API Developer — Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino)
- Location
- 2930 Eur
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 10 days ago
Role overview
Our opportunity API & Model Serving Developer
Are you a motivated, hands-on, and innovative person interested in working for one of the largest global insurers?
Are you excited by building high-performance APIs and serving real-time calculations that drive critical risk decisions?
- Our opportunity API & Model Serving Developer
- Are you a motivated, hands-on, and innovative person interested in working for one of the largest global insurers?
- As an API & Model Serving Developer , your main responsibilities will involve:
- Design, build, and deploy high-performance catastrophe modelling calculations exposed as APIs using Databricks Model Serving technology.
- Work in close collaboration with the wider technology and business teams to deliver excellent user experience.
- Your Skills and Experience As an API & Model Serving Developer , your skills and experience will ideally include:
Main responsibilities
- As an API & Model Serving Developer , your main responsibilities will involve:
- Design, build, and deploy high-performance catastrophe modelling calculations exposed as APIs using Databricks Model Serving technology.
- Develop geospatial lookup APIs for risk classification, distance measurements, geocoding, etc.
- Implement and optimize real-time and near-real-time serving endpoints using Databricks Feature Serving for low-latency risk data retrieval.
- Ensure API performance, reliability, and scalability through automated health monitoring, load testing, and alerting.
- Design API contracts and integration patterns for downstream consumers such as accumulation dashboards, underwriting tools, and reporting systems.
- Collaborate with and provide backup to the Data Engineer on the team, ensuring no key-person dependencies exist across the platform.
- Work in close collaboration with the wider technology and business teams to deliver excellent user experience. Your Skills and Experience
- As an API & Model Serving Developer , your skills and experience will ideally include:
- Strong experience with Python (preferably with Pandas, NumPy, and geospatial libraries such as GeoPandas, Shapely, or H3).
Key requirements
- Work in close collaboration with the wider technology and business teams to deliver excellent user experience.
- Your Skills and Experience As an API & Model Serving Developer , your skills and experience will ideally include:
- Hands-on experience with Databricks, particularly Model Serving and/or Feature Serving.
- Experience designing and building RESTful APIs with a focus on performance and scalability.
- Familiarity with SQL and working with structured data in Lakehouse or data warehouse environments.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a performance-optimization mindset.
Additional details
- API & Model Serving Developer
- The position is planned as a 1‑year assignment for now. Your Skills and Experience
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Prior work experience in insurance or financial services.
- The starting base salary range for this position is 2930 Eur. Working time benefits
- Personal days off, Concentrated work week, Additional vacation, Home office, Extra days off at occasion of childbirth, Sabbatical leave, Workation
- Life insurance from Zurich Austria, Compensation for salary loss during sick leave, 3rd pension pillar contribution, Risk Life Insurance, Meal contribution on top of the legally required minimum, Years of service bonus, Wedding bonus, Baby bonus
- Electronic cafeteria, Maternity leave benefits, Massages in the office Learning/Development
- Professional Certifications, Online Education Portals, Extensive Onboarding program, Strengths based culture (GALLUP) Location: Bratislava Schedule: full-time
- Form: hybrid - occasional home office possible
Notes and original content
- Our opportunity
- The position is planned as a 1‑year assignment for now.
- Your Skills and Experience
- Good to Have
- The starting base salary range for this position is 2930 Eur.
- Working time benefits
- Monetary benefits
- Other benefits
- Electronic cafeteria, Maternity leave benefits, Massages in the office
- Learning/Development
Questions about this listing
What salary does Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino) offer for this role?
Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino) lists CHF 79'000 - 134'500 gross per year for this position in 2930 Eur. 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 Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino) 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 Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino) 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 Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino)?
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