About the Role
As a member of the Avaloq development team, you will design, implement, maintain, and test innovative software solutions to meet client needs within the Avaloq Banking Suite. You will work as a Mid or Senior Level Developer in an environment that prioritizes formal and on-the-job training.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and operation of backend services in the Payments domain, ensuring high standards for reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.
- Own critical payment modules end-to-end (architecture, delivery, observability, on-call readiness, lifecycle management) and drive continuous improvement based on operational feedback.
- Facilitate end-to-end process analysis (workflows, customer journeys, exceptions, and edge cases) to identify optimization opportunities and define implementable change proposals.
- Elicit, challenge, and refine requirements with stakeholders; translate them into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical designs, and ensure alignment on scope, assumptions, and success metrics.
- Work across teams (engineering, product, operations, risk/compliance) to shape solution direction, manage dependencies, and make well-reasoned trade-offs.
- Produce and maintain high-quality technical and functional documentation (including decision records) to support operational excellence and auditability.
- Raise the engineering bar through code reviews, coaching, and pragmatic standards; contribute to hiring and onboarding where needed.
- Own integrations with third-party systems and payment networks, ensuring robust contracts, backwards compatibility, and smooth coordination through testing and rollout.
Requirements
- Extensive experience as a backend Software Engineer, including ownership of design and delivery for production systems (payments or other regulated/transactional domains is a plus).
- Strong database and data-modelling skills (Oracle and SQL/PL/SQL or equivalent), with a focus on correctness, performance, and operability.
- Proven ability to lead process analysis and requirements work - facilitating workshops, resolving ambiguity, and translating business outcomes into implementable solutions.
- Strong ownership mindset in incident response and defect triage; ability to communicate impact, options, and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Skills
- Oracle
- SQL/PL/SQL
- Jira
- Confluence
Location
- Switzerland
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Flexible working
Experience Level
- Mid Level Developer
- Senior Level Developer
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
- Master's degree preferred
About the Company
- Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 10 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
