Software Engineer, Life & Health (2027 Permanent)

Munich Re; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 125,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Company bonus

Health and dental benefits

Job summary

Munich Re in Toronto embraces a hybrid work model and seeks a Software Engineer to build and operationalize underwriting platforms. You will implement multi-tenant data models, integrate security across the lifecycle, and work across teams from backend Python (FastAPI) to a React + TypeScript frontend, delivering auditable risk decisions.

The role emphasizes collaboration with underwriting, data science, and DevOps peers to deploy scalable, testable software while advancing the state of

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a technical field
• Intermediate knowledge of software development principles
• Experience with Python and web frameworks (FastAPI, Flask or similar)
• Experience with TypeScript/JavaScript and modern React frameworks
• Knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL) and data modeling
• Version control with Git and submitting well-structured Pull Requests
• Strong written technical communication skills
• Working knowledge of Linux and cloud computing

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team to design, build, test, and ship features across the stack (Python backend and React frontend)
• Model complex domain logic - rule graphs, execution state, and lifecycle workflows
• Design and maintain PostgreSQL-backed multi-tenant data models including migrations and tenant isolation
• Integrate security throughout the engineering lifecycle - OAuth2/OIDC, RBAC, and CI/CD
• Work with engineering, data science, and underwriting teams to apply software development best practices

Skills

Python

TypeScript/JavaScript

React

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

OAuth2/OIDC

RBAC

Linux

Cloud computing

Git / PRs

Software engineering best practices

Domain modeling

Rules engines

Event streaming (SSE/Websockets)

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

React

TypeScript

Job description

• Backend depth: SQL ORMs, authentication & authorization, multi-tenant systems

Munich Re sees the use of medical data as instrumental in enhancing the customer experience and expanding insurability for life insurance. Integrated Analytics (IA) leads this effort in the US and Canada. 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

About Munich Re

Together, we engage with everything we have and are, to help humankind act braver and better.

As the world’s leading reinsurance company with more than 40,000 employees in over 50 locations around the globe, Munich Re introduces a paradigm shift in the way you think about insurance. By turning uncertainty into manageable risk, we enable fundamental change. We recognize Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging as a key priority with a culture that welcomes different thoughts and opinions. We dare to think big and are continuously innovating on behalf of our clients.

Our data, our technology, and our teams place us in a unique position to drive transformative change in the life insurance industry. We invest strategically in our world class talent, offering our employees a work experience that promotes professional development, innovation, and rewards high performance.

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 $125,000 and $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.

Munich Re is committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive and free of employment barriers and discrimination. Accommodations will be made for qualified applicants with a disability throughout the recruitment process. If you receive a request for an interview and you have a disability which will require an accommodation to support your participation, please contact [e-mail] as soon as practical so that suitable accommodations can be arranged.