Fullstack Application Engineer

About the role

As an application engineer supporting the Alternative Capital Partners IT unit (ACP), you will cooperate closely with other engineers on running and enhancing an IT application. The application is embedded into an environment serving business and integrates with other applications and platforms. The application is productive and operational. The role requires maintenance, new feature development and operations support. It requires communication with an international user community as well as a wide range of IT peers across the globe

About the team

We are a small, dynamic, and international team of experienced specialists that design, build and operate the ACP IT landscape in collaboration with our business partners. We follow agile methodologies (daily stand-up, bi-weekly sprints, product increments) and utilize DevOps recommendations. We are actively utilizing Microsoft Azure cloud for our application landscape

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain end-to-end web applications using Java (Spring Boot) for the backend and Angular for the frontend.

• Implement RESTful APIs and integrate them with front-end components.

• Manage cloud infrastructure and deploy applications using Azure services (App Services, Azure DevOps, Azure SQL, Key Vaults,  etc.).
• Optimize application performance and ensure secure, scalable deployments in the Azure environment.
• Produce (and maintain) system & application documentation

• Maintain code quality and automated testing using CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide operational support and troubleshooting of the production issues

About you

You are an experienced software engineer with a university degree (Masters preferred) in IT, engineering (or similar), that enjoys being hands-on. You have an accomplished record in delivering sustainable solutions and set the standard for those around you. You are comfortable working in multi-dimensional teams with direct involvement from business SMEs and care about security, quality, user experience, documentation, testing, team spirit and the big picture. 

Professional background and key skills:

• Five or more years' experience as a full-stack application engineer

• Strong proficiency in:

• • Backend: Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Node.js, Kotlin

• • Frontend: Angular, HTML5, CSS3, TypeScript, GraphQL

• • Database: Azure SQL, or similar

• Hands-on experience with a wide range of Azure services (SQL Server/Storage/Container Registry/KeyVault/Redis/Service Bus/Azure Application Insights…)

• Solid grasp of Infrastructure as a Code with Terraform templates
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tools using Azure DevOps or equivalent platforms
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus
• Good knowledge and work experience on automated testing (Jest, Junit and additionally preferably k6, Cypress)

• High level of abstraction, fast understanding, conceptual thinking, and strong problem-solving skills

• Experience with project management methodologies and tools (preferably Azure DevOps)
• Ability to work in agile teams using tools like Azure DevOps or Jira 
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across global teams

• Proficiency in English (written & verbal)

For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between [EUR 2,700] and [EUR 4,500] per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:​

• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role, ​
• the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.​

In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.​

Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.