Team Lead - Software Development - Marketing Solutions

Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company•Jenkins Township, PA

8d•$114,500 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

biBerk is building a cloud-first, API driven, dynamic insurance platform that enables customers to purchase insurance policies directly online. As we expand our team, we are adding experienced software innovators to enhance our development efforts. We are seeking a MarTech Developer Team Lead to guide the development, integration, and optimization of our marketing technology stack. This role combines technical expertise with leadership skills and will be responsible for the ecosystems that enable modern marketing functions. Developers in this role will lead a dev team, help coordinate the day-to-day activities of various team members, assist the team with roadblocks, and lead planning sessions. This developer will work closely with our marketing team and product owners to become a subject matter expert (SME) on marketing needs and deliver IT solutions that support important business priorities. They will also serve as individual contributors on the dev team, taking on tasks for both technical design and development. This is a hybrid remote role that requires onsite presence in Pittston, PA at least once every other month. Candidates must live within a reasonable driving distance of either the Pittston, PA or Omaha, NE BHDIC office for required onsite meetings as needed in whichever BHDIC office is local to the employee.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science/related field or equivalent working experience
5 to 10 years of experience as a software developer, with 2 to 5+ years specifically collaborating with marketing teams to design solutions in marketing-related ecosystems such as: AdTech systems (Demand-Side Platforms, tracking pixels, conversion tracking, etc…), Marketing Technology (CRM, campaign automation tools, retention of known customers, etc…), Marketing analytics such as GA4, A/B testing platforms such as Kameleoon
Excellent programming, debugging, and troubleshooting skills with C#, .NET, TypeScript and SPA frameworks (Angular, React, etc.)
3+ years of experience leading development teams
Strong verbal and written communication skills, collaboration capabilities, and attention to detail
Experience working on large software development projects while collaborating across multiple agile teams

Nice To Haves

Commercial Property and Casualty insurance experience
Practical working knowledge of ASP.NET MVC, and .NET Core
Experience with TypeScript and SPA frameworks (Angular, React, etc.)
Commercial Property and Casualty insurance experience

Responsibilities

Lead a cross functional, agile development team including members from development, quality assurance, and business analysts
Serve as technical SME for platforms and tools used to plan, execute, automate, and measure biBerk’s marketing activities.
Translate marketing and business goals into clear technical requirements
Provide guidance and mentoring to include including pair programming, code reviews, demos, group/1:1 coaching, and career development planning
Design solutions to meet business objectives while fitting into the enterprise platform ecosystem
Contribute to cross-team platform design decisions
Collaborate with Product owners to ensure that requirements are understood, and short-term and long-term business objectives are met
Follow department-wide technical, process, and quality standards while contributing to their improvement
Participate in staffing decisions including interviews and hiring
Take a lead role in creating technical documentation and content, ensuring that knowledge is transferred across the team
Day to day code contributions to our repo completing user stories/tasks
Guide the team regarding unit testing; collaborate closely with QA leadership to guarantee successful functional and regression testing of all features
Ensure that the team achieves system performance goals
Lead the dev team to think with a security first mindset
Take ownership of problems and solutions, being proactive to ensure success
Provide innovative problem-solving skills, thinking outside the box

Benefits

Medical (PPO/HDHP), vision, disability, and life insurance.
Enhanced dental plan with orthodontia coverage in addition to a standard plan.
Generous PTO plan for all benefit-time eligible employees.
Paid company holidays and 4 floating holidays.
Paid parental leave.
Employee Retirement Savings Plan/401(k) with company match and immediate vesting.
Education Assistance Program that offers 100% upfront tuition reimbursement after 6 months of service for approved degree programs.
Service Recognition Program that provides a monetary award to be used toward a vacation every 5 years of employment.
Wellness Initiatives that include Fitness Center and Weight Watchers Reimbursement programs.
Voluntary benefits that include accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity.
Employee discount and rewards program on travel, tickets, electronics, home, and more.