Application Engineer II (Backend)

About the role

Swiss Re is looking for an Application Engineer (Backend) in Bratislava to develop and maintain its in-house insurance products. You will join one of the product teams, where your work generates direct business impact through well-designed solutions that exceed user expectations.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and review code that meets high standards for quality and maintainability
• Work with requirements engineers, QA specialists and other application engineers
• Contribute to architecture decisions and documentation
• Integrate services and shared platforms such as messaging systems, BPMN workflows, logging frameworks and telemetry solutions
• Keep up with emerging technologies and Generative AI developments

Required profile

• Full-stack software development across the delivery lifecycle, with strong Java and Spring Boot expertise
• Public cloud experience, especially Microsoft Azure
• Modern software architecture with synchronous and asynchronous integration (RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus or Kafka)
• Relational and/or document databases, including domain model design and physical implementation
• Comfortable working in the IDE with large, established codebases

Nice to have

• Docker and Kubernetes
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Microservices architecture
• Test-driven development and automated testing frameworks

What we offer

• Base salary in Slovakia of 2,800 to 4,600 EUR per month for a full-time role, adjusted to profile and requirements
• Performance-based variable compensation
• Global and location-specific benefits