Application Engineer III (BE)

About the role  

As an Application Engineer III, you would design, build and enhance the P&C solutions technology architecture and engineering.  

In this role you will have the freedom to recommend and build alternative solutions to business challenges and contribute to the streamlining of processes and creation of competitive advantage. You will be responsible for prioritizing efforts based on the expected business benefits and drive the effective execution of these initiatives to ensure that investments produce tangible outcomes. 

To achieve the above, you will closely collaborate and partner with Engineering Director, P&C Solutions Engineering Leads and Product Owners. You would also collaborate with experienced Technology Platform leads and Operations team members.  

You will have direct responsibility of leading the engineering of specific products. You would be responsible for both internal and external engineering team members for specific products. You would also be responsible for coaching and mentoring junior team members across.  

In this role, you will ensure sharing knowledge across P&C solutions engineering teams and align best practices across Reinsurance. You would also be frequently called to communicate ideas and plans to various leadership teams and boards.  

About the Team 

Our team is the global P&C Solutions Engineering team, responsible for the technical Architecture and Engineering for P&C Solutions business unit. The team members are passionate about technology with deep understanding of reinsurance business. We closely collaborate with other teams and colleagues around the globe to share knowledge and engineer solutions.  

Growing experience will, over time, give you a broad view on Architecture & Engineering of a global reinsurer and enable you to have a comprehensive understanding, people and systems involved and how these systems shape business outcomes. This will allow you to build a strong engineering team in Hyderabad and become a key technology leader in Swiss Re. 

About You 

To succeed in this role, you will possess … 

• 5+ years of experience in backend software development using .NET Core / C#. 

• Solid hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) or similar container orchestration platforms. 

• Strong hand on experience in developing solutions in Databricks ,Data Lake, Delta Lake 

• Proficiency with Databricks for ETL/ELT pipelines, Spark-based workloads, and ML integrations. 

• Experience with Palantir Foundry or equivalent data integration/analytics platforms. 

• Collaborate closely with UX/UI designers, product managers, and backend developers to bring features to life. 

• Optimize components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers. 

• Implement and enforce best practices back-end development, including code reviews, unit testing, and CI/CD pipelines. 

• Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality code with pixel-perfect precision. 

• Contribute to technical research and feasibility studies including GenAI capabilities 

• Strong analytical skills, and seek problems in a structured way, joining your own creative ideas and those of others.  

• Combined agile practices with collaborative skills across cultures, geographies and organizational levels. 

• Committed to continuous learning and self-improvement. 

• Good communication & presentation skills with proficiency in English 

• Focus on outcome and getting things accomplished with a strong commitment to quality and timely customer service. 

• At ease with leaving your comfort zone and dealing with ambiguity 

• Understanding of insurance/reinsurance business is a plus. 

• Understands the security vulnerabilities and have expertise to remediate them within the agreed SLAs 

• Ability to run ITSM Level 3 applications that are hosted as SaaS 

• Proficiency in English is required.