Job
- Level
- Lead
- Location
- Cologne
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Job Field
- IT, Software, DevOps
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
Job Summary
In this role, you actively shape software development, lead the team, develop new AI-based approaches, implement modern engineering techniques, and promote the chapter and agile collaboration.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- As a Chapter Lead for Software Development (m/f/d), you actively shape the future of our software development: you combine disciplinary leadership and technological responsibility with your drive to bring AI and Agentic Engineering from trend to concrete application in a scaled agile organization.
- In doing so, you develop people, technologies, and engineering standards further and work closely on the technical topics within the squad.
- You drive the transformation to Agentic Engineering within the Chapter, introduce new AI-based approaches into the Squads, and collaboratively shape the technological development together with the Tribe Lead, IT Area Lead, and other Chapter Leads.
- You manage the Chapter members disciplinarily and provide them with technical guidance, coach them in their development, and support the IT Area Lead with leadership tasks within the tribe.
- As Chapter Lead, you will further develop software development standards, guidelines, and the chapter identity for application development and the operation of our sales and front-office systems.
- You work as part of the squad, initiate the introduction and further development of tools, and ensure that modern engineering approaches are sustainably implemented in practice.
- You evaluate technological developments related to AI-based software development, assess new technologies, and translate relevant innovations into concrete solutions and engineering practices.
- You work together with the responsible parties to ensure the appropriate skills and capacities within the tribe and create the prerequisites for continuous professional and technological development of the team.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- You have a degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Software Engineering, or a comparable field of study, or an equivalent technical qualification.
Qualifications
- You provide guidance, communicate goals clearly, listen empathetically, and build trust and motivation within the team.
- You question the status quo, independently acquire new technologies, and promote an open learning and feedback culture.
- You recognize technological potentials, convincingly communicate their benefits, and consistently drive change even in the face of setbacks.
- You analyze technical and data-related contexts, derive concrete measures, and explain complex issues in an understandable manner.
- You bring together different perspectives, communicate openly, and develop viable solutions with Chapter Leads, Product Owners, and Agile Masters.
Experience
- You have several years of experience in software development and ideally in a technical or disciplinary leadership role.
- You are familiar with Java, Spring Boot, AWS or OpenShift, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools like GitLab, ArgoCD, Tekton, or GitHub Actions, and have experience with AI tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude Code.
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What we offer
- Flexibility: up to 60% remote work, flexible working hours from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. including a flexitime account and the possibility to work from abroad.
- Leisure: 30 days of vacation, additional days off on New Year's Eve and Christmas Eve, as well as special leave for special occasions.
- Activities: Subsidized fitness programs, corporate sports club, and corporate health management.
- Retirement planning: Company pension scheme, asset-building benefits, opportunity to become an AXA shareholder, as well as discounted employee rates for insurance.
- Financial benefits: Christmas bonus & holiday pay, profit sharing, and discounts on numerous well-known brands and technology.
- Mobility: Company bike, subsidy for public transport tickets, sufficient parking spaces, and direct public transport connections.
- Team: Meet-Ups, team events such as our own Carnival party, afterworks, or the AXA Football Cup.
- Development: development programs, e-learning, coaching and employee discussions as well as further training.
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Benefits
Health, Fitness & Fun
- 🚲Jobbike
- ♿️No Physical Barriers
- 🎳Team Events
- 👩⚕️Company Doctor
- 🏋🏿♂️Fitness Offers
- 🙂Health Care Benefits
Work-Life-Integration
Higher Take-Home Pay
- 🚙Company Car
- 🍰Employee Stock Option
- 📱Company Phone for Private Use
- 🛍Employee Discount
- 💻Company Notebook for Private Use
- 👴🏻Company Retirement Provision
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About Your Employer
AXA Group
Axa is one of the world's leading insurance companies and asset managers with a focus on Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. In Germany we are one of the largest primary insurers.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Banking, Finance, Insurance
Chapter Lead Software Development
- Location
- Cologne
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
