What’s the opportunity?
As a Cloud Solution Engineer (Junior to Mid-Level), you will craft innovative digital products and platforms for our clients so they can achieve their business goals with an appealing, efficient, effective, robust solution that has as little complexity as necessary.
Your key activities will include:
- Work in a team of experienced engineers and business experts as one cross-functional product team, turning business requirements into viable software
- Design and write for example containerized microservices (e.g. with C#/.NET Core) and data pipelines.
- Integrate functional, unit, integration and load tests of your code.
- Document a solution design and architectural decision using methods like ADR (Architecture Decision Records).
- Design and write IaC solutions and implement on the respective Cloud environment.
- Explore new technologies and ways of implementation to continuously improve
- Grow in your role towards a senior, principal engineer or architect, leading a development team or a particular practice.
What you’ll need in this role
- Entrepreneurial mind-set with business sense and mental agility, focused on high quality outcomes
- A degree in computer science, (business) informatics, or a related discipline – and if you decided to skip university for more time to code and practical work experience, don't hold yourself back, we’re curious!
- Junior to mid-level experience means at least 1-2 years of in-depth experience in software architecture & engineering and at least 1 year of hands-on engineering experience with preferably Microsoft Azure or AWS (or GCP, Alibaba Cloud).
- Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as #C/.NET (core), Java, Python, R or JavaScript.
- Good understanding & practical experience with different integration patterns, technologies, and protocols, such as REST, SOAP, HTTP, MQTT, and others.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to think critically and logically.
- You feel particularly comfortable in interdisciplinary teams and global contexts.
- You’re a great team player and communicate openly with your team members. You can articulate technical problems and solutions in a precise and understandable way.
- Fluent in English, German, French or Italian is a plus as well as any other languages.
How you can make a difference
- Highly self-motivated and independent while still being an excellent team player, fully reliable and paying special attention to detail, ready to go the extra mile for joint growth and success.
- Great sense for writing efficient, elegant and high quality software.
- Ready, willing and curious to continuously learn new things, business and technology related.
- Collaborative spirit, working in an international team and fostering an inclusive team culture.
- Experience and understanding of re-/insurance business (any lines of business), concepts, terminology, business processes.
- Experience and understanding of a particular business domain (e.g. Agriculture, automotive, supply chain) or focus on a business domains’ risk management aspects.
- Knowledge of statistical models and software, risk modeling and tools, geospatial data and tools.
About risktec- risktec is a founders’ owned boutique consulting, digital product and software engineering firm, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and co-located in Europe. We are specialized in combining risk intelligence with modern technologies.
- We are driven by our mission to transform the risk industry to avantgarde. We fulfil highest quality standards, and we focus on delivering sustainable outcomes.
- We develop digital strategies and digital business models that are future-oriented, differentiating and create perspectives.
- We build digital products and assets that are monetizable, value-creating and loved by your customers and employees.
- We master solid engineering craftsmanship and (re-)architect solutions in a secure, scalable and cloud-native way.
- Every career is unique – we offer unique opportunities to explore, develop and nurture your own career
- We don’t like hierarchies – there’s no “management ladder” to climb here, but a much more rewarding journey, you are included, and we shape it together.
- We transform businesses and our clients to avantgarde – so do we ourselves through continuous learning
- Success is determined by our people’s satisfaction and their ability to go beyond the obvious
Our committment: «People first»- Transform To Avantgarde: No matter how much we transform things leveraging technology, it will always be people who make the difference
- Happy People – Happy Clients: We put people at the center of our strategy to be and give their best to craft excellent outcomes for our clients
- Together is Better: We cooperate for better outcomes – we are open to team up with experts forming a complementary and inclusive workforce
- Our core values reflect Premium and High Quality, Specialized and Expertise, Collaborative and Partnering, Modern, Progressive and Innovative, Open-minded, not biased, but distinct and authentic, Structured but Pragmatic and not dogmatic, “To the point” & Outcome focused, Inspiring, Positive and Forward-Looking, Respectful and Responsibly, non-political, non-religious.
- We hold our team in high regard, provide them with support, and place great value in behavior with integrity, practice-oriented training, and further education. Every person gives their best performance, takes on responsibility and identifies with the company targets and values. We achieve these targets through initiative and cooperation.
- We are committed to fair, equal, and respectful treatment free from discrimination and harassment of any kind with a zero-tolerance policy. We provide equal opportunity for all individuals to develop personally & professionally. We do this regardless of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, including gender identity and expression, religion, sexual orientation, disability as well as any other characteristics protected by law.
- We promote an integrative environment where everyone is treated with respect.
- We orient ourselves according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Fundamental Principles of the International Labour Organization (IOA).
Your perks in a nutshell- Our compensation strategy focus on our people contributions & outcomes and our joint success as a company. We are transparent in our strategy and adapt to changing business needs.
- We provide a competitive compensation package in the form of an attractive base salary, profit sharing through variable performance pay and extra awards for growth.
- Flexible holiday scheme with typically 25 vacation days & additional vacation days possible.
- Extra 12 days per year dedicated to pet projects and professional development. We promote opportunities to learn, explore new technologies & progressive approaches.
- Bring your own device – or we get you what you want.
- Work from anywhere – flexible workspace wherever you like it most.
- Exclusive access to latest technologies, credits on Cloud to try out and run your pet projects, access to experts – technology and business – to learn more.
- Additional perks depending on your country (half tax train ticket, parental leave, sick days, …)
Does this sound interesting to you?
We would love to get to know you. This is your opportunity to make a difference and be part of a highly successful team with a significant growth trajectory. And it is our goal to create an inclusive place for you so you can be your best and beyond.
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