Fortitude RE
- Associate, IT Investment Applications
Associate, IT Investment Applications
Engineering · Jersey City, United States
Job description
Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Fortitude Re) is one of the world’s leading providers of legacy reinsurance solutions. They work with the world’s leading insurance companies to help them execute comprehensive, transformational solutions for legacy Life & Annuity and P&C lines. Fortitude Re manages a general account of approximately $55 billion across life, annuity, and property & casualty insurance products. The company takes a long-term view on growth and is proud to be backed by a consortium of sophisticated institutional investors led by The Carlyle Group and T&D Insurance Group. Incorporated under the laws of Bermuda on January 1, 2017, Fortitude Re’s roots in the insurance industry and the experience of their leadership go back many decades. Fortitude Re’s leadership team has an average industry tenure of over 20 years, and an impressive track record of successfully managing the most complex legacy liabilities. Their deep insurance experience and proprietary risk modeling capabilities allow them to structure bespoke transactions that benefit both insurance companies and their policyholders. Fortitude Re continues to strengthen its ability to pursue further growth and provide innovative solutions for the global insurance industry. Click here for more information about Fortitude Re.
The Associate, Investment Applications will support investments technology initiatives and be responsible for data and applications for use across our Investments Hedging, Investment Operations, Investments Analytics, and Investment Accounting teams. The primary role is to contribute to and support a well-governed data solutions architecture to ensure data and application flows are automated and offer end-to-end processing using a cloud-first enterprise technology stack. This role is based in our Jersey City, NJ office on a hybrid basis.
What You Will Do:
- Implement strategic and tactical initiatives related to data infrastructure, data modeling, analytics/reporting, Python development, cloud computing (AWS and Azure), and applications development.
- Leverage AWS serverless technology (Lambda, Fargate, Glue) to provide cloud-based solutions.
- Design and implement data processing (ETL, ELT) and data approval workflows.
- Troubleshoot and resolve data quality issues by leveraging SQL and AWS expertise.
- Operate in an agile development environment, applying DevOps principles.
- Collect detailed requirements for requests and develop solutions that meet requirements.
- Develop documentation and clear instructions for processes and workflows.
What You Will Have:
- Bachelor's degree in Math, Computer Science, Engineering, or similar field.
- Minimum experience of two years in programming (Python, Julia and/or R) and proficient in SQL.
- Experience in building cloud-based data solutions in AWS.
- At least one year experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
- Robust knowledge of data lakes, data governance and modern data quality techniques.
- Prior knowledge and experience in the fintech, investment banking or insurance industry.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and conceptual skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- AWS certification a plus.
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The base salary range for this role is listed below and will be commensurate with candidate experience. Pay ranges for candidates may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. In addition to base salary, all employees are eligible for an annual bonus based on company and individual performance as well as a generous benefits package.
What We Offer:
We offer competitive benefits in a fast-paced, dynamic and nimble culture including:
- Unlimited PTO policy
- Up to 12 paid company holidays
- Up to 16 hours per year of paid volunteer time
- Competitive 401(k) plan - US Employees Only
- Paid parental leave
- Learning and Development Stipend
- Mental Health and Wellbeing support
- Health, vision, dental, and life insurance with additional access to health and wellness programs
- Flexible working environment
- Actuarial Exam Support through our Actuarial Development Program (ADP) for Actuarial employees
- Actuarial Program Rotation for ADP employees
- For all Actuarial Life AVP and above roles not based out of our Nashville, TN office: 30% travel is required to our Nashville, TN office
At Fortitude Re, we believe that diversity and inclusion are critical to our future and our mission- creating a foundation for a creative workplace that leads to innovation, growth, and profitability. Through a wide variety of programs and initiatives, we invest in each employee, seeking to ensure that our people are not only respected as individuals, but also truly valued for their unique perspectives.
We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer and evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, diversity of thought and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
To all recruitment agencies: Unless you have been requested to work on this position, or other positions with Fortitude Re, please do not forward any resumes to Fortitude Re employees. Fortitude Re is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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