About the Role

Are you an application engineer who has hands-on experience in building products, integrating IT systems with SaaS solutions and a passion for working in an agile team? Then you are exactly the person we are looking for!

You will be part of a squad responsible for Procurement, Audit and Finance applications. As a Senior Application Engineer, you'll apply your knowledge of cloud technologies, integration solutions and existing framework to deliver a high quality of service. You will contribute to the design and implementation of new solutions as well as improve existing ones using innovative and practical approaches aligned with governance standards and methodologies.

Together with others in the squad, you will analyze requirements, formalize an approach, document, and ensure end-to-end quality control of implemented solutions. You will provide architectural design, hands-on configuration support, technical mentorship to other squad members, implement PoCs to pave the way, and contribute in key refactoring, migration and configuring as needed. You will help ensure that the applications are stable, secure, scalable, and resilient. For new solutions, you own and drive our Digital Governance Framework process by providing required information and close relevant risk assessment gates.

About the Team

We are responsible for Swiss Re's Legal & Compliance, Audit, Procurement, and parts of the Finance applications. We work in a scaled agile model with shared leadership teams and broad aligned autonomy for our squads. We are located across the globe but share the same values for passion, openness, respect, humbleness, and curiosity. And we strive to improve our work for our customers every day.

About you

You are passionate about technology. You are flexible and open-minded, committed with an ability to learn new skills quickly. You have:

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience.
• 6-8 years of hands-on development experience as a working professional.
• Deep technical knowledge on software development with a particular focus on Integration and SaaS solutions.
• Solid experience in using ETL/ELT tools like Informatica.
• Core technical capabilities and practical experience in at least one programming knowledge like Java, JavaScript, Python.
• Database expertise with Oracle, MS SQL, Azure SQL or similar.
• Deep technical understanding of web technologies such as: HTTP, HTML, XML, JSON Web services, SOAP & REST API, SAML.
• Work experience on the Coupa platform is a plus.
• Ability to guide the technical and functional design of other squad members.
• Strong problem-solving skills and dedication to quality and timely delivery
• Good interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including clear articulation of technical topics to a non-technical audience