Risk and Policy Management Platform for Kinsale Insurance

Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead / Manager2019Java EE 8Spring BootKotlinAngular 7RxJSJenkinsGitDockerAWSKubernetesIstioJUnit 5Mockito

Impact

Designed and delivered scalable backend systems for risk and policy management platforms, leading a cross-functional Scrum team and guiding architectural decisions aligned with microservices best practices.

Between June 2019 and September 2021 I worked as Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead / Manager at Kinsale Insurance, as part of a Gorilla Logic team.

I designed and delivered scalable backend systems with Java EE 8, Spring Boot, and Kotlin for risk and policy management platforms, and built and maintained modern web interfaces using Angular 7 and RxJS, aligned with accessibility and performance standards.

I managed CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Git, and Docker, deployed on AWS and orchestrated through Kubernetes and Istio.

I led a cross-functional Scrum team, mentoring developers and guiding architectural decisions aligned with microservices best practices, and advocated clean code, implementing TDD with JUnit 5 and Mockito to improve code reliability across modules.

Projects
Risk and Policy Management Platform for Kinsale Insurance · Manuel Herrera