Quantitative Developer

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Our organisation

Ageas is a listed international insurance Group with a heritage spanning of 200 years, offering Retail and Business customers Life and Non-Life insurance, and is also engaged in reinsurance activities.

As an international insurance company, Ageas concentrates its activities in Europe and Asia through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and long-term partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors.

Ageas ranks among the market leaders in the countries in which it operates. It represents a staff force of about 50,000 people and reported annual inflows of over EUR 17 billion in 2023.

 Ageas aims to be a Great place to Grow for all its people, while always staying true to its four values: care, share, deliver and dare. It fosters an inclusive culture, that values diversity and encourages everyone to get the best out of their talents. 

Ageas has been re-certified as Top Employer in 2024.

 

Ageas Re 

Ageas Re is organized as a Business Unit within ageas SA/NV, the Group holding, on whose balance sheet it underwrites third-party and intra-group reinsurance under the trade name Ageas Re. Today, Ageas Re serves clients globally, specializing in property and casualty treaty reinsurance. 

You will be joining the Ageas Re Underwriting Tooling team, responsible for supporting the business with quantitative tools for reinsurance pricing and underwriting. Such activity requires an active participation alongside with the business for delivering high quality products that can be used in practice. The team assists the underwriting team both with improving current business practices as well as providing ideas on how technology can be used to do things differently and promote innovation.

Your function

Your main responsibilities are to:

• Support the development of tools and services for reinsurance pricing and underwriting activities
• Develop and maintain data pipelines for tool content consumers
• Improve and maintain current production tools
• Perform studies of different possible approaches
• Update API documentation for both technical and methodological aspects
• Participate in innovative research topics
• Stay up to date with latest trends in technology in general and python development in particular

Your profile

Requirements

• A strong academic background with a degree in a quantitative field such as mathematics, statistics, computer science, a related discipline, or equivalent by experience.
• At least three years of professional experience in roles involving quantitative research, data analysis, or software development.
• Proficiency in Python programming
• Working knowledge of SQL for database querying and management.
• Experience with version control systems, particularly Git, for collaborative software development.
• A strong foundation in statistical methods and concepts to support data-driven decision-making.
• Familiarity with software testing practices to ensure robust, reliable, and maintainable code.

 Considered a Plus

• Hands-on experience with Python libraries like NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, and pytest for data manipulation, machine learning, and testing.
• Knowledge of API development and integration to build scalable and efficient interfaces.
• A background in data science, including modeling, visualization, and predictive analytics.
• Experience working in the retail or financial services industries, particularly with insurance or reinsurance applications.

 Personality and Mindset

• An open-minded, collaborative approach to problem-solving and innovation.
• A strong willingness and ability to quickly learn new technologies, tools, and methodologies.
• A proactive, resourceful "hacker" mindset, focused on efficiently achieving practical solutions.
• Creativity and original thinking to design novel tools and improve existing processes.

Our offer

• The possibility of (maximum 50%) home working;
• A dynamic, multicultural working environment;
• An interesting and extensive salary package (including meal vouchers, eco vouchers, hospitalization, disability and group insurance, additional child benefit, mobile allowance and intervention in the internet reimbursement, ...);
• The possibility to optimize part of your salary package through a flexible income plan;
• A corporate culture where you are encouraged to share your views and opinions;
• A flat organizational structure with close collaboration and communication with management and cross departments;
• An extensive range of learning & development opportunities through our online learning platform;

The opportunity to further develop yourself and to be part of a great team at a Top employer in Belgium. Find out more about it here.

Interested?

Please apply online. We are looking forward to talking to you!