Our organisation

Ageas is a listed international insurance Group with a heritage spanning of 200 years, offering Retail and Business customers Life and Non-Life insurance, and is also engaged in reinsurance activities.

As an international insurance company, Ageas concentrates its activities in Europe (Belgium, the UK, Portugal, Turkey) and Asia (China, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, and the Philippines) through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and long-term partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors. Ageas ranks among the market leaders in the countries in which it operates. It represents a staff force of about 50,000 people and reported annual inflows of over EUR 17 billion in 2023.

This role is part of the CDSO (Chief Development & Sustainability) Office that leads the implementation of our new 3-year strategic plan Elevate27. Within CDSO, Business Development Digital Platforms is responsible for the launch & scale up of next-generation distribution partnerships with digital platforms across priority markets in Europe and Asia. The central team is distributed across two locations: Belgium and Hong Kong – we will look for the best candidate in either one of these locations.

Ageas strives to create a truly inclusive company – attracting the most talented people and offering them an environment where they can grow their full potential. We encourage people to think and act differently, to speak up, to be themselves and to contribute their individual skills. We really value people who bring unique perspectives and add new knowledge to our team. If you feel super motivated by the below job description but hesitate that you do not “check all the boxes” – we encourage you to apply anyway. Your unique experiences and perspectives are valuable to us and we will take great care in working with you.

Your function

• Develop and Maintain Portals, engagement tools: designs, creates visually appealing and user-friendly UX/UI, develops, and maintains customer- and agent-facing portals, including specific engagement tools for customers. Ensures the Portals support new business sales and insurance policy servicing, while engagement tools allow effective customer engagement and warming up leads, following the requirements of the operating companies and are integrated with the necessary back-end systems for a smooth and efficient operation maximizing reusability.
• Reusability and group assets. Ensures UX/UI designs, the related code, process flow and integrations can be reused across different partnerships, operating companies and countries, to the extent possible.
• Collaborates with multi-disciplinary teams: Works closely with product managers, designers, data scientist, analysts and other back-end engineers or digital marketers and growth hacker to deliver high-quality features and improve software. Participates in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Implement Best Practices: Writes clean, maintainable, and efficient UX/UI assets and related code. Manages the backlog related to the portals. Follows best practices both in UI/UX design and in software development, including responsive design, code management, testing, documentation, security and data protection settings and version control.
• Troubleshoot and Debug: Identifies and resolves technical issues and bugs. Performs regular maintenance and updates to ensure system stability and security.
• Stay Updated & innovation. Keeps up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies. Continuously improves the portals' performance and user experience. Scans for relevant technologies, innovations, start-ups specifically aimed at supporting identified performance improvement projects within operating entities, driving knowledge sharing with a purpose.
• Reports to the Digital Platforms Technology Director.

Your profile

Must have [minimum 4]:

• Great person to be around, with a curious and growth mindset
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant working experience as a UI developer / front-end engineer or similar role
• Comfortable skills around both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks and third-party libraries.
• Proficency in UI/UX design tools (e.g. Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD)
• Proficiency in front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and other relevant frameworks or libraries such as React, Angular, and Vue.js
• Experience with databases (e.g., SQL, NoSQL).
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Available and eligible to work in Brussels or Hong Kong, or at least willing to relocate

Should [minimum 3]:

• Experience with cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Relevant experience working in an international context as part of multi-disciplinary team
• Strong communicator who understands the difficulties of leading change and is culturally aware
• Good knowledge of back-end technologies (e.g., Node.js, Python, Java).
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks

Could [minimum 2]:

• Knowledge of insurance industry practices is a plus
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Proven experience or affinity in one of the following sectors: e-commerce platforms, digital marketplaces, Insurtech/fintech, neo banks & payments
• A high degree of user empathy and actively seek to test, learn, and iterate based on user feedback
• proven track record of taking ideas and bringing them to life

We offer

Ageas values your talent and knows how to reward it. We offer you an attractive salary and fringe benefits. You will work in a stimulating international environment, with numerous opportunities for personal development. You will work independently within a dynamic international team based in Brussels and Hong Kong.

Interested? Please apply online.