Cloud Native Developer Practice Lead & Supervisor

Great American Insurance Group•Cincinnati, OH

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

Great American Insurance Group is seeking collaborative, full-stack developers who are passionate AI champions and change agents. This role involves leading and coaching teams in modern development practices, particularly focusing on an AI-first delivery approach. The individual will pioneer how teams leverage AI across the software development lifecycle, evaluate emerging tools, and establish practices and guardrails for faster, quality delivery. This role also includes people leadership responsibilities, dedicating approximately 10% of time to coaching and mentoring direct reports, focusing on career growth, feedback, performance reviews, and hiring. The company culture emphasizes connection, shared learning, and strong relationships, with an expectation of on-site presence for local employees.

Requirements

Collaborative, full-stack developers.
Strong backend experience in Java/Spring Boot, .NET, or both.
Embrace XP practices.
Adapt comfortably to frequent context switching.
Lead from wherever you sit, bringing others along.
Introduce new ways of working.
Help teams rethink how software gets built in an AI-augmented world.
Stay ahead of the curve, embrace new tools as the industry evolves.
Genuinely curious about where software development is headed.
See AI as a fundamental shift in how great software gets built.
Thrive in a fast-moving, team-first environment.
Get energized by solving hard problems together.
Ability to dive into large, polyglot codebases and contribute quickly while you learn.
Comfortable working across multiple programming languages and paradigms.
Genuinely curious about new languages, patterns, and ways of thinking about problems.
Experience leveraging AI coding tools tactically and strategically throughout your engineering workflow, with a particular emphasis on agentic approaches.
Demonstrable ability to research and break down complex problems into discrete, actionable parts.
Empathy for your colleagues and a habit of giving and receiving feedback openly and continuously.
Enthusiastic about (or at least open to) Test-Driven Development (TDD).
Experience supporting and troubleshooting complex systems, with the ability to dig into logs, metrics, and streaming data to diagnose issues quickly.
BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Minimum 8 years of professional programming experience.

Nice To Haves

Passionate AI champions and change agents.
Experience in a pair programming environment.
Experience in the Insurance industry (major plus).
Python (preferred).

Responsibilities

Enable and coach teams throughout the organization on modern development practices.
Champion modern development practices and guide teams toward delivery excellence.
Be a driving force behind the AI-first delivery approach, pioneering how teams leverage AI across the software development lifecycle.
Evaluate emerging AI tools and techniques.
Establish practices, patterns, and guardrails for faster delivery without sacrificing quality.
Own the internal playbook for AI-assisted development.
Act as the go-to voice for how teams adopt, evaluate, and scale new AI capabilities.
Act as a bridge between practitioners and architects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement and experimentation.
Set the direction for AI adoption, empowering every team to deliver with speed, quality, and confidence.
Coach and mentor developers at all experience levels.
Hold regular 1:1s focused on career growth and feedback.
Partner with team members on individual development plans aligned to their goals.
Conduct performance reviews.
Participate in hiring and interviewing.
Foster a culture of continuous learning.
Partner with fellow practice leads to set the north star for architectural patterns, design principles, and implementation standards.
Continuously assess development practices and drive improvements, pairing with teams to teach modern techniques and XP practices.
Bring deep technical expertise across the full stack (Java/Spring Boot, .NET, or both), connecting business domain context to architectural design within our AI toolset.
Act as a change agent, cultivating a culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, and curiosity about where software development is headed.
Support and troubleshoot complex systems, digging into logs, metrics, and streaming data to diagnose issues quickly.
Mentor others in a professional setting.