Senior Application Engineer - Java Development

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**Senior Java Engineer** **Location: Bangalore, India** Are you a seasoned Java engineer who thrives on building robust, scalable systems that power global business operations? Do you want to work at the intersection of enterprise engineering, cloud-native architecture, and emerging AI capabilities? If you're passionate about crafting backend solutions that truly matter — this is your opportunity to make a significant and lasting impact at Swiss Re. **About The Role** As a Senior Java Engineer on the ODS-P platform, you'll be at the heart of designing, developing, and modernising enterprise-grade backend systems that serve a global user base. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where your engineering expertise will shape the technical direction of a cloud-native platform deeply integrated with critical business workflows. You'll collaborate with talented cross-functional teams, contribute to meaningful architectural decisions, and help drive the evolution of the platform — including exciting AI-enabled backend capabilities that are redefining what's possible in enterprise engineering. **Key Responsibilities** - Design and develop high-quality backend services and microservices using Java and Spring Boot, ensuring scalability, security, and long-term reliability - Enhance and modernise existing enterprise Java applications, driving technical improvements and systematically reducing technical debt - Build and maintain REST APIs and event-driven integrations that connect complex enterprise systems seamlessly and efficiently - Contribute to architecture design and key technical decisions through an Architectural Decision Record (ADR)-driven approach, influencing the platform's long-term strategic direction - Work with messaging and event-driven systems such as Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ, and Kafka to enable resilient, asynchronous workflows at scale - Collaborate in agile, cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions that meet both business and technical objectives - Conduct thorough code reviews and actively mentor fellow engineers, fostering a culture of quality, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning - Champion engineering standards, ensuring systems consistently meet the highest benchmarks for security, performance, and reliability - Contribute to AI-enabled backend capabilities, including API integrations, automation pipelines, and GenAI-based features that push the boundaries of the platform **About The Team** ODS-P (Operational Data Store – Pricing) is one of Swiss Re's most strategically significant platforms, serving a dual purpose at the core of the company's pricing and reporting infrastructure. It acts as both the IFRS+ costing calculation engine and the central pricing data repository — calculating, validating, storing, and processing critical pricing data across L&H (Life & Health Reinsurance), P&C Re (Property & Casualty Reinsurance), and CorSo (Corporate Solutions) business lines. The platform calculates and stores pricings for the entire Swiss Re Group — spanning P&C and L&H contracts for Reinsurance, CorSo, and Life & Health — making it a truly company-wide system with global reach and deep business impact. Built to the highest standards of security, compliance, and reliability, ODS-P is a cloud-native, enterprise-grade platform that integrates with multiple enterprise systems and underpins Swiss Re's ability to price, calculate, and report at scale. Joining this team means working on a platform that sits at the very heart of Swiss Re's business — where engineering excellence directly enables global financial operations. **About You** You are a technically strong, self-driven engineer with a genuine passion for clean code, thoughtful system design, and continuous improvement. You bring a collaborative spirit and a strong sense of ownership — comfortable navigating complexity, leading technical conversations, and delivering results in a fast-paced agile environment. You communicate clearly, solve problems analytically, and find real satisfaction in helping those around you grow and succeed. **We Are Looking For Candidates Who Meet These Requirements** - 10+ years of experience in Java backend development, with a strong track record of delivering production-grade, enterprise-scale systems - Deep expertise in Spring Boot, microservices architecture, and REST API design, with the ability to make sound, well-reasoned architectural decisions - Hands-on experience with databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, or similar technologies, including data modelling and performance optimisation - Proven experience with messaging and event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus) in complex enterprise environments - Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and a strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices **These Are Additional Nice To Haves** - Experience with Kubernetes and containerisation for deploying and managing microservices at scale - Domain knowledge in Insurance or Reinsurance, enabling faster alignment with business context and workflows - Experience working with Open Liberty application server - Exposure to AI-enabled backend capabilities, including GenAI APIs, automation frameworks, or LLM integrations - A strong instinct for code quality and system design, with experience driving technical standards and best practices across engineering teams **Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week.** **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