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Our engineering teams are driving innovation across large-scale, cloud-native platforms that power millions of customer interactions. We blend modern software engineering with deep industry expertise to create solutions that are accessible, reliable, and user-centric. Our technology extends well beyond traditional insurance and encompasses data-intensive systems, modern architectures, digital health solutions, advanced analytics, and secure, high-performance services.\nAbout the role\nAs a Lead Software Engineer, you will take ownership of significant cross-domain initiatives, influence architectural direction, and guide engineering teams through complex technical challenges. You will partner closely with Senior Engineering Managers (SEMs), architects, and cross-functional leads to plan and deliver large, strategic programs.\nYou will also serve as a technical role model-driving high-quality engineering practices, ensuring robust delivery forecasting, and elevating the technical maturity of your domain.\nOur Technology Stack\nOur cloud-native, multi-tenant SaaS platform runs on AWS. We use Kotlin, Java, SpringBoot, Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL on the backend, and ReactJS and TypeScript on the frontend. Our continuous delivery pipeline leverages GitLab. We are using Prometheus, ElasticSearch, Kibana and Grafana as our logging and monitoring stack.\nOur mission\niptiQ is not just an insurance company; we are at the forefront of integrating technology into the life and health insurance space. We employ people with diverse technical backgrounds who are eager to solve some of the industry's most complex problems and make a lasting impact on our customers globally. At iptiQ, you'll not only be a part of transforming the insurance industry but also work on large-scale applications and new platforms that redefine how insurance products are developed and delivered. From revolutionizing underwriting processes to creating user-centric digital health tools, our engineers are at the heart of iptiQ's mission to transform the world of insurance.\nIdeal Candidate:\nWe are looking for someone who:\nHas strong technical depth in several components of our stack, with proven ability to lead complex engineering efforts.\nOperates with ownership and accountability over domain-quality and cross-domain delivery.\nHas an entrepreneurial mindset, continuously seeks improvement, and motivates teams through influence rather than authority.\nDemonstrates exceptional collaboration skills across engineering, product, architecture, and operations.\nActs as a mentor and technical leader for engineers across multiple teams.\nKey Responsibilities:\nDrive and deliver multi-quarter, cross-domain initiatives and support SEMs with planning, estimation accuracy, and technical alignment.\nLead technical grooming for complex, cross-domain features and guide story preparation for small to medium domain work.\nShape and communicate technical proposals (RFCs) and guide them through CTO-level decision-making.\nAct as a domain expert, providing guidance on architectural decisions and integration impacts.\nIndependently design and develop high-quality features while continuously improving domain quality (logging, error handling, documentation, API clarity).\nMaintain strong engineering discipline by following DoR/DoD, avoiding unaligned refactoring, and ensuring clear, maintainable documentation.\nAchieve high delivery predictability (90-100% estimation accuracy) and effectively manage unplanned work within planned capacity.\nMentor and support engineers across teams, elevating technical capabilities and cross-domain collaboration.\nWhat We Offer:\nA supportive and collaborative team environment\nOpportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies\nProfessional growth and learning opportunities\nFlexible working time and location\nFor Spain, the base salary range for this position is between EUR 60,000 and EUR 100,000 (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:\nthe requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,\nthe applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.\nIn addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.\nEligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.\nAbout iptiQ\nAt iptiQ, we partner with established brands around the world to create impactful digital insurance solutions. We make it easier for consumers to buy the insurance they need from the brands they trust. We provide life and non-life insurance through our end-to-end digital platform and build multi-channel customer experiences.\nWhat we offer our employees is outstanding. Hybrid working in offices across the world, phenomenal learning & career opportunities and a culture that encourages new perspectives to challenge conventions and come up with innovative solutions. We believe in the power of inclusion. Drawing on our employees' broad range of perspectives, life experiences and backgrounds stimulates creativity and gives us a competitive edge. iptiQ embraces a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive regardless of their age, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, physical or mental ability, or other characteristic and can be their authentic self. Ignite your curiosity to shape digital insurance.\nIf 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.\niptiQ is part of Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading providers of re/insurance and risk transfer solutions. 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