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Banking Insurance Portals

July 2019
Imagemaker • Technical Lead & Senior Software Engineer

Overview

Led technical teams in developing and maintaining critical insurance portals for two of Chile's largest financial institutions: Banco de Chile and Banco Santander. These projects required navigating strict regulatory requirements, ensuring high system availability, and delivering robust microservices architecture at scale.

Record Performance

Achieved departmental record for highest production deployment rateand system stability at Banco Santander.

Regulatory Excellence

Ensured timely regulatory compliance for insurance products across both banking institutions.

Project Highlights

Banco de Chile Insurance Portal

  • Directed development team for complete insurance portal using Spring Boot and Angular
  • Implemented microservices architecture for scalability and maintainability
  • Ensured timely regulatory compliance with Chilean insurance regulations
  • Coordinated with business stakeholders to translate complex insurance requirements into technical solutions

Banco Santander Insurance Portal

  • Technical team leader responsible for architecture decisions and technical roadmap
  • Achieved departmental record for highest production deployments rate while maintaining system stability
  • Promoted and implemented agile SCRUM practices, reducing development cycles and improving product quality
  • Mentored junior developers and established coding standards and best practices

Technical Architecture

Microservices Design

Built a robust microservices architecture that separated concerns across domains:

Product Service: Insurance product catalog and management
Quote Service: Real-time insurance quote calculations
Policy Service: Policy lifecycle management
Customer Service: Customer data and profile management
Integration Service: Third-party insurance provider integration
Document Service: Policy document generation and storage

Technology Stack

  • Backend: Spring Boot microservices with RESTful APIs
  • Frontend: Angular SPA with responsive design and real-time updates
  • Database: PostgreSQL for transactional data with proper backup and recovery
  • Deployment: Atlasian Bamboo for CI/CD pipelines

Business Continuity & Compliance

ISO 22301 Compliance

Defined key Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) as part of Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to ensure operational continuity.

Agile Transformation

Successfully promoted and implemented SCRUM methodology, reducing development cycles from months to weeks and improving cross-functional collaboration.

Regulatory Success

Ensured 100% on-time delivery of regulatory compliance requirements, avoiding potential fines and maintaining strong relationships with financial regulators.

Team Development

Mentored development team members, establishing coding standards, conducting code reviews, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.

Technology Stack

Spring BootAngularReactPostgreSQLNode.jsAtlassianMicroservicesRESTful APIsCI/CDSCRUM