Senior Software Engineer
Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd.2 months ago
Halifax, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design overall solutions and independently build backend systems using the Microsoft/Azure stack.
- Develop and maintain exposure, pricing, modelling, and reinsurance applications.
- Lead workstreams and collaborate with Platform Engineering, DevOps, Data and Analytics, and business teams.
- Set tasks for junior team members and provide mentorship.
- Own code quality and feature delivery from requirements through testing and production release.
- Translate complex business requirements and algorithms into production-ready code.
- Query and validate varied data types to identify anomalies and issues.
- Contribute to software and data engineering best practices, including pull requests, testing, and peer review.
Requirements
- Backend development experience with C# and SQL using the Microsoft/Azure stack, including independently designing and building new solutions.
- Thorough understanding of object-oriented and functional programming paradigms.
- Experience with Git, continuous testing, software delivery, industry standards, development best practices, and Agile methodologies.
- Test-driven development experience and proficiency using AI tooling.
- Analytical ability to translate complex business requirements and algorithms into production-ready code.
- Ability to query and sense-check data to identify anomalies and issues.
- Strong collaboration, curiosity, and continuous-improvement mindset.
- Preferred experience with Databricks, Snowflake, web technologies, JavaScript frameworks such as React and Angular, and architectural patterns including event-driven, message-driven, microservices, and serverless concepts.
- Preferred background in specialty insurance or reinsurance, exposure data, modelled loss data, numeracy, and detailed data analysis.
Benefits
- Base salary of $80,000-$100,000 CAD, plus competitive target incentive compensation; compensation figures are excluded from benefits classification.
- Comprehensive medical plans for employees and families.
- Health and wellness programs.
- Retirement plans.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Paid vacation.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring three days per week in the office.
About Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd.
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited is a Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer that underwrites commercial property and casualty lines and reinsurance for businesses and brokers worldwide. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Pembroke, it is a public company listed on the NYSE (AXS). Its portfolio spans cyber and technology E&O, aviation, marine, political risk and credit, casualty, property, and accident & health, with underwriting platforms in the U.S., London, and Europe.