Tech Lead Developer - Mobile Applications

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Tech Lead Developer – Mobile Application to lead the technical design, development, and delivery of customer-facing Travel Insurance mobile application. The Tech Lead will work closely with Product, Business, UX/UI, Backend, Architecture, Security, QA, DevOps, Claims, Operations, and external technology partners to deliver digital insurance experiences across the customer journey.

Mandatory Skill-set

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or any related discipline;
• Must have 8+ years of software development experience of which 3+ years as a Tech Lead, Mobile Lead, Senior Mobile Developer, or Mobile Architect in insurance industry;
• Must have strong experience developing production-grade iOS and/or Android/ cross platform applications;
• Strong understanding of mobile application lifecycle, device capabilities, OS compatibility, and mobile UI/UX principles;
• Strong understanding of mobile application architecture and design patterns such as MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture, or equivalent;
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for mobile applications and ability to design scalable, maintainable, modular, and high-performance mobile applications;
• Strong understanding of offline capabilities, caching, synchronization, and applications operating under poor or intermittent network connectivity;
• Strong experience integrating mobile applications with RESTful APIs and backend services;
• Experience integrating with enterprise and third-party systems and ability to troubleshoot API, integration, and network-related issues;
• Strong understanding of mobile application security and secure software development practices;
• Experience with secure storage, encryption, authentication, authorization, and secure API communication;
• Understanding of protecting PII, customer, insurance, claims, payment, and location data;
• Strong knowledge of clean code, SOLID principles, design patterns, version control, and code review practices;
• Experience automating build, test, security scanning, and deployment processes;
• Familiarity with tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps;
• Experience with application monitoring, crash reporting, and production support;
• Strong understanding of customer-facing digital applications;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Desired Skill-set

• Experience of working on e- wallet applications/ payment systems within insurance companies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and technical delivery of mobile applications;
• Define and maintain scalable, secure, and maintainable mobile architecture;
• Provide hands-on coding, technical design, code reviews, and troubleshooting;
• Lead development of travel insurance capabilities such as Policy purchase and management, Digital policy documents,Travel and emergency assistance and others;
• Integrate mobile applications with insurance, claims, payment, CRM, travel, assistance, and third-party platforms;
• Ensure applications perform reliably in poor or intermittent network conditions;
• Implement strong security, privacy, authentication, and data-protection practices;
• Establish CI/CD, automated testing, application monitoring, and release processes;
• Troubleshoot production issues and lead root-cause analysis;
• Mentor and guide mobile developers and promote engineering best practices;
• Work with architects, product teams, cybersecurity, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders;
• Manage technical risks, dependencies, and technical debt.

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