Software / Data Engineer

Place of work
Mlynské nivy 12, Bratislava
Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
From 1 700 EUR/monthMinimum base salary for this job is from 1700 EUR gross/month/full time. Our offer to you may be higher based on your skills and experience and will include additional rewards and benefits.*

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

- Work on various projects in the text-mining and machine learning space and develop stable applications with your state of the art knowledge on Software Engineering.
- Design and implement new features and components within our analytics platform and develop prototypes quickly to enable an iterative approach
- Deliver high-quality code, focusing on simplicity, performance, maintainability and scalability
- You will collaborate with Data Scientists and Software Engineers to develop robust software products - which are used both internally and externally.
- You will work with various engineering and operations teams - but you will have a clear idea on how to bring machine learning algorithms into production.

About the Team

The Digital & Smart Analytics Services unit supports Swiss Re's business functions in developing state of the art technology solutions using advanced analytics techniques applied to both structured and unstructured data for their business and strategic initiatives (e.g. Product Development).

We are a global team of highly skilled engineers and scientists specialised in data & text mining.

Information about the selection process

*We are required by law to disclose basic wage component (minimum salary) for the advertised positions. We carefully consider your professional competencies, qualifications and experience in our compensation package and/or when offering you other positions. Our compensation philosophy is to pay fairly, also considering market situation and the value employees may bring to Swiss Re.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. Our aim is to live visible and invisible diversity – diversity of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical abilities, personalities and experiences – at all levels and in all functions and regions. We also collaborate in a flexible working environment, providing you with a compelling degree of autonomy to decide how, when and where to carry out your tasks.

We provide feedback to all candidates via email. If you have not heard back from us, please check your spam folder.

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

Are you the one we are looking for?

- You have a higher education degree (B.Sc. or higher) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent
- Strong software development skills, i.e. 5+ years hands-on experience as a full-stack developer.
- Proficiency in Java, Python, Javascript and possess experience in data/text processing.
- Good analytical and conceptual skills to understand complex technology stacks and their dependencies
- Experience with micro services based architectures and methodologies around designing, scaling and monitoring concurrent systems (using RESTful APIs)
- Good knowledge of data science methods and algorithms
- You are familiar with Agile development methodologies (e.g. Scrum, DevOps, Kanban)
- Very good verbal and written skills in English are a must
- Agile project management and working with cross-functional and/or virtual teams

Nice to have:

- Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud or similar cloud providers
- Knowledge of container technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes and orchestration tools
- Experience in machine learning and productive usage of machine learning models
- Specific knowledge of/experience in the insurance/financial field is an additional advantage but not crucial

Behavioral Competences:

- You are a great teammate with a ‘can do’ attitude, at ease with working in an interdisciplinary and multi-cultural environment.
- You are forward-thinking, ambitious, want to bring in your own ideas and use your creativity and motivation to push product development further. You are curious, a self-learner and have great interest in learning new things.
- As a matter of trust, we give you a high degree of flexibility which matches your independent working style. Also, you are able to work on multiple colliding priorities - still keeping your strong dedication to quality and timely customer service. You carefully evaluate design trade-offs and strive for simple, elegant and reusable solutions.

Join us!
If you think that you can bring the right knowledge, experience and personality for this job opportunity, you might be a perfect fit to our team, and we would love to hear from you!

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Brief description of the company

As the world's leading and most diversified global reinsurer, we offer as our core business financial services products that enable risk taking essential to enterprise and progress. Our company was founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1863, and operates in more than 25 countries and provides its expertise and services to clients throughout the world. We combine financial strengths with experience, knowledge and creative thought to explore new opportunities in the interests of our clients, staff and shareholders.

Number of employees

1700 and more employees

Company address

Contact

Contact person: Lucia Vargova

ID: 2103979  Dátum zverejnenia: 19.8.2020  Základná zložka mzdy (brutto): 1 700 EUR/month