Senior Application Architect

Senior Application Architect

About the Role:

As a Senior Developer Workplace Engineer within the Developer Workplace squad, you will be a key enabler in our vision to empower every developer at Swiss Re with a seamless, secure, and high-performance workplace. Your role is central to creating a frictionless environment that fosters innovation, accelerates software delivery, and ensures compliance without sacrificing speed. By integrating automation, self-service solutions, and secure-by-design practices, you will help transform Swiss Re into a leading technology-driven reinsurer.

Further you will partner with endpoint engineers, developer advocates, and IT Security to standardize developer workstations, automate onboarding and environment setup, and deliver self-service tools that allow engineers to provision their own dev/test environments and access the right packages and privileges from day one.

Developer Background

• Strong software development background with extensive experience in programming languages such as Java and .NET, along with scripting experience in Shell and PowerShell. Demonstrated ability to design and architect solutions with a strong focus on security.

Developer Tooling Ecosystem Knowledge

• Deep understanding of the developer tooling ecosystem, including build tools, package managers, IDEs, and artifact repositories. Hands-on experience with tools such as npm, pip, Maven, NuGet, Git, SDK installations, certificates, proxies, and container-based workflows.

Containerization Technology

• Strong experience with container technologies, including building images, running containers, and applying containerization best practices.

DevSecOps

• Proven experience working in a DevSecOps environment, integrating security practices into development and delivery pipelines.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Demonstrated ability to effectively engage with stakeholders, influence decisions, and negotiate outcomes.

Nice to have:Endpoint Management Tooling: Working knowledge or conceptual understanding of application packaging with Intune, chocolatey and app controls.  

About the Team

The Senior Developer Workplace Engineer is a pivotal member of the Developer Workplace squad, a dedicated team responsible for delivering a frictionless developer experience. Our mission is to standardize and optimize developer endpoints, build self-service and automation-driven solutions, and embed security seamlessly into every aspect of the developer workplace. By doing so, we ensure that every Swiss Re engineer can build, deliver, and iterate efficiently, reinforcing our position as a data- and technology-driven leader in reinsurance.

 

Why Join Us?

• Empowerment & Impact: Directly contribute to creating a seamless, secure, and high-performance development environment for over 2,000 developers worldwide.

• Innovation & Collaboration: Operate in a strategic leadership capacity, guiding technical direction, leading cross-functional initiatives, and partnering with a high-performing, collaborative team.

• Career Growth: Enhance your technical and leadership skills in an environment that values continuous improvement, innovative problem-solving, and mentorship.

• Strategic Contribution: Play a critical role in Swiss Re’s mission to deliver a world-class developer experience, enabling rapid, secure, and compliant software delivery on a global scale.

 

Interested?

Apply now to join Swiss Re’s mission in shaping the future of developer productivity and security, and to help create the ultimate developer workplace experience!

 

 

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. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. 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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Experience Level

Senior Level