Job Specifications
We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer with expertise in Python and modern backend frameworks to join the alitheia team. This role is ideal for someone passionate about building scalable, secure, and high-performance APIs and services that power data-driven solutions. You will work on mission-critical systems leveraging AI, electronic health records (EHRs), and other complex, sensitive medical data to make it easier for people to get essential life insurance coverage. The role sits within a small high-impact team dedicated to building the industry’s most advanced solution for medical risk assessment. Position offers substantial opportunity to shape a new solution, ship product quickly and see immediate impact.
Key Accountabilities
Participate in shaping the design of API architecture for real-time decisioning with complex medical data
Collaborate with data scientists, underwriters, customer success and product managers to develop and deliver the product roadmap
Optimize performance and scalability of backend systems handling large volumes of structured and unstructured health data
Adapt product to evolving use of machine learning models and LLMs
Build maintainable software; write unit/integration tests and implement automated testing
Participate in code review and contribute to continuous improvement of development practices
Required Knowledge, Skills, And Experience
Professional experience with Python preferred; understanding of software design lifecycle (SDLC) best practices
Familiar with API design tools/languages (e.g., Swagger, OpenAPI, FastAPI)
Cloud computing and Kubernetes (or similar orchestration tools)
Containerizations tools (e.g., Docker)
Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ORM libraries (e.g., SQLAlchemy)
Experience with load testing, latency profiling, and performance optimization for backend systems
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform)
About Munich Re
Together, we engage with everything we have and are, to help humankind act braver and better.
As the world’s leading reinsurance company with more than 40,000 employees in over 50 locations around the globe, Munich Re introduces a paradigm shift in the way you think about insurance. By turning uncertainty into manageable risk, we enable fundamental change. We recognize Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging as a key priority with a culture that welcomes different thoughts and opinions. We dare to think big and are continuously innovating on behalf of our clients.
Our data, our technology, and our teams place us in a unique position to drive transformative change in the life insurance industry. We invest strategically in our world class talent, offering our employees a work experience that promotes professional development, innovation, and rewards high performance.
What Can We Offer You?
We are pleased to offer our employees great benefits and resources to support their mental, physical and financial wellbeing. These include:
An engaging and collaborative environment that promotes continuous learning and development
A hybrid work environment that combines weekly in-office and remote days with Meeting-Free lunch hours and Focus Friday afternoons
A great compensation package including annual company bonus
Market leading company-paid flexible health and dental benefits, starting on your first day
Flexible dollars provided by the company to put towards Health Spending Account and/or Wellness Spending Account
Immediate participation in DC Pension Plan with an automatic 5% employer contribution, plus optional company match
Generous time off including vacation, personal days, unplanned time, Statutory Holidays and company-wide early closure half-days
Learning and development programs and resources, including unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, Education Assistance Program and reimbursement for professional fees
Maternity, Parental & Adoption Leave top-up program
Employee Referral Program, Recognition & Rewards Platform
Please note that only candidates who are selected for interview will be contacted directly. We thank all candidates for their interest.
Munich Re is committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive and free of employment barriers and discrimination. Accommodations will be made for qualified applicants with a disability throughout the recruitment process. If you receive a request for an interview and you have a disability which will require an accommodation to support your participation, please contact AODARequestHR@munichre.ca as soon as practical so that suitable accommodations can be arranged.
About the Company
Munich Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, primary insurance and insurance-related risk solutions. The group consists of the reinsurance and ERGO business segments, as well as the capital investment company MEAG. We are globally active and operate in all lines of the insurance business. Since our founding in 1880, we've been known for our unrivaled risk-related expertise and sound financial position. We offer customers financial protection when faced with exceptional levels of damage - from the 1906 Sa...
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