Shape the Future of Financial Technology
Reliable financial operations depend on modern enterprise applications, trusted data, and intelligent automation. By combining software engineering, workflow automation, and modern data platforms, we build solutions that streamline business processes, improve operational resilience, and enable informed decision-making across critical financial functions.
We’re looking for a Senior Application Engineer who combines strong software engineering skills with business understanding to design, build, and operate enterprise applications, workflow solutions, and data-driven products that support critical financial and operational processes.
About the Role
As a Senior Application Engineer, you will play a key role in designing and delivering enterprise applications that support business-critical financial processes. You will work closely with business stakeholders, solution architects, product owners, and engineering teams to transform complex business requirements into scalable, maintainable, and user-focused solutions.
This role combines software engineering, workflow automation, data engineering, and solution architecture. You will design and develop applications, automate business processes, integrate enterprise systems, and build data-driven capabilities that improve operational efficiency and transparency.
You will work across a modern technology landscape that includes Palantir Foundry, Camunda, Python-based services, APIs, cloud technologies, and other enterprise platforms depending on business needs. While experience with Palantir Foundry is highly valued, we welcome engineers with experience in comparable modern platforms who are eager to learn.
About the Team
The Tech & Data Management team consists of professionals located in Zurich, Bratislava, and Kansas City. We develop and operate technology and data solutions that improve operational efficiency, strengthen resilience, and support critical financial and business processes.
We combine expertise in data engineering, analytics, software engineering, and solution architecture to deliver business value across a diverse enterprise technology landscape.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering and Architecture
Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
Required
Nice to Have
Note: Direct experience with Palantir Foundry or Camunda is not required. We welcome candidates with strong software engineering experience who have worked with comparable enterprise platforms and are eager to learn new technologies.
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:
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.
The Swiss Re Group is a leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer. Dealing direct and working through brokers, its global client base consists of insurance companies, mid-to-large-sized corporations and public sector clients. From standard products to tailor-made coverage across all lines of business, Swiss Re deploys its capital strength, expertise and innovation power to enable the risk taking upon which enterprise and progress in society depend.
Founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863, Swiss Re serves clients through a network of over 70 offices globally and is rated "AA-" by Standard & Poor's, "Aa3" by Moody's and "A+" by A.M. Best. Registered shares in the Swiss Re Group holding company, Swiss Re Ltd, are listed in accordance with the Main Standard on the SIX Swiss Exchange and trade under the symbol SREN.
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