Location
Madrid, M, ES
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
Strong hands-on coding capabilities with Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot, including Spring Security, request interceptors, background/asynchronous jobs, and custom annotations.
Strong knowledge of relational databases (MSSQL, PostgreSQL), schema versioning (Flyway), and ORM frameworks (Hibernate/JPA).
Experience with API design and cross-service communication, including REST APIs, messaging, JSON serialization, API management, and integration patterns.
Experience with build, CI/CD, containerization, and deployment, using Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines), Docker, and Kubernetes/AKS.
Strong understanding of secure software design and coding, including static code analysis, vulnerability scanning, and remediation.
Experience developing scalable, reliable, highly available cloud-native applications, including cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and resource provisioning.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC/Terraform) and cloud observability, including OpenTelemetry, Application Insights, structured logging, metrics, and tracing.
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
Frontend development experience with React and JavaScript/TypeScript, with the ability to understand and contribute to an existing frontend codebase when required.
Familiarity with modern frontend development practices, including component-based architecture, state management, REST API integration, testing, and frontend build tooling.
Experience with one or more web/application servers
Compensation
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 the situation where you do not meet all the requirements or you significantly exceed these, the offered salary may be below or above the advertised range.
In addition to your base salary, you may be eligible for additional rewards and benefits including an attractive performance-based bonus.
About Swiss Re
Swiss Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk