Analytics Engineer

Are you passionate about turning complex data challenges into elegant, scalable solutions? Do you thrive at the intersection of engineering, analytics, and cutting-edge AI? If so, Swiss Re wants to hear from you. Join a global leader in reinsurance and help shape the future of data-driven decision-making.

 

About the Role

As an Analytics Engineer, you'll be at the heart of building intelligent, scalable platforms that power information retrieval, document analytics, and enterprise knowledge systems. This is more than a development role — it's an opportunity to architect solutions that have real business impact across a global organisation. You'll work in a dynamic Agile environment, partnering with business and engineering teams to design, build, and operate modern data-driven products that matter.

 

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data engineering and analytics solutions that meet evolving business needs
• Build end-to-end applications and services for document analytics and information retrieval, ensuring performance and reliability
• Develop robust, cloud-native solutions leveraging modern engineering practices and cutting-edge technologies
• Contribute to solution architecture, driving continuous improvement and platform reliability across the stack
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into impactful technical solutions
• Apply Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD best practices throughout the full software development lifecycle to ensure quality and speed of delivery

 

 

About the Team

 

You'll be joining Group Data Services (GDS) at Swiss Re — a forward-thinking team dedicated to building scalable data and AI solutions that power information retrieval, document analytics, and enterprise knowledge platforms. GDS operates at the forefront of data innovation, enabling smarter, faster, and more informed decisions across the organisation. The team thrives on collaboration, continuous learning, and a shared commitment to engineering excellence in an Agile environment.

 

 

About You

You are a curious, solutions-oriented engineer who loves tackling complex data problems and turning them into scalable, impactful products. You bring a collaborative spirit, a growth mindset, and the ability to communicate effectively across technical and business teams. You embrace continuous learning and are energized by working in a fast-paced, innovative environment where your contributions make a tangible difference.

 

We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:

 

• Python expertise: hands-on software development experience with strong Python programming skills (Java experience is a plus)
• Scalable data application design: Proven experience designing and building scalable, data-intensive applications from the ground up
• Core data engineering technologies: Hands-on knowledge of SQL, Apache Spark, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines in production environments
• Agile development experience: Demonstrated experience working within Agile development teams, contributing to iterative delivery and continuous improvement

 

These are additional nice to haves:

• Experience with Palantir Foundry and its data integration and transformation capabilities
• Exposure to Large Language Models (LLMs), AI engineering, or Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or equivalent

 

 

For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between EUR 2,400 and EUR 4,100 per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:​

• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role, ​
• the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.​

In 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.​

Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.​

 

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. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 15,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.

If 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.

 

We may use AI-powered tools to support the review and evaluation of applications for this position. These tools provide additional insights to our recruitment teams, but all hiring decisions are carefully reviewed and made by people. To learn more about how we use AI in recruitment and how we handle your personal data, please review our Data Privacy Statement before applying.

 

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