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Senior Application Engineer

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Senior Full Stack Engineer / Architect

Are you passionate about building innovative, high-quality applications that make a real impact Join our dynamic team at Swiss Re where you'll leverage your extensive software engineering expertise to architect and develop solutions that drive our business forward in the digital age.

About the Role

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer/Architect, you'll be at the forefront of our technology initiatives, bringing your hands-on development skills and architectural vision together to create robust applications. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into elegant technical solutions while ensuring our systems remain secure, scalable, and aligned with industry best practices.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead architectural vision for applications, collaborating with team leaders to create strategic and reliable roadmaps
  • Ensure seamless integration of end-to-end components in the application landscape, managing vulnerabilities and risks effectively
  • Participate in strategic development including hands-on coding, vulnerability resolution, code reviews, and technical debt reduction
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, architecture, and engineering teams to translate business needs into robust technology solutions
  • Provide technical expertise in application building with focus on end-to-end data flow, regression analysis, and modern cloud services implementation
  • Guide implementation of solutions aligned with technology governance standards for Swiss Re's Sales and Origination business

About the Team

At Swiss Re, you'll join one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance, and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer. Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture that encourages fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. You'll be part of a global team of more than 14,000 employees working together to make the world more resilient.

About You

You're an experienced and hands-on software engineer with a passion for application development and expertise in various architectural styles. You understand that software development extends beyond coding to include all aspects of application management from hosting to monitoring. You thrive on analyzing and addressing technical challenges and have the enthusiasm to master all components of the application ecosystem.

We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:

  • 15-18 years of experience in designing, developing, and delivering software applications
  • Demonstrated experience in creating architectural diagrams, component diagrams, and integration diagrams
  • 10+ years of experience with backend development using C#
  • 7+ years of experience in front-end development using Angular, TypeScript, and JavaScript
  • Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB)
  • Knowledge of end-to-end architectural components such as load balancers, API gateways, middleware (Azure Service Bus, Rabbit MQ), security, and governance
  • Experience with solutions hosted on Azure Cloud and services offered by Azure stack
  • Exposure to Azure DevOps (Repo, Pipeline, CI/CD)
  • Experience in agile software engineering practices with strong fundamentals
  • Experience with Git code repositories
  • Ability to lead the build, test, and maintenance of infrastructure and tools for continuous development and deployment
  • Experience with Scrum/Agile methodologies using JIRA or similar tools
  • Experience supporting applications in operational environments aligned with business cycles
  • Ability to document application architecture and processes clearly
  • Experience working in multicultural, globally distributed teams
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

These are additional nice to haves:

  • Experience with GraphQL and API design, development, and management on Azure
  • Advanced experience working with Azure Cloud services (Azure Search, Index, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Storage Accounts, VMs)
  • Experience with GitHub Copilot
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or master's in computer science

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About Company

Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd, commonly known as Swiss Re, is a reinsurance company based in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the world's largest reinsurer, as measured by net premiums written

Job ID: 138172773

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