general requirements. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. 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