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Do you enjoy working with highly motivated, skilled and collaborative colleagues? Then this opportunity could be for you.\nWe are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Gateway Services team. You will contribute to a shared, multi-cloud API service that enables application teams to publish and manage their REST APIs through a self-service web portal.\nOur team works with colleagues and application teams across multiple locations. We bring together a broad range of software engineering, API management and platform operations experience. Our diversity is complemented by a strong team spirit, a focus on engineering quality and a shared commitment to delivering reliable solutions for our customers.\nYou will work with technologies such as Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Vue.js, Azure API Management and Docker. 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You take ownership of your work, care about quality and long-term maintainability, and are open to learning new technologies and taking on new challenges. You communicate clearly, work well in a collaborative environment and enjoy contributing to shared platform capabilities used by multiple application teams.\nFor 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:\nthe requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,\n\nthe applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.\n\nIn addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. 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