About this role
<div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span>About the Team and our Scope</span><span> </span></strong></span></p> <p> </p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>At L&H Claims Solutions, we build and commercialize cloud-native SaaS offerings for Swiss Re Life & Health insurance clients. We offer a portfolio of about three products, in the L&H claims domain offered to clients worldwide. We are a software house within Swiss Re. </span><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Our team consists of more than 50+ technical professionals with multidisciplinary skills, located in multiple countries, working on these multi-regional, highly available software solutions. </span><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>About the Role</span><span> </span></span></strong></p> <p> </p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Solution Architect to lead the design and development of scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise solutions.</span><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>You will work closely with product leaders, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to build secure, high-performance applications based on modern architectural principles.</span><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>You should have deep expertise in modern Java-based service-based architectures, full-stack development, and cloud-native design, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Azure and enterprise-scale solution development. </span><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Your responsibilities will be:</span><span> </span></span></strong></p> <p> </p> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Define and evolve </span><span>application architecture</span><span> aligned with enterprise standards like scalability, maintainability and cost effectiveness. </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Design mission critical solutions using </span><span>12-factor App development principles</span><span> with </span><span>Spring and Spring Boot</span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Design and develop </span><span>secure authentication</span><span> (e.g., Okta, Azure AD) and </span><span>robust authorization</span><span> mechanisms </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Design and document scalable cloud-native infrastructure on </span><span>Microsoft Azure</span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Establish and </span><span>enforce coding standards, </span><span>design patterns, and architecture best practices </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Evaluate and integrate third-party solutions, open-source tools, and</span><span> cloud-managed services</span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Translate complex business requirements</span><span> into scalable and maintainable solution designs </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Lead and mentor</span><span> engineering teams on architecture, design, coding, and deployment </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Perform </span><span>architecture and code reviews</span><span> to ensure adherence to quality and security standards </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Collaborate with DevOps teams to streamline </span><span>CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes</span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Oversee </span><span>vulnerability assessments</span><span>, open-source </span><span>license usage</span><span>, and </span><span>secure coding</span><span> practices </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Ensure compliance with </span><span>governance, data privacy, and industry regulations</span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>About You</span><span> </span></span></strong></p> <p> </p> </div> <div> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>If you possess traits and experience that match most of the below, we’d love to hear from you:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Overall </span><span>12+ years' hands on experience in java/J2EE based enterprise software</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>5+ years' experience in application/solution architecture roles with hands-on involvement</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Experience</span><span> in agile environments.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Proactive and Collaborative</span><span>, with a strong sense of ownership and a willingness to go the extra mile to deliver quality solutions.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Top notch team player with the ambition and skill to bring the entire team to the next level.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </p> </div> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Must have excellent</span><span> technical proficiency in…</span><span> </span></span></p> <p> </p> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Technical leadership</span><span> capable of designing, motivating and driving a vision</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Technical coaching</span><span> willing of inspiring, coaching and driving technical colleagues </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Expert-level proficiency in </span><span>Java/J2EE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Security</span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Extensive experience designing and building </span><span>scalable architectures and solutions</span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Experience with </span><span>authentication and authorization</span><span> using </span><span>Okta</span><span>, </span><span>Azure AD</span><span>, and </span><span>OAuth2/OpenID Connect</span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Proficient </span><span>in REST APIs, Multithreading, Hibernate ORM/JPA</span><span>, SQL, RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MS SQL) </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Strong integration experience (</span><span>REST, SOAP, ESB, Kafka, RabbitMQ</span><span>) </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Experience using IDEs such as </span><span>IntelliJ IDEA</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Experience in </span><span>SaaS product development</span><span> and multi-tenant architecture </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Solid grasp of </span><span>secure coding standards</span><span>, governance frameworks, and </span><span>regulatory</span><span> and </span><span>compliance practices</span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Knowledge of </span><span>profiling and debugging</span><span> tools like JMeter, App Insights </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Preferable</span><span> knowledge also about…</span><span> </span></span></p> <p> </p> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Hands-on experience with </span><span>Microsoft Azure Cloud</span><span> (including services like AKS, Key Vault, Storage Accounts, etc.) </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Knowledge </span><span>of containerization and orchestration tools</span><span> – Docker, Kubernetes (AKS) </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Expertise in CI/CD and Maven/Gradle </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Bonus: Familiarity with </span><span>UML</span><span> and tools like Enterprise Architect, Microsoft Visio </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Bonus: Previous experience with modern Java Script front end frameworks</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Bonus: Knowledge in Insurance Underwriting, Quartz Scheduler, distributed caching (e.g. Redis, Hazelcast) </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between EUR 3,800 and EUR 6,300 per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:<br>· the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role, <br>· the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.<br> <br>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.<br>Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.</span></p> </div> <div><span style="color:white"> </span></div> <div> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-family:SwissReSans;font-size:11.0pt"><span style="color:white">#LI-Hybrid</span></p> </div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <p> </p> </div><div class="swissre_jobtemplate"> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>About Swiss Re</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <div class="swissre_jobtemplate"> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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. 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