Are you a versatile, curious engineer who thinks in solutions rather than stacks? At Swiss Re, we build technology with real purpose and we are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help shape the next stage of our engineering journey.

About the Role
Within our IT Resilience unit, we develop the platforms, integrations and capabilities that help Swiss Re understand and manage its complex technology landscape. This is a hands‑on senior role with genuine scope to influence how we engineer solutions. You will work across backend services, integrations and automation, strengthen engineering resilience across the team, mentor less experienced engineers and help us build new capabilities through AI Agents and intelligent automation. We are not looking for someone defined by a single language or stack. We are looking for an experienced, curious engineer who brings strong fundamentals, fresh technical thinking, and the versatility to work across different technologies. Someone excited by the opportunity to help build our AI competency, comfortable learning new approaches and energised by turning complex problems into pragmatic, scalable solutions.

Key Responsibilities
* Design and develop reliable backend services, APIs, integrations, and automation, selecting technologies based on the problem and desired outcome
* Work across different languages, platforms, and technologies, applying strong engineering principles rather than being constrained to a particular stack
* Strengthen engineering resilience and contingency across our technology landscape, with the versatility to contribute to backend services and data integration or transformation workloads when required
* Help shape and build AI Agent and intelligent automation capabilities,



identifying meaningful opportunities and helping promising ideas progress from experimentation into practical solutions
* Work with enterprise data and databases to support integration, transformation, automation and application requirements
* Provide strong technical and design input, working alongside our Solutions Architect and engineering colleagues to translate complex business and IT resilience challenges into pragmatic, scalable, and maintainable solutions
* Build and operate software using modern engineering practices, including automated testing, CI/CD, containerisation, observability and cloud deployment
* Mentor junior engineers and help raise engineering standards, providing constructive technical challenge and guidance on design, code quality, testing and problem solving
* Share knowledge and contribute to reusable engineering patterns, standards and practices across the team About the Team You will be joining the Service Asset & Configuration Management (SACM) team, part of Swiss Re's IT Resilience unit. The team builds and operates capabilities that provide trusted information about Swiss Re's technology assets, applications and their relationships, supporting technology management, operational resilience, and informed decision‑making across the organisation. The broader team also encompasses Application Portfolio Management, tracking key application attributes and lifecycles which together ensure Swiss Re maintains a clear, accurate and actionable view of its technology estate.



It is a collaborative, curious team that values strong engineering, continuous learning, and the opportunity to make a real impact. About You You are an experienced engineer who thinks like an engineer first — choosing technologies based on the problem rather than personal preference. You bring fresh technical thinking, take ownership of challenges from idea through to working solution, and have the judgement to balance innovation with reliability, security, and operational resilience. You enjoy mentoring others, sharing knowledge and helping teams become stronger together. We are looking for candidates who meet these

requirements:
* 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, with the ability to operate confidently at Senior Engineer level, including a strong foundation in backend software engineering covering APIs, integrations and service-based or distributed architectures
* Professional development experience with Python and Go, with sufficient engineering depth to contribute effectively to solutions using either language, and a demonstrated ability to learn and become productive with unfamiliar technologies or stacks
* Good working knowledge of SQL and relational databases, including data models, queries and transformations, along with experience contributing to data integration, transformation, or ETL‑style workloads as part of broader software solutions
* Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP, combined with a solid understanding of modern software engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, source control, and production support
* Strong system and solution design skills, with the ability to understand ambiguous problems, evaluate option

📌 Senior Backend Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 Swiss Re
📍 Madrid