Description

Location:Bratislava, SK

About the Team and our Scope

At L&H Solutions, we build and commercialize cloud-native (Azure-based) SaaS/PaaS solutions for Swiss Re Life & Health insurance clients. We offer a portfolio of products, including award offerings claims solutions. We are a SW house within Swiss Re.

Our team consists of more than 150 technical professionals with multidisciplinary skills, located in multiple countries, working on these multi-regional, highly available solutions.

About the Role

As an Engineering Manager on our cloud engineering team, you will be a pivotal technical leader driving the design, development, and delivery of cutting-edge, scalable solutions that power our business. You will lead a team of highly skilled engineers, providing mentorship and technical guidance.

This is not just a management role, rather it's an opportunity to lead by doing. You will collaborate closely with product, architecture, and operations teams to define the technical roadmap and ensure high standards of quality, reliability, and security in everything we build.

You will be responsible for building an environment of innovation, continuous improvement, and technical excellence, empowering your team to deliver impactful features at speed while maintaining operational resilience in a cloud-native ecosystem.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-ownership culture where you can both shape strategy and dive into the technical landscape, this role offers a unique opportunity to grow your leadership skills alongside your technical expertise.

Your responsibilities will be:

• Lead cross-functional delivery of scalable solutions, coordinating the full lifecycle from design to deployment while enforcing engineering best practices

• Lead, coach and coordinate your product team with multidisciplinary skills to deliver SW product against release plan which you define and own

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project goals, lead planning processes, and create realistic timelines

• Drive efficient execution by coordinating resources, removing blockers, and delivering features aligned with business objectives

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, fostering accountability and continuous learning while supporting talent acquisition and development

About You

As an Engineering Manager, you'll own end-to-end delivery, drive architectural excellence, and empower your team to build innovative, high-quality products in an Agile environment. If most of the skills listed match your experience and strengths, and you have a passion for leading cloud-native engineering teams, we'd love to hear from you.

Must-Have Skills

• Strong technical foundation with software development experience that has evolved into technical project management

• Exceptional analytical thinking and proven project management expertise

• Experience building high-performance teams with focus on KPIs and continuous improvement

• Solid understanding of cloud solutions and ability to assess delivery risks effectively

• Proficiency with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and collaboration tools

• Strong presentation and communication skills to adapt messages for different audience (senior managers, business stakeholder, tech team)

• Experience working with cloud-native applications, preferably using Azure

These are additional nice to haves:

• Scrum Master experience and relevant certifications (PMP, SAFe)

• Knowledge of Java or other OOP languages

• High emotional intelligence with strong influencing skills

• Values aligned with proactivity, ownership, and continuous improvement

For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between [EUR 3,800] and [EUR 6,300] 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.

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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 14,000 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.

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