Job Description

About the team

This role is within the Data Driven Underwriting (DDUW) Solutions Americas team under Swiss re L&H Solutions division. You will be joining the DDUW product team who is on a mission to create a best-in-class solution in underwriting for Life Insurance carriers to address the current industry pain points with disparate data sources in the US market. The team has diverse skillsets of experts from underwriting, and technology and the team work collaboratively with cross functional delivery teams across the globe.

About the role

This position will directly report to the Head of data driven UW Americas who is also the Product Owner. We are seeking a highly motivated, Product S/W Engineer to join the DDUW Americas team. You will have a key role in oversight and design of product implementations as well as supporting the regional head in market readiness from a technical standpoint. You will work closely with the product owner and cross functional teams with a solid focus on:

• Helping in implementing solutions on a secure, cloud-native apps that amaze customers by their simplicity of integration.
• Developing API-centric apps and knowledge of the digital ecosystem you can help integrate your solution with ease with external services.

Your main responsibilities are:

• You will oversee and be accountable for the delivery quality of the teams' commitments. Specifically, this involves taking care of and having the oversight of the development, design, UI/UX, and other processes that makes the product work.
• You will become the subject matter expertise for the feature functions and how they impact the business.
• You will be collaborating with cross functional teams to discuss Product Management, Development, Architecture and Operations on defining feature roadmaps and priorities.
• You will be the liaison between Production Support and scrum team

• You will commit to continuous learning of development processes, technologies, and practices
• You will be hands on with the software and work through technical challenges with developers
• Support the continuing development of the DDUW product

About You

Are you eager to disrupt the insurance industry with us and make an impact? Do you wish to have your talent recognized and rewarded? Then join our internal start-up squad and find an encouraging environment in which we aspire for client delight and make it happen for Solutions!

• You have BS/MS in Computer Science / Engineering/ IT or related field or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on development as a professional full stack developer. Minimum 1 year of experience in managing a team of developers.
• Good experience in agile software engineering
• Full stack developer with a deep understanding of modern, cloud native architectures and software patterns and experienced on MS Azure's cloud offering
• Atleast 3+ year of managing and working on a SaaS product.

• Expertise in one or more of the following languages / runtimes: Java, SQL, and Python.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience with cloud deployments and API services set up
• Familiarity with front end development tools and languages. Eg: xml, html, jsons
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Scrum and Agile based environment
• Experience with quality development practices, including: unit tests, build systems, peer reviews and automated functional tests
• Experience with SaaS or Enterprise Software development
• Deep understanding of Data architectures and Frameworks
• Strong project management skills.
• Self-directed learner, who prefers a hands-on approach to acquiring skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal including delivering presentations and providing demonstrations to clients.
• Familiarity with data science and machine learning models is an advantage.
• This role has potential to grow with the product team and its evolution.
• Flexibility to travel when needed for industry events and client workshops.

Swiss Re is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice to recruit, hire and promote without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, pregnancy, sexual orientations, marital status, military status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Decisions on employment are solely based on an individual's qualifications for the position being filled.

During the recruitment process, reasonable accommodations for disabilities are available upon request. If contacted for an interview, please inform the Recruiter/HR Professional of the accommodation needed.

About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.

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