Bratislava, SK
Senior Software Fullstack Engineer (Strong Back End Expertise)
About the Team and our Scope
Our team, a software house within Swiss Re, develops cloud-native (Azure-based) SaaS/PaaS solutions for external Life & Health insurance clients. Our portfolio includes globally established products and those in growth or incubation stages. We utilize the latest technology and prioritize innovation to stay competitive.
Our technical team comprises professionals with multidisciplinary skills, located in various countries, delivering highly available, multi-regional solutions used worldwide.
About the Role
As the Senior Back-End Engineer, you will design and develop software solutions, assist fellow engineers through peer coding and reviews, and lead discussions on development approaches and best practices. Collaborate with product owners, architects, and engineering teams to translate business needs into robust technological solutions that align with the product vision and roadmap.
Your responsibilities will be:
• Design and develop back-end software solutions deployed in cloud-based environments at scale.
• Maintain the performance, scalability, and security of software applications, ensuring they meet high standards of reliability for clients.
• Participate in design workshops with architects, review sessions with software engineers, and support engineering managers and product owners in driving SDLC processes.
• Effectively use new technologies to build and launch Proof of Concepts (PoC) with a prototyping approach.
• Collaborate with peers to ensure software engineering best practices are followed properly and efficiently.
About You
Nobody is perfect and meets 100% requirements. If you, however, meet some of the criteria below and are genuinely curious about the world of software development and IT Cloud, we will be happy to meet you.
If you possess traits and experience that fits into the below, we’d love to hear from you:
Must-have experience
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Strong hands-on coding capabilities with Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot, including Spring Security, request interceptors, background/asynchronous jobs, and custom annotations.
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Strong knowledge of relational databases (MSSQL, PostgreSQL), schema versioning (Flyway), and ORM frameworks (Hibernate/JPA).
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Experience with API design and cross-service communication, including REST APIs, messaging, JSON serialization, API management, and integration patterns.
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Experience with build, CI/CD, containerization, and deployment, using Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines), Docker, and Kubernetes/AKS.
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Strong understanding of secure software design and coding, including static code analysis, vulnerability scanning, and remediation.
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Experience developing scalable, reliable, highly available cloud-native applications, including cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and resource provisioning.
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Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC/Terraform) and cloud observability, including OpenTelemetry, Application Insights, structured logging, metrics, and tracing.
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Experience across the software delivery lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing and release, with the ability to document technical architecture and guide/coach fellow engineers.
Preferred Skills
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Frontend development experience with React and JavaScript/TypeScript, with the ability to understand and contribute to an existing frontend codebase when required.
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Familiarity with modern frontend development practices, including component-based architecture, state management, REST API integration, testing, and frontend build tooling.
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Experience with one or more web/application servers
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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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 15,000 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.
We may use AI-powered tools to support the review and evaluation of applications for this position. These tools provide additional insights to our recruitment teams, but all hiring decisions are carefully reviewed and made by people. To learn more about how we use AI in recruitment and how we handle your personal data, please review our Data Privacy Statement before applying.
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