Senior Application Engineer

Job Summary:

Key Responsibilities / About the Role:

The role requires an active contributor, hands-on person working in Java tech stack. Here's what is expected and how we work:

• We take care oflarge existing Java code bases, and don't fear modernizing them.
• We develop new services and applications, adding new capabilities to our application landscape.
• We review code, giving feedback to the developers in the teams that we guide through the technology jungle.
• We keep up with the vibrant developments inJava and Spring Boot, and we love to use the latest Java technology.
• We always have our standard IDE, IntelliJ IDEA, at our fingertips.
• We love data and know how to connect to data usingPostgreSQL, MongoDB, and REDIS.
• We foster loosely coupled systems designs, and we use domain events and commands usingRabbitMQ, and Azure Service Bus.

On the soft factor side, here's what you should bring with you:

• You are passionate about software development and technology.
• You love to solve problems, and you have strong analytical skills. You tackle problems in a structured way, merging your own ideas and those of others.
• You are a good communicator, and you love to talk to business analysts, developers, and testers.

Mandatory Skills:

• Bachelor's or master's in computer science or any comparable technical degree.
• Overall 10+ years of hands-on experience in software development using Java and Spring Boot.
• Good knowledge about and experience with Java 17, Java 21 or Java 25, keeping track of what's coming up in latest versions.
• Microservices architecture, REST API and services design.
• Messaging (RabbitMQ and/or Azure Service Bus and/or Kafka).
• Architecture Decision Records (ADR).
• Database technology and design, at least one of these: PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Cosmos DB.
• Hibernate.
• Continuous integration infrastructures, at least one of these: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Bamboo.
• Experience in scripting on Linux and/or Windows.
• Writing, reading and reviewing code
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Self-starter with a positive approach, who can manage their own workload.
• Leadership skills to manage and guide technical product development teams.

Optional Skills as a plus:

• Any Public Cloud experience, Azure a plus.
• Kubernetes.
• NodeJS.
• Angular and/or React.
• Insurance/Reinsurance business know-how.

• Our team takes care of a large set of key applications in the core business of Swiss Re P&C Reinsurance, plus we have Internet facing APIs and applications.
• We guide 250+ developers, QA and DevOps engineers, removing obstacles, setting standards.
• Our user base is worldwide, and mostly internal Underwriters, and Business Service and Management user groups.
• We use Lean/Agile methodologies, mainly Scrum.
• Our applications are based on public and private Clouds, and we build 12-factor applications.