Senior Software Engineer

Client: Major financial institution

Job title: Senior Software Engineer

Start date: 01.09.2026 (TBC)

End date: 31.08.2027

Possible extension duration: 2 years

Skill level: Professional – 4-6 years of experience

Work location: Zurich

Task description:

Full Stack Software Engineer to strengthen our agile Scrum Teams.

• Design and implement complex features for the Swiss financial market in close collaboration with Product Owners and stakeholders, taking end-to-end responsibility from design through operations.

• Actively contribute to technical solution architecture and make informed decisions regarding design, technologies, and integration patterns.

• Drive continuous improvement of development processes, architecture, and collaboration as an experienced member of a self-organized Scrum team.

• Ensure high software quality through code reviews, automated testing, and engineering best practices.

Additional information:

Several years of experience in software development using modern Java and web technologies, as well as experience designing scalable systems.

• Strong knowledge of software architecture, including:

o Microservices

o Event-driven architectures

o REST APIs

o Best practices across the complete Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

• Experience with:

o CI/CD pipelines

o DevOps principles

o Container platforms (e.g., Kubernetes/OpenShift)

Skills:

• Training & certificates

Studies (UNI, University of Applied Sciences, Master)

• Work experience

Work experience in a bigger, complex software project (multiple teams) [1-3 years]

• Technical skills

Programming/application development [Very well]

Web development [Well]

• Technical IT skills

Java [4 -6 years]

JavaScript [1-3 years]

Angular [1-3 years]

• Social skills

Teamwork and cooperation [3 -6 years]

Communicative competence [1-3 years]

Emotional intelligence and empathy [1-3 years]

• Oral languages

German [Very well]

English [Very well]