Application Developer

General Re Corporation, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is a holding company for global reinsurance and related operations, with more than 2,000 employees worldwide. It owns General Reinsurance Corporation and General Reinsurance AG, which conducts business as Gen Re.

Gen Re delivers reinsurance solutions to the Life/Health and Property/Casualty insurance industries. Represented in all major reinsurance markets through a network of 37 offices, we have earned superior financial strength ratings from each of the major rating agencies. We value diversity, equality and inclusion and promote a culture that supports professional and personal growth.

General Reinsurance, Cape Town Branch (a subsidiary of General Reinsurance AG) is offering an opportunity for Application Developer in our Life Australia, UK, SA, Canada division.

GenRe seeks an Application Developer for development and support of a Global LifeHealth business application. As an integral part of the Gen Re Global Life Office of the Customer team, this role will work closely with cross functional stakeholders and external clients to deliver the best in class solutions for the Life Health portfolio of projects. The primary responsibility will be support and development of the international client accounting and claim assessment application. They should be comfortable with SQL Server and MS technologies. The ideal candidate will have a strong data background in SQL Server database technologies, .Net and C#. The successful candidate should be comfortable managing the complete development process from conception to deployment, as well as maintaining and upgrading software post deployment. This is an international team and requires a flexible schedule to work with associates around the globe.

Specific responsibilities:

• Develop, test and maintain applications per specifications as part of a project team that includes project manager, business analyst, and stakeholders.
• Ensure the successful integration of the applications to other LH systems as needed.

Experience/Skills Required:

• Knowledge of Agile / MS DevOps for task tracking and code management to include pipelines for build and deployment.
• Strong MS SQL Server development experience.
• Experience writing complex TSQL queries, views, stored procedures.
• MS programming languages (C#).
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Ability to work/meet during flexible hours. This person will need to coordinate with international users across different time zones (Europe, Asia, Australia, and the US).

Additional Experience/Skills Desired:

• .Net framework (4.5+) Winforms and Console application development.
• Third party tool experience including DevExpress Express Application Framework (XAF) for WinForms.
• Visual Studio experience, preferably version 2017+.
• Experience working with DbUp is a plus.
• Understanding of reinsurance business strongly desired.
• Ability to work directly with business users, including limited business analysis tasks, to develop best in class software.

Human Resources

General Reinsurance Africa Ltd.
(Reinsurer licensed to conduct composite insurance business)
2nd Floor, Waterway House North, 3 Dock Road V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8001 (South Africa)

Preference will be given, but not limited to, candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act and our employment equity policy.