We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer with expertise in Python and modern backend frameworks to join the team. This role is ideal for someone passionate about building scalable, secure, and high-performance APIs and services that power data-driven solutions. You will work on mission-critical systems leveraging AI, electronic health records (EHRs), and other complex, sensitive medical data to make it easier for people to get essential life insurance coverage. The role sits within a small high-impact team dedicated to building the industry’s most advanced solution for medical risk assessment. Position offers substantial opportunity to shape a new solution, ship product quickly and see immediate impact.
Key Accountabilities
- Participate in shaping the design of API architecture for real-time decisioning with complex medical data
- Collaborate with data scientists, underwriters, customer success and product managers to develop and deliver the product roadmap
- Optimize performance and scalability of backend systems handling large volumes of structured and unstructured health data
- Adapt product to evolving use of machine learning models and LLMs
- Build maintainable software; write unit/integration tests and implement automated testing
- Participate in code review and contribute to continuous improvement of development practices
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- Professional experience with Python preferred; understanding of software design lifecycle (SDLC) best practices
- Familiar with API design tools/languages (e.g., Swagger, OpenAPI, FastAPI)
- Cloud computing and Kubernetes (or similar orchestration tools)
- Containerization tools (e.g., Docker)
- Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ORM libraries (e.g., SQLAlchemy)
- Experience with load testing, latency profiling, and performance optimization for backend systems
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform)
What Can We Offer You?
We are pleased to offer our employees great benefits and resources to support their mental, physical and financial wellbeing. These include:
- An engaging and collaborative environment that promotes continuous learning and development
- A hybrid work environment that combines weekly in-office and remote days with Meeting-Free lunch hours and Focus Friday afternoons
- A great compensation package including annual company bonus
- Market leading company-paid flexible health and dental benefits, starting on your first day
- Flexible dollars provided by the company to put towards Health Spending Account and/or Wellness Spending Account
- Immediate participation in DC Pension Plan with an automatic 5% employer contribution, plus optional company match
- Generous time off including vacation, personal days, unplanned time, Statutory Holidays and company-wide early closure half-days
- Learning and development programs and resources, including unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, Education Assistance Program and reimbursement for professional fees
- Maternity, Parental & Adoption Leave top-up program
- Employee Referral Program, Recognition & Rewards Platform
Equal Employment Opportunity / Accessibility Statement
Munich Re is committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive and free of employment barriers and discrimination. Accommodations will be made for qualified applicants with a disability throughout the recruitment process. If you receive a request for an interview and you have a disability which will require an accommodation to support your participation, please contact as soon as practical so that suitable accommodations can be arranged.
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