Squad Tech Lead

About the Job

As a Technical Lead within our IT team, you will develop high quality software solutions to meet business needs. Working with .NET technologies and in conjunction with the IT Development team, you will develop quality code, conduct code reviews and manage a technical team of onshore and offshore software development engineers.  

In this role, you will collaborate with and challenge the business to deliver optimal technical design, in line with coding best practices and testing standards.

What you do

• Lead the software engineering team by ensuring best practices, high‑quality code, thorough code reviews, and end‑to‑end agile delivery.
• Serve as the technical subject-matter expert, guiding requirements gathering, estimation, and planning for development activities.
• Facilitate and conduct peer code reviews while championing continuous process improvement and quality standards.
• Coordinate and manage iterative development work within agile frameworks (Scrum or Kanban), including backlog refinement sessions.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to clarify requirements and ensure alignment with functional and strategic needs.
• Manage technical dependencies, remove team blockers, monitor team capacity, and communicate progress, risks, and escalations proactively.
• Align with Application Architects on technical solutions, maintain technical documentation, and promote knowledge sharing within the team.

What you bring

• A relevant 3rd level qualification with minimum  5 years C# / .NET development experience.
• Scrum Master level of Agile Scrum knowledge and experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of building enterprise applications with Microsoft .NET Core and:
  • Azure, K8S, Microservices, DDD, MS SQL Server, Entity Framework.
  • Angular, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
• Demonstrated understanding of software development standards, design patterns and best practices.
• Demonstrated experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Basic knowledge of AI technologies, principles and their practical use.

What we offer

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad. 
•  We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery, and empowerment are fostered.
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform, and innovate the infrastructure, applications, and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks, and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.

We at Allianz believe in a strong inclusive culture that encourages people to speak their minds, get involved and question the status quo. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love, or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

To Recruitment Agencies

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.

 90301 | IT & Tech Engineering | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent