Consultant .NET Software Engineer

RenaissanceRe is a leading writer of Property & Casualty Reinsurance. For over 25 years, we have helped customers and communities recover and build resilience through our industry-leading ability to understand risk, source efficient capital and rapidly pay claims.

Our global team shares a passion for solving our customers’ biggest problems through a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture that empowers employees and rewards creative thinking.

The Full Stack Software Engineer: Contract role is based in the Dublin, Ireland office. 

Our technological platform is constantly evolving as we apply new and emerging technologies to our expanding business.  We’re seeking a talented, highly motivated software engineer with extensive development experience to join us on a contract basis. The successful candidate will work with a global team supporting one of our key internal platforms. 
 
Technology Stack: 

.NET, .NET Core, C#, WinForms, Entity Framework, SQL Server, MVC, REST APIs, JavaScript, JSON, AWS, Pub/Sub Messaging services, AG-Grid, Git, CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Collaborate closely with business domain leads, users, designers and engineers to ensure seamless integration of client applications with backend services and subsystems. 

• Optimize applications for performance, observability and reliability using coding best practices. 

• Continuously improve and optimize performance for end-user experience. 

• Troubleshoot and resolve reported issues and bugs in a timely fashion. 

• Write and maintain unit tests and integration tests to ensure code stability and reliability. 

• Embrace the RenaissanceRe culture and demonstrate it in day-to-day activities. 
   

Candidate Qualifications: 

• 5+ years of experience in full-stack .NET application development. 

• Strong problem-solving skills and logical thinking, with the ability to quickly identify and resolve issues. 

• Experience of core web development skills e.g., MVC, REST APIs, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JS libraries. 

• Extensive experience in writing and maintaining unit tests and integration tests.��

• Experience working with AWS technologies like S3 and Lambda serverless. 

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and with software automation platforms like GitHub Actions. 
   

Nice-To-Have: 

• Prior experience working in Financial Services/Insurance industry. 

• Prior experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment. 

Our people are our most valuable resource and core to our success. This is a fast-paced busin