Specialist I - Software Engineering -AWS; Python; JavaDot Net; FastAPI

Job highlights

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science,Software Engineering,Information Systems,or related field. . 5+ years of backend engineering experience. . 5+ years of database design and development experience.
• Required Qualifications
• Preferred Domain Experience.
• Knowledge of treaty administration,cessions,billing,settlement,and annuity processing is highly preferred.

Job Summary

Backend / Database Engineer AWS-native, Event-Driven Annuity Reinsurance Platform Role Overview We are seeking a Backend / Database Engineer to build and support the core services and data foundation of a modern AWS-native annuity reinsurance platform. This role focuses on backend development, API design, database engineering, event-driven processing, data quality, and cloud-native architectures supporting contracts, transactions, funds, treaties, cessions, billing, reporting, and auditability.

Responsibilities

• Backend Engineering: Design and develop scalable services for: Contract Management, Transaction Processing, Fund Processing, Treaty Administration, Reinsurance Placement & Cession Management, Billing & Settlement, Reporting & Audit Tracking
• Developing microservices
• Building business APIs
• Managing integrations
• Implementing validations and business rules
• Ensuring transactional integrity
• API Development: Design and maintain API-first solutions for: Contract, Transaction, Fund, and Treaty ingestion
• Placement requests and reporting
• Webhooks and partner integrations
• Key areas: REST APIs
• OpenAPI / Swagger
• Authentication & authorization
• API versioning
• Error handling and resiliency
• Event-Driven Architecture: Build asynchronous workflows using AWS-native services.
• Event design and publishing
• Event consumption
• Retry and replay mechanisms
• Dead-letter queue management
• Idempotent processing patterns
• Database Engineering: Design and optimize databases supporting: Treaties, Contracts, Transactions, Funds, Cessions, Billings, Reports, Audit Records
• Data modeling
• Database design
• Query optimization
• Index tuning
• Backup & recovery
• Performance monitoring
• Data retention strategies
• AWS Cloud Development: Build cloud-native solutions using: Compute: Lambda, ECS, EKS, Fargate; Integration: EventBridge, SNS, SQS, Step Functions; Data: Aurora PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, S3; Security: IAM, Cognito, Secrets Manager; Monitoring: CloudWatch, X-Ray
• Data Quality & Operational Excellence: Implement validation and reconciliation frameworks. Build audit trails, logging, monitoring, and ing. Support reporting, API activity monitoring, and operational reliability.
• DevOps & Automation: Support CI/CD implementation. Automate testing and deployments. Participate in Infrastructure as Code initiatives. Support Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS deployment services.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years of backend engineering experience.
• 5+ years of database design and development experience.
• Experience developing cloud-native applications.
• Strong background in microservices and API-driven architectures.

Technical Skills

• Backend Development
• Experience with one or more: Java / Spring Boot
• Python / FastAPI
• .NET Core
• Node.js / TypeScript
• Databases
• Relational PostgreSQL
• Aurora PostgreSQL
• SQL Server
• NoSQL
• DynamoDB
• MongoDB
• Strong knowledge of:
• Indexing Strategies
• Transaction Management
• Database Performance Tuning
• AWS Services
• Lambda
• ECS / EKS
• EventBridge
• SNS / SQS
• Step Functions
• S3
• CloudWatch
• APIs
• REST APIs
• JSON Webhooks
• API Security
• Event-Driven Systems
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Asynchronous Processing
• Message Queues
• Event Sourcing Concepts
• Retry & Resiliency Patterns
• Dead-Letter Queues
• Preferred Domain Experience
• Experience in: Reinsurance Annuities Life Insurance Financial Services
• Knowledge of treaty administration, cessions, billing, settlement, and annuity processing is highly preferred.
• Preferred Skills: Domain-Driven Design (DDD) CQRS Event Sourcing Docker Kubernetes Terraform OpenSearch / Elasticsearch GitHub Actions AWS DevOps Services
• Desired Competencies: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills; Excellent communication and collaboration abilities; Attention to detail and auditability; Product engineering mindset; Focus on quality, scalability, and reliability

Success Measures

• Deliver scalable backend services and APIs.
• Establish reliable and optimized database solutions.
• Build secure event-driven processing capabilities.
• Improve platform performance, observability, and automation.
• Enable a configurable, cloud-native annuity reinsurance platform supporting multiple clients.

Ideal Candidate

A hands-on engineer with expertise in backend development, database engineering, AWS cloud services, microservices, and event-driven architectures, capable of building scalable enterprise-grade solutions for a modern annuity reinsurance platform.

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