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(s)

• 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.
   

Desirable Skill(s)

• 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.

If you are interested in this role, click on the “Apply to this job” button below or you could also write in with your CV to Nidhi Dubey at nidhi.d@sciente.com quoting the job title.

Nidhi Dubey
Lead Technology Talent Acquisition Specialist (APAC)