Zurich is one of the world’s leading insurance groups, and one of the few to operate on a global basis. Our mission is to help our customers understand and protect themselves from risk. We help individuals, small and medium sized companies and global corporations around the world understand and protect themselves from risk by offering a wide range of insurance products, solutions, and advisory services.

As a Lead .NET Software Engineer, you augment a high profile team of business analysts, solution architects and developers working on a strategic projects for Commercial Insurance International Programs. You will be the responsible lead developer for globally used systems which are providing or are going to provide functionality for various capabilities throughout the commercial insurance process, including underwriting, pricing, issuance, and servicing.

In return you will be rewarded with experience in a global role and exposure to projects to push your boundaries in an exciting and collaborative environment, and multiple personal benefits when joining us.

What you will do

As a Lead .NET Software Engineer, you will:

• Be responsible to design and develop solutions required to meet business needs with focus on web-bases and cloud-based / cloud-native applications.
• Take the technical lead of a team with internal and external vendors / suppliers from kick-off to roll-out and closely cooperate with business analysts, IT architects and the project manager.
• Have a deep understanding of business requirements, and how to best build the required application components.
• Support troubleshooting & defect analysis
• Provide formal and informal leadership and direction to other IT program/project IT members and stakeholders.
• Ensure that Zurich IT security standards are adhered to within architectural design documents.
• Ensure solution-related quality, performance, availability, scalability, integrity and compliance with overall enterprise principles, policies, and standards.
• Collaborate with the business analysts and other developers to work collectively towards an efficient solution.

What you bring

As a Lead .NET Software Engineer your skills and experience ideally include:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Information Technology with 5 or more years of experience.
• Proven track record of successful development projects, demonstrating expertise in delivering scalable and reliable solutions.
• Proficient in the current .NET stack.
• Proficient with Azure PaaS stack.
• Proficient DevOps tooling (Azure).
• Effective communication and negotiation skills.
• Collaborative and team focused mindset.
• Ability to adapt to changing demands and conditions by prioritization and managing timelines.
• Excellent analytical skills coupled with a conscientious and structured approach.
• Working experience in agile project methodologies.
• Very good English skills are a must, written and spoken.
• German as 2nd language is an advantage.

Additional Information

We look forward to receiving your online application.

Zurich wants to attract the best talent and we acknowledge that talents might not always be available full-time. At Zurich we will consider requests for flexible working. Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of ways. Please talk to us during the interview about the flexibility you may need.

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Information for recruitment agencies

Zurich does not accept any applications from recruitment agencies for this position. We refuse any responsibility for unsolicited applications as well as any associated fees.

Why Zurich

At Zurich, we like to think outside the box and challenge the status quo. We take an optimistic approach by focusing on the positives and constantly asking What can go right?

We are an equal opportunity employer who knows that each employee is unique - that’s what makes our team so great!
Join us as we constantly explore new ways to protect our customers and the planet.

• Location(s): CH - Zürich
• Remote working:
• Schedule: Full Time
• Recruiter name: Christopher Parkinson