Job Description:
Technical Lead, UK & Lloyd's
London, UK
AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
This advert will close on Friday 17th October 2025
Technical Leads oversee a group of developers within a Delivery Team and help to manage day-to-day tasks to ensure high levels of productivity, accuracy, and work priority. Technical Leads also have development responsibility. This includes the development and maintenance of custom applications as well as the customisation of products from software vendors.
Whatyou'll be doing
What will your essential responsibilities include?
* Perform deliverable reviews and manage measurement of deliverable quality
* Delivery of complex software solutions
* Provide technical SME assistance for a given application
* Technically leads other developers, including assignment of work
* May have line management responsibility for Application Developers
* Assists to maintain development standards for design, coding, etc.
* May perform design activities in collaboration with the Technical Architect
* Assists in removing impediments to progress
* Support resolution of defects during application testing phases
* Estimate work requests at various levels of confidence
* May serve as a member of a Major Incident Team
The Technical Lead reports to the Delivery Manager
Whatyou'll bring
We're looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
* Application changes complete on-time, to a target level of quality
* Timely and accurate completion of Software Development Lifecycle deliverables in a manner that is auditable, testable, and maintainable
* Implementation consistent with solution design and business specifications
* Familiarity with cloud technologies and DevSecOps processes would be preferred
* Ensure for technical integrity of changes made to systems
* Adherence to development governance & SDLC standards
* Team leadership abilities required, including experience leading and mentoring development professionals
* Must be able to set priorities and multi-task
* Proficiency with multiple application delivery models including Agile, iterative and waterfall
* Broad understanding of application development and support technologies
* Prior work experience in an insurance or technology field preferred
* Adaptable to new/different strategies, programs, technologies, practices, cultures, etc. Comfortable with change, able to easily make transitions.
* Bachelor's degree in the field of computer science, information systems, business management, or a related field preferred
Whatweoffer
Inclusion
AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That's why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential. It's about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.
* Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
* Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
* Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
* Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
* Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter
Learn more at AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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We're committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.
Sustainability
At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our Sustainability strategy, called "Roots of resilience", focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.
Our Pillars:
* Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society – are essential to our future. We're committed to protecting and restoring nature – from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard – by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing
Whoweare
AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don't just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.
How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.
With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.
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