Team Lead - Software Development - Production Support

biBerk is building a cloud-first, API driven, dynamic insurance platform that enables customers to purchase insurance policies directly online. Expanding our team, we are adding experienced software innovators to enhance our development efforts.

This role combines technical expertise with leadership skills. Developers in this position will lead an existing cross-functional team of experienced software developers, business analysts, and quality assurance engineers that are responsible for providing day-to-day support of biBerk solutions.

This is a hybrid remote role that requires onsite presence in Pittston, PA at least once every other month. Candidates must live within a reasonable driving distance of either the Pittston, PA or Omaha, NE BHDIC office for required onsite meetings as needed in whichever BHDIC office is local to the employee.

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinate the day-to-day activities of Production Support team members; assist team with roadblocks; and lead planning sessions
• Ensure the effective prioritization of issues reported, with a consistent focus on the most impactful items
• Ensure that support issues are assigned to domain experts on other teams for action in cases where the issue was recently introduced by another sprint team
• Ensure that domain experts on other teams collaborate with Production Support team members when it is determined that domain expertise is needed to resolve an issue
• Guide the team regarding unit testing; collaborate closely with QA leadership to guarantee successful functional and regression testing of all features
• Perform root cause analysis for impactful issues introduced to the production environment, including action required to prevent recurrence
• Provide input to sprint teams and the organization that’s designed to address quality issues and reduce recurring support issues.
• Collaborate with senior members of the team to drive the creation of processes and tools needed to detect issues before they’re deployed to the production environment
• Expand domain knowledge and serve as an individual contributor over time as subject matter expertise is developed
• Provide guidance and mentoring including pair programming, code reviews, and demos
• Participate in staffing decisions, including interviews and hiring
• Ensure that the team achieves system performance goals
• Lead the dev team to think with a security first mindset
• Take ownership of problems and solutions, being proactive to ensure success
• Provide innovative problem-solving skills, thinking outside the box
• Normal working hours based on Eastern US time