Associate Analytics Engineer

Job highlights

• GDS (Group Data Services) leads Swiss Res ambition to be a truly data-driven risk knowledge company. GDS bring expertise and experience covering all aspects of data and analytics to enable Swiss Re in its vision to make the world more resilient.
• Spark,or similar. Palantir Foundry: Willingness to accustom yourself with Swiss Res strategic data management platform Palantir Foundry.

GDS (Group Data Services) leads Swiss Re's ambition to be a truly data-driven risk knowledge company

GDS bring expertise and experience covering all aspects of data and analytics to enable Swiss Re in its vision to make the world more resilient

The Data Platform Engineering team deals with data & analytics platforms for enabling the creation of innovative solutions to data driven business needs

It also enables Swiss Re Group to efficiently utilize the platforms and ensures their availability and proper functioning

The Opportunity

Are you excited about the prospect of joining Swiss Re's mission to become a truly data-driven risk company

We are the GDS Machine Learning Operations team, and we are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Analytics Solution Engineer to join us

In this role, you will be instrumental in building, optimizing, and maintaining our applications

You will collaborate closely with our business groups to anticipate emerging client needs, respond to user inquiries, and resolve their issues

Your expertise will be crucial in empowering our users to adopt Data engineering best practices, all while ensuring our systems remain both secure and cost-effective

As our new colleague, you will thrive in an agile environment, collaborating closely with peers, internal experts, and business clients to support, organize, and manage various activities within the team

Your contributions will be key to driving our data-driven initiatives forward and enhancing our risk management capabilities

What you will work on during your first year at Swiss Re:

Key Responsibilities

Application Development and Maintenance: Design, develop, test deploy, Applications to solve complex business problems in collaboration with data scientists and other engineers

Data Processing: Implement big data processing workflows and pipelines to handle large-scale datasets efficiently

Platform Management: Maintain and enhance our data science and machine learning platforms to ensure high performance and reliability

Collaboration: Work closely with business stakeholders to understand their needs, provide insights, and deliver solutions

Security & Cost Management: Ensure that all systems and solutions are secure and cost-effective

Essentials

About You

The following list represents our ideal candidate's profile

We know it is unlikely you meet 100% of our criteria

The more boxes you can check the better, however ultimately willingness to keep learning is key

Educational Background: Bachelor's or Masters degree in Computer Science, or a related field preferred

Experience: Some experience in application development, deployment, and maintenance

Technical Skills: Proficiency in Python, R, or similar programming languages

Big Data Technologies: Familiarity with big data processing tools esp

Spark, or similar

Palantir Foundry: Willingness to accustom yourself with Swiss Re's strategic data management platform Palantir Foundry

Prior experience with the platform is a plus

Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work with complex datasets communication: Excellent communication skills to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Ideally you have some prior experience with the (re?) insurance or financial services industry

Behavioural Competences

We are working as one team operating from three different countries: India, Slovakia and Switzerland

Our company's internal customer base is spread across all continents

Given, that you will interact with users every day, a strong customer-orientation, joy in communicating with users as well as a commitment to quality and timeliness are important!

Furthermore, the entire field of technologies we are working with such as cloud technologies, Generative AI or Natural Language Processing is evolving rapidly

You should have the curiosity to explore modern technologies, and the persistence to make them accessible to a larger community even while they are still evolving

Last, but not least, enjoying our work is just as important as achieving results

About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the worlds 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

We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health 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 14,000 employees across the world

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking

We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics

In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability

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

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