Senior Software Engineer

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Software Engineer.

Principal responsibilities:

• Responsible for technical design, development, implementation and maintenance of Strategy Policy Administration Systems.
• Fully adopt Devops, Agile, Cloud Computing and Testing Automation.
• Develop an understanding of the Insurance business systems of the Group and their associated IT development requirements.
• Prepare detailed specifications that describe input, output and logical operation, and convert them into a series of instructions coded in a computer language.
• Review code and documentation to ensure code meets the design criteria and work is of an acceptable quality.
• Optimize operational performance and improve quality whilst increasing cost-effectiveness.
• Demonstrable experience using AI-assisted coding tools in production software development, with the ability to review, test, secure and maintain AI-generated code to a high engineering standard.
• Able to mentor engineers on the responsible use of AI coding tools, establish secure and repeatable AI-assisted development practices, and assess their impact on delivery efficiency and software quality using appropriate engineering metrics.
• Work with business users for support or development queries.
• Work with IT Infrastructure and other IT application teams as well as external vendors as required.
• Investigate and resolve problems arising in connection with IT services.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant internal instructions (FIMs, GSMs, circulars), internal control standards and external regulatory requirements, including the management of operational risk and adherence to the Group’s standards of ethical behavior.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree with major or minor in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Qualification in a related business discipline an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of Agile development and Devops tool (e.g. Confluence, JIRA, Selenium, Jmeter, HP virtual user, Cucumber, Jenkins, QC, etc).
• Proficiency in infra setup and troubleshooting in Cloud (e.g. PCF, TP and AWS).
• Excellent analytic/problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication/presentation skills, with the ability to effectively interact with different groups of stakeholders and external vendors.
• Strong team player who also has the ability to work under pressure, independently and proactively.
• Willing to travel and work in PRC and overseas.

What additional skills will be good to have:

• Experience in the areas of Life Insurance would be an added advantage.
• Experience in AI skillset/MCP, able to mentor engineers on the responsible use of AI coding tools.