Lead MEAN Stack Applications Development

Company:MMC CorporateDescription:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Mercer Tech team at MMC Corporate .This role will be based in Gurgaon/ Noida. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Lead MEAN Stack Applications Development

What can you expect?

As a Lead Software Engineer at Mercer, you will play a pivotal role in our strategic engineering group, championing best practices, quality, and our overarching engineering vision in the rapidly evolving landscape of technology. As a respected leader within the engineering community, you will serve as a role model for your peers, guiding and inspiring other engineers to embrace innovation, particularly in the realm of artificial intelligence.

This hands-on position requires you to be a product builder who leads by example, ensuring the successful delivery of solutions that adhere to the principles of Qualitative Engineering, which include:

• Security

• Scalability

• Reliability

• Maintainability

• Testability

• AI Integration

In a transformative organizational environment, you will act as a catalyst for change, advocating for a servant leadership style that prioritizes the needs of your team. Your primary goal will be to nurture and develop the talents of your engineers, fostering a strong future for our engineering organization while encouraging the exploration and integration of AI technologies to drive innovation and efficiency.

What is in it for you?  

Discover what's great about working at Marsh McLennan – from the opportunities that our size brings, to our commitment to our communities and understanding the benefits you'll receive. We are four businesses with one PURPOSE: helping companies meet the challenges of our time. 

As a global leader in insurance broking and risk management, we are devoted to finding diverse individuals who are committed to the success of our clients and our organisation. Joining us will provide a solid foundation for you to accelerate your career in the risk and insurance industry. You will join a team of talented professionals from across the globe which is dedicated to helping clients manage some of the world's most challenging and complex risks. We can promise you extraordinary challenges, extraordinary colleagues, and the opportunity to make a difference. 

Our rich history has created a client service culture that we believe is second to none. Our commitments to Diversity and Inclusion, Corporate Social Responsibility, and sustainability demonstrate our commitment to stand for what is right. 

As a Marsh McLennan colleague, you will also receive additional benefits such as: 

• A competitive salary 

• Employee friendly policies 

• Health care and insurance for you and your dependants 

• Healthy Work life balance 

• A great working environment 

• Flexible benefits packages to suit your needs and lifestyle 

• Future career opportunities across a global organisation 

We will count on you to:

• Lead and manage an engineering organization, overseeing team of developers to drive performance and innovation

• Build, support and mentor high-performing teams, fostering an environment that encourages professional growth and maximizes individual potential

• Write high-quality, maintainable code based on Agile user stories, including unit tests that comply with established coding standards and guidelines, while leveraging AI development productivity tools such as GitHub Copilot to enhance coding efficiency

• Integrate AI solutions into existing products and new developments, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and enhancing overall product functionality

• Collaborate closely with AI specialists to implement LLMs and AI-driven features, leveraging context engineering techniques to optimize model performance and usability

• Actively participate in the MMC Technology community, contributing to discussions, collaborations and learning opportunities related to AI and software development best practices

• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and promote the principles of code reuse and modular design across teams and the organization

• Advocate for best practices in software development and AI integration, ensuring that the team remains at the forefront of technological advancements

• Work in partnership with the Lead Test Engineer to develop and implement a robust Test Engineering Strategy that incorporates AI-driven testing tools and methodologies

• Champion agile practices that are foundational to successful product delivery, encouraging iterative development and continuous improvement

• Foster a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative work environment where all ideas and opinions are valued, promoting innovation and creativity

• Build strong relationships with product owners, solutions architects, analysts and leadership to ensure alignment with business objectives and the effective integration of AI capabilities into the development process

• Contribute to thought leadership and strategic direction for the Software Engineering organization

What you need to have: 

We are seeking a Lead Engineer with a proven track record of working on multiple products. The ideal candidate will possess:

• Strong communication skills, enabling effective interaction with both technical and non-technical colleagues in a cross-functional environment, facilitating collaboration on different projects.

• A successful history of delivering software across a diverse range of languages, technologies and platforms with a particular emphasis on AI integrations and their application in real-world scenarios

• Excellent collaboration skills to form & drive innovative teams that embrace AI and machine learning as integral components of the development process

• Experience in providing opportunities, training and mentorship to software engineers

• Familiarity with Agile at Scale, Lean and Continuous Delivery methodologies, including Continuous Integration, Test-Driven Development and Infrastructure as Code with an understanding of how these practices can enhance development

• Experience with cloud-native software architectures and deploying solutions in cloud environments, ensuring scalability and performance

• Proven experience in security-driven design practices, with the ability to address SAST/DAST findings effectively

• Proficiency in CI/CD and DevOps practices, including the use of Quality Gates to maintain high code quality

• Experience in troubleshooting and leveraging the observability ecosystem, particularly with Datadog, to enhance application performance and reliability

Technical Skills or Qualifications Required:

• Broad experience across multiple programming languages and frameworks with in-depth skills in at least one of the following: JavaScript, Typescript

• Strong experience in one or more of the following frameworks Angular, NodeJS, Express.JS, NestJS

• Experience working with the MEAN stack

• Experience with Unit Testing and Integration Testing is also essential

• Familiarity with AI frameworks and libraries (e.g., LangChain, FastMCP, etc.) is highly desirable

• Experience in either of the following middleware is desirable Kafka, Camunda (or any workflow tool), RabbitMQ

• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes

• Practiced experience refactoring, implementing design patterns, design driven development, continuous integration, system and application design, application security

• Strong experience working with an ORM Framework including the use of NOSQL databases such as Mongodb

• Strong Knowledge of SDLC processes and practices and experience with some or all of Confluence, JIRA, ADO, Github etc.

• Experience designing and deploying applications on cloud infrastructure with providers such as AWS or Microsoft Azure

Required AI Competency:

• Generative AI, LLMs, NLP,

• Machine Learning (ML) & Deep Learning (DL) Fundamentals

• Agentic AI & Autonomous Systems

• AI-Augmented Development

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit , or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, caste, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan offers hybrid working arrangements that provide both the flexibility of mobile working and the benefits for collaboration, personal connections and professional development of working in the office. Employees are authorized to work remotely. If needed, some teams also schedule weekly "anchor days" where the entire team meets in person at the site office.

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit , or follow on LinkedIn and X.Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, caste, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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