Application Development Team Leader

Company: Primerica
Location: Duluth
Posted on: April 4, 2021

Job Description:

Join Our Team Our Company headquarters is located in Duluth, GA. The 367,000-square-foot building houses 1,700 employees who provide first-class support to our sales force as they build their business and serve clients.For eight years in a row, Primerica has been recognized by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as one of the best workplaces in Georgia! Over the past six years, Primerica has consistently been voted "Best Employer" by Gwinnett Magazine.Due to COVID-19, most of our employees are working from home. We have implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview candidates by phone or video conferencing, and we are onboarding new employees both onsite and remotely. We value the safety of every member of our community. About this Position As a Technical Delivery Lead, you will work with Business, Product Owners, vendors, 3rd parties, Architects, and our internal teams to lead the delivery of software applications for Primerica. Drive development and deployment of our Rep and Client facing applications and mobile applications. Responsibilities & Qualifications ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS--

• Gather estimates from the development team for projects and features, challenging the team appropriately to ensure that estimates are realistic. Measure results.--
• Address internal and external technical risks, issues, and dependencies, even when ownership lies outside the team. Escalate appropriately,--especially when timelines could be impacted.--
• Represent development in external status meetings, communicating technical approach and challenges on behalf of--the--development team.--
• Understand the systems architecture,--application architecture, and integrations of the software applications being developed.--
• Work with--shared services and back-end development teams and/or 3rd party developers--to--ensure successful delivery of necessary APIs--and data.--
• Drive collaboration across internal platform development teams, ensuring that features and implementations for each platform remain in sync.--
• Support application--deployments,--work closely with developers, and quality assurance to ensure successful software releases, and enforce proper procedures to be followed. Own go/no-go decisions.
• Participate in software architecture and design reviews and advocate for prioritization of tech debt.--
• Document technical and systems requirements (functional and non-functional), as needed.--
• Enforce--Primerica's--technical standards and best practices are being followed.--
• Thoroughly comply with all documented security policies and procedures, SDLC artifacts--and verify that all deliverables meet those requirements.--
• Identify opportunities for quality improvements on software development productivity and predictability.--
• Suggest improvements to delivery processes based on new technologies, tools, and methodologies.--
• Ensure efficient transition to support team with a documented--hyper-care--plan.-- ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES--
  • Keep up to date with the latest software development technologies and methodologies.--
  • Work on learning existing Primerica applications, API's and data.
  • Maintain working knowledge of high-level software architecture principles as well as--Primerica's--technical standards and best practices.--
  • Work on internal documentation, training, and other special projects, as required.--
  • Perform other duties, as assigned.--QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS--
    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or proven relevant experience
    • 4+ years' software industry experience--as a developer and or Team Lead experience--
    • Minimum 2 years of experience working in a leadership role--
    • Experience delivering consumer-facing--mobile--applications and/or websites--
    • Hands-on experience with agile software development methodologies--
    • Strong, demonstrated analysis and problem-solving skills-- FLSA status:
      This position is exempt (not eligible for over time):Yes Our Benefits:
      • Day one health, dental, and vision insurance
      • 401(k) Plan with competitive employer match
      • Vacation, sick, holiday and volunteer time off
      • Life and disability insurance
      • Flexible Savings Account & Health Savings Account
      • Professional development
      • Tuition reimbursement
      • Company-sponsored social and philanthropy events It has been and will continue to be the policy of Primerica, Inc., and its subsidiaries to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless ofrace, sex, color, religious creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, pregnancy, ancestry, military service or veteran status, genetic or carrier status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any classification protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. At Primerica, we believe that diversity and inclusion are critical to our future and our mission - creating a foundation for a creative workplace that leads to innovation, growth, and profitability. Through a variety of programs and initiatives, we invest in each employee, seeking to ensure that our people are not only respected as individuals, but also truly valued for their unique perspectives. Since 1977 Primerica has been a Main Street Company for Main Street North America. Our mission is to create more financially independent families. Led by CEO Glenn Williams and President Peter Schneider, our 2,000 employees are proud to be an integral part of achieving Primerica's goal to help families become financially independent. Primerica employees support our representatives as they provide education and financial solutions to their communities through term life insurance, mutual funds, annuities and other financial products. We insured approximately 5 million lives and have more than 2 million client investment accounts.-- Our competitive salaries, award-winning benefits package, and employee recognition programs are just a few of the reasons our average employee tenure is 13 years. Our stock is traded on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol " PRI ." If you need an accommodation with any part of the application process, please call 470-564-6820 during regular business hours.

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