Lead Software Engineer

Overview

At iptiQ by Swiss Re, we are building the next generation of digital life and health insurance. Our engineering teams are driving innovation across large-scale, cloud-native platforms that power millions of customer interactions. We blend modern software engineering with deep industry expertise to create solutions that are accessible, reliable, and user-centric. Our technology extends well beyond traditional insurance and encompasses data-intensive systems, modern architectures, digital health solutions, advanced analytics, and secure, high-performance services.

About the role

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will take ownership of significant cross-domain initiatives, influence architectural direction, and guide engineering teams through complex technical challenges. You will partner closely with Senior Engineering Managers (SEMs), architects, and cross-functional leads to plan and deliver large, strategic programs.

You will also serve as a technical role model—driving high-quality engineering practices, ensuring robust delivery forecasting, and elevating the technical maturity of your domain.

Our Technology Stack

Our cloud-native, multi-tenant SaaS platform runs on AWS. We use Kotlin, Java, SpringBoot, Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL on the backend, and ReactJS and TypeScript on the frontend. Our continuous delivery pipeline leverages GitLab. We are using Prometheus, ElasticSearch, Kibana and Grafana as our logging and monitoring stack.

Our mission

iptiQ is not just an insurance company; we are at the forefront of integrating technology into the life and health insurance space. We employ people with diverse technical backgrounds who are eager to solve some of the industry's most complex problems and make a lasting impact on our customers globally. At iptiQ, you'll not only be a part of transforming the insurance industry but also work on large-scale applications and new platforms that redefine how insurance products are developed and delivered. From revolutionizing underwriting processes to creating user-centric digital health tools, our engineers are at the heart of iptiQ's mission to transform the world of insurance.

Ideal Candidate:

We are looking for someone who:

• Has strong technical depth in several components of our stack, with proven ability to lead complex engineering efforts.
• Operates with ownership and accountability over domain-quality and cross-domain delivery.
• Has an entrepreneurial mindset, continuously seeks improvement, and motivates teams through influence rather than authority.
• Demonstrates exceptional collaboration skills across engineering, product, architecture, and operations.
• Acts as a mentor and technical leader for engineers across multiple teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive and deliver multi-quarter, cross-domain initiatives and support SEMs with planning, estimation accuracy, and technical alignment.
• Lead technical grooming for complex, cross-domain features and guide story preparation for small to medium domain work.
• Shape and communicate technical proposals (RFCs) and guide them through CTO-level decision-making.
• Act as a domain expert, providing guidance on architectural decisions and integration impacts.
• Independently design and develop high-quality features while continuously improving domain quality (logging, error handling, documentation, API clarity).
• Maintain strong engineering discipline by following DoR/DoD, avoiding unaligned refactoring, and ensuring clear, maintainable documentation.
• Achieve high delivery predictability (90–100% estimation accuracy) and effectively manage unplanned work within planned capacity.
• Mentor and support engineers across teams, elevating technical capabilities and cross-domain collaboration.

What We Offer:

• A supportive and collaborative team environment
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies
• Professional growth and learning opportunities
• Flexible working time and location

For Spain, the base salary range for this position is between EUR 60,000 and EUR 100,000 (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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