Software Engineer, Life & Health (2027 Permanent)Individuals in the role of Software Engineer will use their software engineering skills to build and operationalize the platforms that turn underwriting expertise into automated, auditable risk decisions.
In the past year we have:
- Shipped a multi-tenant rules engine and visual rule designer that lets carrier underwriters author and deploy decision logic self-serve
- Deployed automated interview and decision workflows to production in partnership with underwriters and data science
- Stood up event-streaming (SSE) and third-party data pipelines feeding real time underwriting decisions across services
- Integrated an agentic development workflow into our Software Development Lifecycle
Your role- Collaborate closely with team members to design, build, test, and ship features across the stack - from Python (FastAPI) backend services to a React + TypeScript frontend
- Model complex domain logic - rule graphs, execution state, and lifecycle workflows - as clean, deterministic, well-tested code
- Design and maintain PostgreSQL-backed, multi-tenant data models, including schema migrations and tenant isolation
- Integrate security throughout the engineering lifecycle - authentication/authorization (OAuth2/OIDC), RBAC, and CI/CD
- Work with existing engineering, data science, and underwriting groups at Munich Re to develop and apply software development best practices
Your Profile- Bachelor's degree
- Intermediate knowledge of principles of software development
- Familiarity with Python and web frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, or similar)
- Familiarity with TypeScript/JavaScript and a modern React framework (React or Next.js)
- Knowledge of relational databases (RDBMS), ideally PostgreSQL, and data modeling
- Version control with Git and the ability to submit well-structured Pull Requests
- Strong written technical communication skills
- Working knowledge of Linux and familiarity with cloud computing
Nice-to-have skills include:- Infrastructure: containerization, orchestration, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code
- Backend depth: SQL ORMs, authentication & authorization, multi-tenant systems
- Async programming, event streaming (SSE/websockets), and observability tooling
- Interest in domain modeling, rules engines, workflow/DAG execution, or compilers/interpreters
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
- 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 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
Our base salary range for this role is between
$125,000and $145,000 per year, plus an opportunity for an annual company bonus based upon a percentage of eligible pay. The salary estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for candidates hired in this position. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to internal equity.
This role is located in our
Toronto office on 390 Bay St, and we operate in a
hybrid work model. This job posting is for an existing vacancy.
We do not use AI in our recruitment process - applications are reviewed by our team to ensure a fair and personalized experience.
Please note that only candidates who are selected for interview will be contacted directly. We thank all candidates for their interest.
