Senior Software Engineer
On site
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Full Time
02-04-2025
Job Specifications
Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 10 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
The Edinburgh team are a friendly, fun and driven group of Software Engineers and Business Analysts spread across several development centers. We follow an agile process, working closely with the Product Owner and related teams to develop product features and provide support to our extensive global customer base.
We work with customers and partners to develop and deliver innovative solutions to meet market demands. The team is part of many exciting and challenging projects relating to cutting-edge Swiss, European and Asian banking initiatives.
Closely collaborate with the Team Lead, Product Owner, Business Analysts, and other Software Engineers
Write solution designs for new developments and have them reviewed with our technical leads and architects.
Participate in client workshops and support our business analysts in requirements analysis.
Design, develop and maintain thought-out solutions within the team’s responsibility.
Improve and optimize existing functionalities.
Develop and maintain automated tests, quality assurance.
Take ownership and responsibility for your area of expertise.
To work with agile mindset, process, and ticketing platforms (Jira)
Qualifications
Strong proven track record of working in a similar role
Good knowledge and sound understanding of database technologies e.g SQL, Oracle PL/SQL or similar
Expert knowledge in at least 1 additional programming language
Strong conceptual and analytical mind with a structured and autonomous approach to work on complex technical and business problems
It would be a real bonus if you have:
Experience in the financial or banking industries.
Experience with Avaloq core platform
University degree in Computer Science or related discipline (preferable)
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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