IT Application Architect

About the Team and our Scope 

At L&H Claims Solutions, we build and commercialize cloud-native SaaS offerings for Swiss Re Life & Health insurance clients. We offer a portfolio of about three products, in the L&H claims domain offered to clients worldwide. We are a software house within Swiss Re.  

Our team consists of more than 50+ technical professionals with multidisciplinary skills, located in multiple countries, working on these multi-regional, highly available software solutions.  

About the Role 

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Solution Architect to lead the design and development of scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise solutions. 

You will work closely with product leaders, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to build secure, high-performance applications based on modern architectural principles. 

You should have deep expertise in modern Java-based service-based architectures, full-stack development, and cloud-native design, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Azure and enterprise-scale solution development.  

Your responsibilities will be: 

• Define and evolve application architecture aligned with enterprise standards like scalability, maintainability and cost effectiveness.  

• Design mission critical solutions using 12-factor App development principles with Spring and Spring Boot  

• Design and develop secure authentication (e.g., Okta, Azure AD) and robust authorization mechanisms  

• Design and document scalable cloud-native infrastructure on Microsoft Azure  

• Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and architecture best practices  

• Evaluate and integrate third-party solutions, open-source tools, and cloud-managed services  

• Translate complex business requirements into scalable and maintainable solution designs  

• Lead and mentor engineering teams on architecture, design, coding, and deployment  

• Perform architecture and code reviews to ensure adherence to quality and security standards  

• Collaborate with DevOps teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes  

• Oversee vulnerability assessments, open-source license usage, and secure coding practices  

• Ensure compliance with governance, data privacy, and industry regulations  

About You 

If you possess traits and experience that match most of the below, we’d love to hear from you:

• Overall 12+ years' hands on experience in java/J2EE based enterprise software 

• 5+ years' experience in application/solution architecture roles with hands-on involvement 

• Experience in agile environments. 

Must have excellent technical proficiency in… 

• Technical leadership capable of designing, motivating and driving a vision 

• Technical coaching willing of inspiring, coaching and driving technical colleagues  

• Expert-level proficiency in Java/J2EE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Security  

• Extensive experience designing and building scalable architectures and solutions  

• Experience with authentication and authorization using Okta, Azure AD, and OAuth2/OpenID Connect  

• Proficient in REST APIs, Multithreading, Hibernate ORM/JPA, SQL, RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MS SQL)  

• Strong integration experience (REST, SOAP, ESB, Kafka, RabbitMQ)  

• Experience using IDEs such as IntelliJ IDEA 

• Experience in SaaS product development and multi-tenant architecture  

• Solid grasp of secure coding standards, governance frameworks, and regulatory and compliance practices  

• Knowledge of profiling and debugging tools like JMeter, App Insights  

Preferable knowledge also about… 

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud (including services like AKS, Key Vault, Storage Accounts, etc.)  

• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools – Docker, Kubernetes (AKS)  

• Expertise in CI/CD and Maven/Gradle  

• Bonus: Familiarity with UML and tools like Enterprise Architect, Microsoft Visio  

• Bonus: Previous experience with modern Java Script front end frameworks 

• Bonus: Knowledge in Insurance Underwriting, Quartz Scheduler, distributed caching (e.g. Redis, Hazelcast)  

For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between EUR 3,800 and EUR 6,300 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.

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