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The OutSystems Lead Developer provides technical leadership across development teams, ensuring high-quality delivery, engineering consistency and adoption of best practices within the OutSystems CoE.
About You
You are a senior engineer with proven experience leading teams, coaching developers and delivering complex applications. You are comfortable balancing hands-on development with technical leadership.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead development teams delivering OutSystems applications
• Define and enforce development standards and coding practices
• Coordinate technical delivery across internal teams and partners
• Lead code reviews and engineering governance activities
• Support platform roadmap and continuous improvement initiatives
• Drive adoption of DevOps, testing and CI/CD practices
• Mentor developers and support O11 to ODC transition programmes
• Collaborate with architecture, integration and platform teams
Essential Skills & Experience
• Strong hands-on OutSystems experience
• Team leadership and mentoring experience
• Experience with REST APIs and integration patterns
• Azure and cloud platform exposure
• Agile delivery and DevOps experience
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Desirable Skills
• OutSystems Professional Certification
• Experience operating within a CoE model
• Experience in financial services or regulated industries
Why Hiscox?
35-hour working week with hybrid working model
27 days annual leave plus Hiscox Days
Private health insurance
Gym allowance
Pension plan
One month paid sabbatical after 5 years
Learning and career development opportunities
Work with amazing people and be part of a unique culture
Skills Required
- Strong hands-on OutSystems experience
- Team leadership and mentoring experience
- Experience with REST APIs and integration patterns
- Azure and cloud platform exposure
- Agile delivery and DevOps experience
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- OutSystems Professional Certification
- Experience operating within a Center of Excellence model
- Experience in financial services or regulated industries
Hiscox Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hiscox and has not been reviewed or approved by Hiscox.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, two additional 'Hiscox Days,' and a four‑week paid sabbatical after five years create a notably broad time‑off offering. Policies also include paid parental leave and options to purchase extra days in some locations.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage is complemented by mental‑health and wellbeing resources such as EAP and mindfulness apps, with private medical and dental options available in certain regions or after tenure. These elements provide comprehensive support across physical and mental health needs.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include pension/401(k) programs with employer contributions that can increase with service. Share‑save options and profit‑related programs add longer‑term financial planning avenues.
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What We Do
Hiscox is a leader in specialist insurance. We seek to provide the best protection and peace of mind for our clients through high quality insurance products, backed with excellent service. We are experts in covering a wide range of personal and commercial risks.
