Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Job Field
- IT, DevOps, Back End
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Munich
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will design and implement high-quality REST APIs to support digital wealth management and investment strategies, while optimizing existing backend services and managing cloud-native solutions on Azure.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Design, build, document and maintain high-quality REST APIs for risklab's digital wealth management and quantitative investment advice capabilities.
- Maintain and extend existing backend services and microservices, improving modularity, reliability, scalability and operational resilience.
- Drive API lifecycle management best practices, including versioning strategies, contract design, backwards compatibility, authentication, documentation and partner-facing integration quality.
- Evaluate and improve existing application and platform architectures with a focus on maintainability, scalability, security and operational resilience.
- Support and improve cloud-native deployments on Azure, including Docker-based services, Kubernetes/AKS workloads, Helm-based deployments and operational runbooks.
- Strengthen CI/CD and DevOps practices using GitHub Actions and related tooling, with a focus on repeatable deployments, automated quality gates and secure software delivery.
- Contribute to DevSecOps improvements, including dependency management, vulnerability remediation, security scanning, container image hygiene and secure configuration practices.
- Improve functional and non-functional testing, including automated API tests, integration tests, end-to-end tests, performance tests and regression coverage for critical journeys.
- Support production operations by troubleshooting incidents, analysing performance bottlenecks, improving monitoring and contributing to root-cause analysis and continuous improvement.
- Support and extend platform integrations and cloud services, including Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL, Redis and related Azure technologies where required.
- Work closely with investment professionals, product owners, business stakeholders, and technology teams to understand business problems and translate them into scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions.
- Help raise the engineering maturity of the platform by improving automation, documentation, observability, deployment reliability and operational readiness.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Gutes Verständnis von Microservices-Architektur und verwandten Designmustern, einschließlich Service-Grenzen, Resilienz, Observability, Service-zu-Service-Kommunikation und Datenownership.
- Good knowledge of cloud-native application development, preferably on Microsoft Azure.
- Good understanding of testing strategies for production systems, including unit, integration, contract, end-to-end, performance and non-functional testing automation.
- Knowledge of Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL, relational databases and NoSQL/cache technologies such as Redis is beneficial.
- Awareness of secure software development practices, vulnerability management and secure-by-design engineering principles.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make pragmatic trade-offs between delivery, quality, security and maintainability.
- Comfortable working with production issues and supporting day-to-day platform operations.
- Collaborative, proactive and self-reliant working style, with the ability to communicate technical trade-offs clearly to both technical and business stakeholders.
- Proficiency in written and spoken English.
Experience
- 3 to 5 years of professional experience in software development, ideally in backend, API, cloud-native or platform engineering roles.
- Strong hands-on experience designing and implementing REST APIs, including API lifecycle management, versioning strategies, contract design, backwards compatibility, authentication, authorisation and documentation.
- Hands-on experience with at least one modern programming language, ideally Python or C#.
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Helm experience are strong advantages.
- Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. GitHub Actions experience is preferred and exposure to DevSecOps practices is highly beneficial.
- Experience improving production systems in areas such as scalability, performance, monitoring, incident troubleshooting, vulnerability remediation and operational reliability.
- Interest in investment technology, quantitative methods, optimisation, analytics, AI-assisted software development, agentic AI systems, or portfolio construction is a plus; prior finance experience is not required.
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What we offer
- We empower our employees by ensuring flexible work arrangements that maintain a balance between performance, productivity, career development and personal priorities (e.g., hybrid model/ flexible working hours).
- Securing your future: Access to company pension/savings plans.
- Family support (relocation/ childcare facilities).
- Company share purchasing plan.
- Programme for mental health and wellbeing.
- Mobility solutions (Jobrad bike leasing, subsidized Jobticket).
- Karrierechancen innerhalb der gesamten Allianz Group.
- Self-guided learning & development.
- Volunteer time.
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Benefits
Higher Take-Home Pay
Health, Fitness & Fun
Work-Life-Integration
Topics You Will Work On
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About Your Employer
Allianz SE
Allianz is a great place to work for people who want to take initiative and grow within the company. With a strong global presence, Allianz is always looking for ways to improve and stay ahead of the competition. The company truly cares about its 85 million customers and 142,000 employees. Allianz fosters a culture of collaboration and innovation, where employees are encouraged to perform to the best of their abilities and challenge the status quo. If you're looking for an exciting and supportive work environment, Allianz is the place for you.
Description
- Company Size
- 250+ Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Banking, Finance, Insurance
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Software Engineer - risklab
- Location
- Munich
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
