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Bratislava, SK

Spring Boot Application Developer

Interested in Spring Boot, RabbitMQ, Docker/K8S and Azure Cloud? Then please continue reading. 

 

About the Team  

 

You will be part of small cross-functional team, and you will closely collaborate with other Application Engineer, Data Engineer, QA Engineer and Business Analyst. Currently we operate in three application teams and one platform team – all of them are dedicated to the same product. Our teams are distributed in several locations across Europe and India.  

 

About the Product 

 

Our teams are developing and maintaining SPIRE – a product that helps our Non-Life reserving actuaries to calculate the reserves Swiss Re needs to keep on its accounts. In other words, this is a very critical system for Swiss Re.  

 

About the Tech Stack 

 

Frontend is based on Angular and PrimeNG. Backend consists of several Spring Boot Java services, which are running inside AKS (Azure) K8S cluster. Spring Boot Java services are using RabbitMQ as a messaging infrastructure. We also have several Python REST services and several R REST services. We use Azure SQL database. We use ADF and Databricks for data processing.  

We use ELK stack for logging. And we use Grafana dashboards for monitoring. We also use Azure AppInsights. We use Azure DevOps for deployment pipelines. We also use Azure DevOps for ticket processing and project lifecycle management. Code is stored in git inside Azure DevOps. 

 

Your Responsibilities 

 

  • Analyze, design, develop, document and maintain Spring Boot applications  

  • Communicate with clients and communicate technical content to a business audience 

  • Serve as professional mentor for junior developers 

 

About You  

 

You are a team player who can navigate in the ecosystem of the existing team and is able to push things forward. You do not wait until you are asked if you are blocked or out of tasks. If you can take initiative and ownership, then you are the right candidate for us. You have an opinion, but not necessarily always. 

 

Must have skills:  

 

  • Deep knowledge about programming in Java and Spring Boot 

  • Experience with relational databases  

  • Ability to take responsibility and ownership 

 

Nice to have skills:  

 

  • Good knowledge of micro-services architecture pattern and understanding of containerization concepts (e.g. Docker). Experience with development and operations of applications in cloud environments, preferably Microsoft Azure.  Experience with CI/CD concepts and tools like Azure DevOps or Jenkins. 

  • Frontend skills like Angular, Redux and Typescript or skills with R language. 

  • Extreme programming techniques like pair programming, TDD (test first). Familiar with Agile development methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban). 

 

 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.

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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 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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