Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries and territories, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb employs approximately 40,000 people worldwide.
Chubb launched its third Engineering Center in Thessaloniki in 2022. Our rapidly expanding new Chubb Engineering Center in Greece (CECG) is integrated with the Engineering Centers in India and Mexico to support our global technology needs and digital business transformation, as well as the company's operations in the Europe - Middle East - Africa region operating in 27 countries.
Chubb is seeking a skilled Full Stack Engineer with a focus on Backend for Frontend (BFF) development to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in designing, developing, and maintaining BFF layers that serve as the integration point between frontend applications and our microservice architecture. You will work collaboratively with frontend engineers and backend teams to deliver seamless, optimised API experiences that meet the specific needs of our client applications.
Key Responsibilities
BFF Development
- Design, develop, and maintain Backend for Frontend (BFF) services that aggregate and orchestrate data from multiple microservices
- Create optimised API endpoints tailored to specific frontend application requirements
- Implement data transformation, aggregation, and filtering logic to reduce frontend complexity
- Integrate BFF services with existing Process APIs within our microservice architecture
- Develop efficient API contracts that minimise over-fetching and under-fetching of data
- Implement caching strategies to optimise performance and reduce load on downstream services
API Integration and Microservices
- Integrate with existing Process APIs and domain microservices
- Design and implement service-to-service communication patterns (REST, GraphQL, messaging)
- Handle API versioning, backwards compatibility, and graceful degradation
- Implement circuit breakers, retry logic, and fault tolerance patterns
- Monitor and optimise API performance, latency, and throughput
Security and Quality
- Implement API security measures including JWT authentication, OAuth2, and token validation
- Apply input validation, sanitisation, and security best practices
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following best practices
- Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
- Develop comprehensive unit and integration tests for BFF services
Collaboration and Delivery
- Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to understand client-specific data requirements
- Work with backend/microservice teams to understand available Process APIs and data contracts
- Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives
- Support CI/CD pipeline management and deployment processes
- Document API contracts and integration patterns for frontend teams
Key Qualifications
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- At least 5 years of experience in backend/full stack development
- Microservices and API gateway experience
- Spring Boot (Java), RESTful APIs, Microservices
- OpenAPI/Swagger, MongoDB, SQL
- Git, CI/CD, API testing tools
- Authentication: JWT, OAuth2, Azure AD B2C/B2B (critical)
Node.js/NestJS, TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure services
Problem-solving, communication, teamwork, adaptability
Main Responsibilities
- Develop Backend for Frontend (BFF) services
- Build and optimize API aggregation layers
- Integrate with existing APIs and domain services
- Ensure secure authentication/authorization flows
- Maintain API documentation and contracts
Our team makes the difference, every time. For this reason, we offer in return!
We offer hybrid working model, explicit, structured career development, a competitive salary package, annual bonus, long term equity incentives, private medical cover, monthly allowance for lunch, generous personal time off, continuous learning experiences, and work in a fun, lively environment with mentoring from our groundbreaking senior mentors.
Integrity. Client Focus. Respect. Excellence. Teamwork
Our core values instruct how we live and work. We’re an ethical and honest company that’s wholly committed to its clients. A business that’s engaged in mutual trust and respect for its employees and partners. A place where colleagues perform at the highest levels. And a working environment that’s collaborative and encouraging.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Chubb, we consider our people our chief competitive advantage and as such we treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness and respect, regardless of their age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family circumstances. We earnestly strive to achieve an environment where all colleagues feel comfortable to perform to their full potential and are recognized for their contributions.
Many voices, One Chubb!
