Senior Application Engineer — Swiss Re
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 17 days ago
Role overview
Shape the Future of Financial Technology
- Shape the Future of Financial Technology
- Key Responsibilities Engineering and Architecture
- the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,
- Required
Main responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities Engineering and Architecture
- the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,
- the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.
- In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements.
- Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.
- Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract. 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.
- 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 15,000 employees across the world.
Key requirements
- Required
Application process
- If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.
- Reliable financial operations depend on modern enterprise applications, trusted data, and intelligent automation.
- By combining software engineering, workflow automation, and modern data platforms, we build solutions that streamline business processes, improve operational resilience, and enable informed decision-making across critical financial functions.
- We’re looking for a Senior Application Engineer who combines strong software engineering skills with business understanding to design, build, and operate enterprise applications, workflow solutions, and data-driven products that support critical financial and operational processes.
- As a Senior Application Engineer, you will play a key role in designing and delivering enterprise applications that support business-critical financial processes.
- You will work closely with business stakeholders, solution architects, product owners, and engineering teams to transform complex business requirements into scalable, maintainable, and user-focused solutions.
- This role combines software engineering, workflow automation, data engineering, and solution architecture.
- You will design and develop applications, automate business processes, integrate enterprise systems, and build data-driven capabilities that improve operational efficiency and transparency.
Additional details
- While experience with Palantir Foundry is highly valued, we welcome engineers with experience in comparable modern platforms who are eager to learn. Key Responsibilities Engineering and Architecture
- Mentor engineers and help teams deliver scalable, maintainable enterprise solutions. Stakeholder Engagement
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Note: Direct experience with Palantir Foundry or Camunda is not required.
- For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between [EUR 2,800] and [EUR 4,600] per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:
- Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.
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Notes and original content
- Direct experience with Palantir Foundry or Camunda is not required.
- We welcome candidates with strong software engineering experience who have worked with comparable enterprise platforms and are eager to learn new technologies
- For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between [EUR 2,800] and [EUR 4,600] per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:
- About the Role
- While experience with Palantir Foundry is highly valued, we welcome engineers with experience in comparable modern platforms who are eager to learn.
- About the Team
- Key Responsibilities
- Engineering and Architecture
- Mentor engineers and help teams deliver scalable, maintainable enterprise solutions.
- Stakeholder Engagement
Questions about this listing
What salary does Swiss Re offer for this role?
Swiss Re lists CHF 101'500 - 154'000 gross per year for this position in Zürich. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Swiss Re offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with Swiss Re during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
EU/EFTA residents living in the border zone of the country adjoining Canton Zürich can apply for a G permit; the Swiss employer files it with that canton's migration office after the contract is signed. Border-zone rules and processing times vary by neighbouring country and canton, so confirm the specifics with Zürich's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
How do I apply for this position at Swiss Re?
Use the "Apply now" button on this page — it links directly to Swiss Re's original listing at swissre.com, so your application goes straight to the employer's own applicant-tracking system. Frontaliere Ticino does not collect or forward applications itself.
