Application Engineer (Node.js)

About the team

Are you passionate about developing modern API platforms and cloud-native applications? Do you enjoy working with highly motivated, skilled and collaborative colleagues? Then this opportunity could be for you.

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Gateway Services team. You will contribute to a shared, multi-cloud API service that enables application teams to publish and manage their REST APIs through a self-service web portal.

Our team works with colleagues and application teams across multiple locations. We bring together a broad range of software engineering, API management and platform operations experience. Our diversity is complemented by a strong team spirit, a focus on engineering quality and a shared commitment to delivering reliable solutions for our customers.

You will work with technologies such as Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Vue.js, Azure API Management and Docker. You will also collaborate with globally distributed teams in an enterprise and insurance environment.

About the role

In this role, you will:

- Design, develop and maintain production-grade RESTful APIs using Node.js and TypeScript.

- Integrate APIs with external services and third-party systems.

- Implement and manage the API lifecycle through Azure API Management.

- Develop and maintain user-interface components aligned with the back-end APIs.

- Write and optimize complex PostgreSQL queries and stored procedures.

- Build automated unit, integration and system tests to ensure application quality.

- Review pull requests, identify potential issues early and help prevent defects.

- Work with Git-based development processes and CI/CD pipelines.

- Build, run and troubleshoot containerized applications using Docker.

- Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders across different locations.

- Contribute to a structured knowledge-transfer process, including shadowing, reverse shadowing, supervised operations, runbooks and dry-run exercises.

About you

Are you eager to explore modern technologies and new insights? Do you possess real passion for software development? If you've answered yes to these questions, you might be the right fit for our team!

We are looking for new teammate who has an engineer mentality - analyzing, taking ownership and creatively solving problems and challenges. Our new teammate should look forward for an ongoing improvement of the assigned product and (of course) their skills.

Essentials

- At least 5 years of experience as a full-stack or API software developer.

- Hands-on experience developing production-grade APIs with Node.js and TypeScript .

- Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON, YAML and Swagger/OpenAPI specifications.

- Practical experience with API design, maintainability, testability and error handling.

- Good knowledge of PostgreSQL and SQL, including complex queries and stored procedures.

- Experience developing and maintaining front-end components using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

- Experience with automated unit, integration and system testing.

- Familiarity with Git, pull-request workflows and CI/CD pipelines.

- Knowledge of container-based application development using Docker.

- Clear communication skills and the ability to work with both technical and business stakeholders.

- Fluency in spoken and written English.

- Ability to collaborate effectively with globally distributed teams.

Nice to have

- Experience with Vue.js or another modern JavaScript front-end framework.

- Experience with BackStage

- Experience with Azure API Management .

- Experience using Mocha for unit and integration testing.

- Experience with API testing tools such as Bruno or Postman .

- Experience implementing automated quality gates through CI/CD pipelines.

- Familiarity with the insurance industry or another regulated enterprise environment.

What you bring

You are passionate about software engineering and API technologies. You take ownership of your work, care about quality and long-term maintainability, and are open to learning new technologies and taking on new challenges. You communicate clearly, work well in a collaborative environment and enjoy contributing to shared platform capabilities used by multiple application teams.

For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between [EUR 2,800] and [EUR 4,600] per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:​

- the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role, ​

- the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.​

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.​

Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.

About Swiss Re

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. 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 15,000 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.

We may use AI-powered tools to support the review and evaluation of applications for this position. These tools provide additional insights to our recruitment teams, but all hiring decisions are carefully reviewed and made by people. To learn more about how we use AI in recruitment and how we handle your personal data, please review our Data Privacy Statement before applying.

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