Technical Chapter Lead

Location: Espoo, Turku

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Would you like to make an impact on our 3.8 million customers across the Nordics?
Join If’s Digital Service Solutions unit, where modern technologies, smart design, and exceptional user experiences drive everything we do. We’re looking for an energetic, hands on Technical Chapter Lead who masters the frontend development to help build and evolve our digital channel services that power first class self service experiences for our customers.

About the Role
We’re seeking a hands on Technical Chapter Lead who blends deep technical expertise in frontend development with genuine people leadership. You’ll carry two core responsibilities:

1) People & Chapter Leadership

• Lead and support a chapter of developers, fostering growth, well being, and technical excellence.
• Coach developers in modern engineering practices and be a role model for If values.
• Shape a positive, inclusive engineering culture that values learning, craftsmanship, and outcomes.

2) Agile Delivery & Technical Leadership

• Your agile role depends on your skillset and ambition. You can be a key a technical contributor as a Delivery Lead, Senior Developer in one of our cross functional agile squads or Tribe level, collaborating with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and fellow Chapter Leads.
• Regardless of your agile role you will drive the technical direction of frontend development for digital channel services: from solution design and architecture to cloud, DevOps, and front end foundations.
• You will ensure high quality deliveries by promoting AI-driven development, test automation, CI/CD, secure development, code reviews, and continuous improvement.

Your Opportunity

• Lead talented developers and help them succeed and grow.
• Influence the technical roadmap of services used across the Nordics by millions of customers.
• Collaborate with supportive colleagues across teams and countries (Espoo, Turku, Riga, Stockholm, Copenhagen).
• Grow your leadership career while staying hands on in modern software development.

What You’ll Do

• Be the go-to guy on React, Next.js, TypeScript/JavaScript and support others to strive in this area.
• Be part of architectural decisions for .NET/C# backends and RESTful APIs running on Azure.
• Contribute code and reviews across frontend and backend (when needed), ensuring performance, reliability, and security.
• Build and evolve Azure hosted services (e.g., App Services, Functions, Storage, API Management) and integrate with internal/external APIs.
• Champion DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, infrastructure as code) and observability.
• Partner with business stakeholders to refine requirements and translate complex topics into actionable plans.
   

What You Need to Succeed

Technical Skills (hands on)

• Modern web development: React and Next.js (TypeScript/JavaScript)
• RESTful API design & implementation
• .NET / .NET Core and C#
• Azure cloud services (e.g., App Services, Functions, Storage, API Management)
• DevOps practices & pipelines (Git based workflows, CI/CD, automated testing)
• Solid understanding of software craftsmanship and ability to coach developers

Nice to have (plus):

• ASP.NET MVC / Web API, Razor
• SQL Server, Entity Framework, or NoSQL
• HTML/CSS (e.g., Tailwind CSS)
• Experience integrating third party services via APIs
• Familiarity with GitHub, pull requests, code reviews, pair programming
• Exposure to GitHub Copilot or other AI coding assistants

Leadership & Collaboration

• Experience leading or co leading a development team (e.g., Tech Lead, Lead Developer, Solution Architect).
• Strong communication skills; able to simplify complexity into clear decisions and plans.
• Continuous improvement mindset—eager to develop yourself and others.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).
• Relevant university degree (or equivalent experience).

Our Tech Environment

• Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript/JavaScript (and some Razor)
• Backend: .NET, C#, RESTful APIs
• Cloud: Microsoft Azure
• DevOps: Git workflows, CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps), test automation, monitoring/observability
• Data: SQL Server, Entity Framework (plus NoSQL where relevant)

About the Team
Our web applications provide modern, appealing self service for customers to manage insurance, claims, and payments. Teams are customer focused, continuously improving and adding new functionality. Alongside web experiences, we also create APIs used by other services, including our mobile apps.

You’ll work with a cross functional agile team spanning Espoo (Keilaniemi), Turku and Riga, —a relaxed, supportive, and ambitious group continuously improving how we work. You’ll also be part of a wider community of developers and Lead Developers.

We Offer

• An inclusive work environment where everyone is welcome
• Career and development opportunities at the largest insurance company in the Nordics
• Social activities and a highly skilled professional community
• Hybrid work possibilities and great modern offices
• A health promoting workplace (e.g., wellness allowance, sports activities)
• Excellent insurance benefits and lunch benefit

Practicalities

• Employment type: Permanent, full time
• Location: Espoo (Keilaniemi) or Turku
• Start: By agreement
• Application deadline: 3rd of May (screening and interviews run continuously)

How to apply: Please attach your CV and a short motivation letter.
Contact: Mika Ikonen, Head of Digital Service Solutions ([email protected])