Spring Boot Application Developer

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About The Team
You will be part of a small cross-functional team, and you will closely collaborate with other Application Engineers, Data Engineers, QA Engineers and Business Analysts
Currently we operate in three application teams and one platform team all of them are dedicated to the same product
Our teams are distributed in several locations across Europe and India

About The Product
Our teams are developing and maintaining SPIRE a product that helps our Non-Life reserving actuaries to calculate the reserves Swiss Re needs to keep on its accounts
In other words, this is a very critical system for Swiss Re

About The Tech Stack
Frontend is based on Angular and PrimeNG
Backend consists of several Spring Boot Java services, which are running inside AKS (Azure) K8S cluster
Spring Boot Java services are using RabbitMQ as a messaging infrastructure
We also have several Python REST services and several R REST services
We use Azure SQL database
We use ADF and Databricks for data processing

We use ELK stack for logging
And we use Grafana dashboards for monitoring
We also use Azure AppInsights
We use Azure DevOps for deployment pipelines
We also use Azure DevOps for ticket processing and project lifecycle management
Code is stored in git inside Azure DevOps

Your Responsibilities
Analyze, design, develop, document and maintain Spring Boot applications
Communicate with clients and communicate technical content to a business audience
Serve as professional mentor for junior developers
About You
You are a team player who can navigate in the ecosystem?of the existing team and is able to push things forward
You do not wait until you are asked if you are blocked or out of tasks
If you can take initiative and ownership, then you are the right candidate for us

Must have skills:
Deep knowledge about programming in Java and Spring Boot
Experience with relational databases
Ability to take responsibility and ownership
Nice to have skills:
Good knowledge of micro-services architecture pattern and understanding of containerization concepts (e
g
Docker)
Experience with development and operations of applications in cloud environments, preferably Microsoft Azure
Experience with CI/CD concepts and tools like Azure DevOps or Jenkins

Frontend skills like Angular, Redux and Typescript or skills with R language

Extreme programming techniques like pair programming, TDD (test first)
Familiar with Agile development methodologies (e
g
Scrum, Kanban)

At least 3 years of experience with Spring Boot
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
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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