Data Engineer II — Swiss Re
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Data Engineer II 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.
It anticipates and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes to climate change, from ageing populations to cybercrime.
- Data Engineer II 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.
- Your main responsibilities are:
Main responsibilities
- Your main responsibilities are:
Application process
- 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.
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
- 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
- Data Engineer II
- About Swiss Re
- About the Role:
- 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
Questions about this listing
What salary does Swiss Re offer for this role?
Swiss Re lists CHF 83'000 - 126'000 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?
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