Application Engineer II — Swiss Re
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Application Engineer II As an Application Engineer II in our Product Area, you will contribute to the development of a modern lakehouse architecture build on Azure Datalake using Python to implement business services. You will implement business functionality that enables our customers to run their accounting processes and generate data to meet their reporting needs. You will design, develop, automate, and support backend applications that combine data elements from multiple domains and systems. You will leverage innovative technologies and frameworks to enable scalable and efficient processing. You will collaborate with other engineers, analysts, product owners and stakeholders to deliver value-added solutions that meet the business needs and expectations.
We value clean code, automation, continuous improvement, knowledge sharing and engineering excellence. We actively leverage AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot to improve engineering productivity and quality. We are living DevOps. We own the implementation of the business functionality and operate our workload in production. We are looking for an ambitious application engineer, who will help to build and deploy business services to production environments.
Key tasks
- Understand business requirements and convert them into technical specifications
- Oversee the end-to-end application architecture
- Drive the design and build of business services that create financial data by combining input from various sources
- Take ownership for the implementation of functional and non-functional requirements. Ensure a high level of test automation
- Foster sustainable relationships and become a trusted partner to team members.
- Meet with stakeholders, understand the requirements, and advise on efficient solutions
- Ensure timely customer communication and coordination of follow-up activities
- Apply and implement Agile Scrum and DevOps standard methodologies
- Your main responsibilities are:
Main responsibilities
- Your main responsibilities are:
Application process
- Application Engineer II
- As an Application Engineer II in our Product Area, you will contribute to the development of a modern lakehouse architecture build on Azure Datalake using Python to implement business services.
- You will implement business functionality that enables our customers to run their accounting processes and generate data to meet their reporting needs.
- You will design, develop, automate, and support backend applications that combine data elements from multiple domains and systems.
- You will leverage innovative technologies and frameworks to enable scalable and efficient processing.
- You will collaborate with other engineers, analysts, product owners and stakeholders to deliver value-added solutions that meet the business needs and expectations.
- We value clean code, automation, continuous improvement, knowledge sharing and engineering excellence.
- We actively leverage AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot to improve engineering productivity and quality.
Additional details
- We are looking for an ambitious application engineer, who will help to build and deploy business services to production environments.
- Understand business requirements and convert them into technical specifications Hands-on coding in Python /PySpark
- Take ownership for the implementation of functional and non-functional requirements. Ensure a high level of test automation
- Apply and implement Agile Scrum and DevOps standard methodologies
- Collaborate with other engineers in the team to ensure design decisions are aligned. Perform peer code reviews
- Implement software engineering practices to ensure the quality, performance, and maintainability of our applications.
- The team builds on a lakehouse architecture using Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory and Azure Data Lake (Delta Lake) with Python being the main programming language and PySpark is used for large scale data engineering.
- Strong understanding of software engineering techniques with modern programming languages and analytical frameworks. Proficient in Python, PySpark, SQL
- We are looking forward to your application!
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Notes and original content
- Understand business requirements and convert them into technical specifications
- Hands-on coding in Python /PySpark
- Take ownership for the implementation of functional and non-functional requirements.
- Ensure a high level of test automation
- Peer reviews
- Collaborate with other engineers in the team to ensure design decisions are aligned.
- Perform peer code reviews
- About the team
- Strong understanding of software engineering techniques with modern programming languages and analytical frameworks.
- Proficient in Python, PySpark, SQL
Questions about this listing
What salary does Swiss Re offer for this role?
Swiss Re lists CHF 73'500 - 111'500 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.
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