Software Engineer - Portfolio Management

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Company Description

A bit about us

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 160 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

As a member of the Avaloq development team, you will be part of a group of highly skilled, motivated and dynamic people that are responsible for a central part of the Avaloq Banking Suite. You will design, implement, maintain and test innovative software solutions to meet the client's needs. You will be working in an environment where formal and on-the-job training is a priority, and you will learn a lot. The Avaloq Banking Suite is one of the largest PL/SQL applications in the world. It is safe to say that your co-workers are among, if not the most knowledgeable Oracle specialists in the world. Development takes place in our integrated development environment - a customized Eclipse platform, which is tightly integrated with a build automation and delivery system, allowing a standardized and automated process to be followed.

• This position is open for mid to senior-level developers for the Portfolio Management and Rebalancing Team. Your role will be to handle maintenance and new developments for existing clients but also new one’s. Potentially participating in the implementation of new projects

Your key tasks:

• Develop and implement new features based on internal and external requirements
• Understand the Avaloq Core Banking Platform and the corresponding business areas
• Perform maintenance work such as: root cause analysis, bug fixing, code optimizations
• Provide technical assistance for customers or business analysts

Qualifications

• Robust proven track record of working within a similar role ideally within banking or fintech.
• Well-honed PL/SQL or similar development skills
• Openness to new learnings, must be willing to undergo trainings to become Avaloq Certified Customization Professional (ACCP)

It would be a real bonus if you have:

• Candidate must have Associate/ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
• Additional programming languages

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.

Location: Edinburgh, GB

Posted Date: 10/29/2024