Engineering Chapter Lead

Job Description:
**Development Engineer Chapter Lead**

Paris, France

** What you’ll be DOING**

The Development Engineer Chapter Lead will be responsible promoting consistency and knowledge sharing across squads/teams and functions, breaking the silo effect and ensuring alignment with best practices and organizational standards. Chapter Leads will instill a sense of belonging and foster an environment where chapter members can learn from each other to develop and grow as individuals as well as maturing the competencies across the Chapter as a whole. The Development Engineer Chapter Lead will focus on AXA XL’s Coding Standards, Engineering Best Practices and Developer Tooling.

What will your essential responsibilities include?
- Coding and Developer Tooling Standards for AXA XL including ensuring secure coding.
- Engineering standards and best practices for but not limited to source code access management, code reviews, branching strategies, continuous integration (CI), continuous deployment (CD), and Code Quality.
- Maintain deep understanding of market trends, Developer Engineering, leadership skills through ongoing education, conference attendance and industry press.
- Help identify ways for more efficient coding and how automation could be incorporated.
- Ensure transversal consistency of knowledge, create a culture of excellence and continuous learning, and ensure professional growth of chapter members.
- Regularly bring together all Chapter members to promote consistency, share knowledge, and collaborate on best practice.
- Establish a safe and open environment to challenge, coach and develop Chapter members, building a community of experts with specific competencies.
- Facilitate full chapter syncs where key learnings and challenges are shared, fostering a culture where continuous learning and improvement are highly valued.
- Managing communication and decision-making processes as and when required.
- Share domain specific expertise, providing mentorship and coaching to Chapter members to develop and grow skillsets and competencies across the Chapter.
- Develop and maintain own skillset and domain knowledge, keeping abreast of internal and external developments.
- Set and refine associated skills profiles and career pathways, assisting to identify and promote learning and development opportunities, reduce skills gaps, and understand any new, evolving, skillset requirements.
- Support the onboarding and integration of new Chapter members.
- Work with the Chapter to define, implement and manage appropriate KPIs or metrics to measure and monitor standards and improvements.

This role reports to the Head of Transversal Platforms.

**What you will BRING**

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

- Significant development and engineering experience in various programming languages.
- Proficient in version control concept and tools like GitHub.
- Proficient in working with Databases related to software development.
- Strong security mindset.
- Proficient in working in the cloud.
- Strong Leadership and mentorship abilities: Demonstrates the ability to lead by example. Provides guidance and support to help individuals grow professionally and personally within their specific craft.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills: Possesses the ability to clearly articulate ideas, expectations, and feedback to chapter members and stakeholders. Facilitates and encourages collaboration in Chapter meetings.
- Experience in developing and implementing standards and best practices: Has a proven track record of establishing and maintaining high standards for processes, products, or services within the chapter. Ensures that standards are adhered to and regularly updated based on industry trends and organizational needs.
- Ability to create a learning and improvement culture: Creates an environment where continuous learning and development are encouraged and supported within the chapter. Provides opportunities for chapter members to acquire new skills and knowledge.
- Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies, particularly Agile principles.
- Must possess excellent interpersonal skills, strong communication skills (written and verbal), and be team oriented.
- Ability to present information in an influencing manner to leadership and all business stakeholders.
- Adaptable to new/different strategies, programs, technologies, practices, cultures, etc. Comfortable with change, able to easily make transitions.

**Who WE are**

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a strong and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, prof