Software Engineer (PLSQL)

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 clients needs. You will be working as a Mid or Senior Level Developer 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.

Your key tasks

• 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 optimisation 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

Qualifications :

• 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

It would be a real bonus if you have

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or related field; Masters degree preferred
• Strong product mindset and experience working in Agile teams (Jira Confluence) including backlog refinement and stakeholder alignment.
• Avaloq Certification or Avaloq Knowledge

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. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time