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Bratislava, SK

Senior R Developer

About the role

The R Developer under the direction of the ESTP/Leap Product Owner will drive the development and maintenance of the Leap R modules as used by Swiss Re actuaries to perform Experience Studies.

 

Responsibilities of this position:

  • Take requirements from the ESTP/Leap team, challenge, build and deliver the functionality in the Leap R modules.
  • Perform impact analysis of changes and present design notes on how requirements will be implemented.
  • Continue to develop and maintain extensive test suite
  • Share knowledge with the ESTP/Leap community
  • Liaise and support Leap R users in their development of Experience Studies. There is no expectation to run or perform experience studies.
  • Provide and run demonstrations and code walk-throughs.
  • Review pull-requests (PRs) of other team members, and provide constructive comments on how to improve their work

 

Required Skillsets

  • Advance R programming skills (relevant experience over last 12-24 months) especially with packages like tidyverse, dplyr, data.table, dtplyr, Rcpp and shiny
  • Built production-grade R Shiny applications (version controlled, with unit and functional tests, packaged format)
  • Strong data science and analytical skills
  • Ability to maintain existing solutions
  • Ability to collaborate with others to find practical solutions
  • Agile working experience
  • Strong co-ordination and communication skills
  • Desire to learn and improve continually (training may be provided)
  • Experience using the Posit commercial products: Posit Workbench, Posit Connect and Posit Package Manager

 

Nice to have (at least some of the following)

  • Performance optimisation of R code (dtplyr, data.table, Rcpp, cpp11)
  • Experience in deploying R solutions using CI/CD pipelines and cloud providers (e.g. Azure DevOps)
  • R package development and testing experience (like testthat, shinytest2)
  • Provide technical guidance, help & leadership to other R developers within the squad
  • Experience using and building solutions with different object-oriented systems in R: e.g. S3, S4, R6
  • L&H insurance actuarial knowledge

 

 

For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between EUR 2,700 and EUR 4,400 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, specialization, skills and experience.

 

In addition to your base salary, you may be eligible for additional rewards and benefits including an attractive performance-based bonus.

 

About Swiss Re

 

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.

If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.

 

 

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