Graduate Software Engineer
On site
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Full Time
26-02-2025
Job Specifications
Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 11 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.
Job Description
Our Tax Development Center UK team consists of multiple highly qualified Software Engineers and Business Analysts, closely working together on complex tax-related functionalities. Our products offer a range of features that assist banks and financial institutions across the globe in providing tax-compliance services for both local and global taxes.
Within the scope of our tax modules, our mission is to find and implement solutions in order to keep our customer banks compliant with all relevant tax requirements, on- and off-shore.
As a member of our team, your mission will be to discover and implement efficient solutions that cater to our clients' requirements, whilst ensuring compliance with all pertinent tax regulations. We are a team of agile professionals who place great importance on teamwork and collaboration, and we take pride in delivering top-quality code to our international clients. Working with our team of brilliant minds, you will have the chance to tackle complex issues and contribute towards our mission.
Your key tasks:
Closely collaborate with the Product Owner, Business Analysts and other Software Engineers
Design, develop and maintain thought-out solutions within the team’s responsibility
Improve and optimize existing functionalities
Develop and maintain automated tests
Take ownership and responsibility for your area of expertise
Qualifications
University degree in Computer Science or related discipline
Proven practical experience in software engineering focusing on relational databases (Oracle PL/SQL, Postgres, MySQL)
Good understanding of object data modelling
Eager to learn and understand the business needs to provide clean designs and high-quality code
Strong conceptual and analytical mind with a structured and autonomous approach to work on complex technical and business questions
It would be a real bonus if you have:
Previous experience on the banking business
German or French language skills
Additional Information
We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.
In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.
We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.
Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.
About the Company
Avaloq is a premium provider of front-to-back software and services for over 170 financial institutions around the world. Our clients include private banks, wealth managers and investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. We develop software that can be deployed flexibly through cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) or on-premises, and we offer Banking Operations outsourcing through our Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) model. Avaloq is a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, a global leader in the integration of IT... Know more
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