Senior Backend Engineer

Who are we?

Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 24,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.

People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It’s what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities – work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering – you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.

Howden Hellas, a leading multinational insurance and reinsurance broker in Greece, offers you the opportunity to join a dynamic team of experts in risk management, insurance solutions, and client-focused advisory services.

We are looking for an ambitious Senior Developer to join our dynamic team!

📍 Location: Athens 💼 Full-time | Permanent

Role Summary:

The successful candidate will be designing, building, and maintaining internal applications, system integrations, and data pipelines that support the company's insurance operations. Working closely with the Head of IT and business stakeholders, you will deliver reliable, scalable, and well-structured software solutions while contributing to the continuous improvement of engineering practices.

Your Role:

Application Development

• Design, develop, and maintain backend applications and services using Python.
• Support, maintain, and progressively modernize existing C#/.NET applications.
• Apply modern software engineering principles, including clean architecture, domain-driven design, and event-driven patterns where appropriate.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, including unit and integration tests.

Integrations & Data Engineering

• Design and implement integrations between internal systems and third-party platforms.
• Develop and support REST and SOAP API integrations, as well as file-based data exchanges.
• Build, maintain, and optimize ETL/ELT data pipelines.
• Implement data validation, exception handling, monitoring, and reprocessing capabilities.
• Work with SQL Server and other data platforms to support reporting and operational processes.

Support & Operational Excellence

• Act as an escalation point for application and integration issues.
• Troubleshoot production incidents and implement sustainable fixes.
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks.
• Contribute to system reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing activities.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices.

What you bring:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Electrical & Computer Engineering / Mathematics or a related field.
• Strong Python development experience building and supporting production applications.
• Strong SQL and relational database experience (SQL Server preferred), including query optimization, stored procedures, and schema design.
• Working knowledge of C#/.NET, sufficient to maintain and refactor existing applications.
• Experience maintaining or modernizing C#/.NET applications.
• Experience designing and implementing REST API integrations.
• Experience with SOAP APIs and legacy system integrations.
• Experience working with system-to-system integrations and data exchange processes.
• Experience designing and supporting ETL/ELT data pipelines.
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, or similar.
• Experience with Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate).
• Experience with Salesforce or CRM integrations.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging platforms.
• Experience with source control and collaborative development practices (Git).
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

Industry Experience :

• Experience in insurance, financial services, banking, or another regulated environment.
• Familiarity with policy administration systems, insurance platforms, or broker systems.

Other Skills

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of solutions from design through deployment and support.

What we offer :

💰 Competitive salary and performance-based incentives

🎁 Benefits Package

🩺 Private medical insurance

🚀 Supportive, entrepreneurial culture focused on growth, development, and collaboration

💻 Flexible working model with international exposure

Ready to Shape the Future of Risk?

If you're passionate about delivering innovative risk transfer solutions and ready to grow your career across both direct and reinsurance markets — come join a team that leads from the front! Be part of a company that doesn’t follow the market — we help shape it!

What do we offer in return?

A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity – there is no one Howden type. Instead, we’re looking for individuals who share the same values as us:

• Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new
• We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges
• We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond

Reasonable adjustments

We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours* or hybrid working*.

If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it’s the right fit for you, send us your application – if your profile fits the role’s criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require.

*Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.

Permanent