About us

As a leading sustainable private bank, we offer dynamic and personalized services in investment advisory and asset management for private and institutional clients. Our success depends on the enthusiasm and commitment of our employees and we value each person with their unique technical expertise, professional qualifications and social skills.

We are successfully operating for more than 180 years across 27 locations worldwide and offer our employees the chance to be a part of our success. Our employees are our most valuable asset, we are proud of our unique culture that fosters entrepreneurship and is fueled by a high team spirit and the positive attitude of each individual. Join our international team and be part of the next chapter of the J. Safra Sarasin Group. 

Your role

As Senior Avaloq Developer at Bank J. Safra Sarasin you are a seasoned software engineer with profound know-how of all relevant technological aspects of the Avaloq stack (Avaloq Script, PL/SQL, Oracle SQL, Task Engine, Report Writer, Object Model, Transactional Model, Booking Engine) and provide your expertise to the Trade & Transaction reporting unit within the broader Avaloq Regulatory team.

Your responsibilities

• Maintain existing Trade and Transaction reporting solutions
• Develop new functionalities or changes to existing functionalities in Trade and Transaction reporting
• Implement small to medium sized projects together with your colleagues from the Trade and Transaction reporting unit
• Challenge and re-think existing solutions (architecture) together with your colleagues from the Trade and Transaction reporting unit
• Be an integral part of the broader Avaloq Regulatory team, also assisting in other expert fields (Tax, Compliance, Legal Reporting, Accounting)

Your profile

• Higher education (university / FH) in Informatics or Computer Science, preferably with specialization in Software Engineering 
• Additional training in Avaloq Certified Professional (ACP)
• 4 years of practical experience in the field of Avaloq development
• Solid understanding of banking and finance
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Completion of ACCP with Major in Core Technologies is a plus (formerly ACP)
• Ability to work with various stakeholders as well as hands-on mentality
• Strong work ethics, integrity and high level of accountability
• Willingness to re-locate to Switzerland (Basel)
• Fluency in English 

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