Data Engineer

About The Company

WWK Lebensversicherung a. G. is part of the WWK insurance group, one of Germany’s longest-established and most innovative insurance organizations. As an independent, financially strong and growth-oriented financial services provider, WWK is a market leader in unit-linked life insurance.

The company combines a modern approach to business with a strong tradition of building lasting relationships with customers and employees. Its guiding principle, “a strong community,” reflects the value it places on committed, qualified colleagues and their contribution to excellent customer service.

About The Role

WWK is looking for a Senior Data Engineer and Platform Architect (m/f/d) specializing in Application Integration to join its dedicated and creative team as soon as possible. In this role, you will help shape service-oriented data and application integration processes and contribute to the strategic development of the company’s Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS). You will combine hands-on integration engineering with platform architecture, ensuring solutions meet business needs while adhering to established architecture, security and quality standards.

This is an opportunity to work with modern integration technologies and collaborate closely with colleagues across IT, business departments and external partners.

Qualifications

You have a degree in business informatics, computer science, mathematics or a comparable discipline, or equivalent vocational training in an IT-related field. You bring extensive professional experience in developing and architecting data and application integration solutions, along with in-depth knowledge of API management and web services, including SOAP and REST.

Experience with iPaaS platforms such as Boomi, Informatica or MuleSoft is important; an interest in productive low-code development is also valued.

You are comfortable working with complex processes and can analyze requirements, evaluate options and develop structured, practical solutions. Your analytical judgment, independent working style and commitment help you deliver reliable outcomes. You communicate confidently and work effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Fluent

German and proficient English are required. An interest in insurance-related topics and business processes will help you understand the organization’s needs and contribute effectively.

Responsibilities

You will take responsibility for the exchange of data between WWK’s IT applications and analyze, model and implement integration processes on the iPaaS platform. You will design and assess application integration concepts, translating business requirements into secure, high-quality and maintainable solutions. As platform architect, you will help ensure the integration environment remains stable, scalable and fit for the future, while documenting the platform and its processes.

Working closely with iPaaS developers and architects responsible for other systems, you will guide internal stakeholders from different business departments through the full delivery lifecycle. This includes gathering requirements, coordinating implementation, supporting testing and preparing successful production releases. You will also monitor developments in the integration technology market and maintain close contact with the platform provider to inform the platform’s continued strategic evolution.

Benefits

WWK provides a modern, configurable low-code integration platform based on Boomi, with comparable technologies such as Informatica and MuleSoft. You will receive the training and thorough onboarding needed to build your platform expertise and get started successfully. The role offers close, collaborative work with colleagues, business departments, external partners and software providers.

Employee benefits include 14 monthly salaries per year, 31 days of annual leave, a 38-hour workweek with overtime compensation, occupational pension provision, home-office options, a public transport ticket, capital-forming benefits and parking facilities.

Equal Opportunity

WWK Lebensversicherung a. G. welcomes motivated and committed applicants seeking an engaging professional challenge. The company values qualified employees and the different perspectives they bring to its strong community. Applicants are encouraged to submit a cover letter, résumé, relevant certificates and their earliest possible start date.