AI Software Architect

Myjob; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

SIX is seeking an experienced software engineer to translate AI SDLC strategy into practical patterns, tooling and reusable components that scale AI-driven software across the organization in a regulated FMI context.

You will set technical standards for AI development, review AI-generated code, and coach engineers while driving adoption and cross‑functional collaboration across CH, ES, PL and IN. Fluently English is required; German a plus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering
• Experience with AI in regulated environments
• Hands-on AI harness, LLM APIs and agent frameworks
• Track record of driving change through influence
• Fluent in English; German a plus

Responsibilities

• Translate AI software engineering strategy into practice; design patterns and reusable components
• Set technical standards for AI-based development in regulated FMI
• Support and execute the people transformation journey, evolving developer roles and processes
• Run lighthouse engagements; baseline and measure backlog impact
• Drive adoption; coach senior engineers and lead communities of practice across CH, ES, PL and IN

Skills

Software engineering

SDLC experience

AI integration

Code review

Systems thinking

Stakeholder management

English fluency

German a plus

Tools

Claude Code

LLM APIs

Agent frameworks

AI harness

Job description

Type of Employment

Permanent

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• SIX drives the transformation of financial markets

Working from home up to 40% possible

Shape and execute the AI SDLC at SIX · reports to Head of Software Engineering Practices

What You Will Do

• Translate the AI software engineering strategy into working practice. Design, prototype and harden the reference patterns, tooling and reusable components that make AI SDLC (augmented, agentic) real across SIX
• Set the deepest technical standards for AI-based development: prompt and agent patterns, code review of AI-generated code, and the quality and security gates that make it safe in a regulated FMI
• Support and execute the people transformation journey, evolving developer roles, team structures, processes and ways of working to unlock the full potential of AI-augmented software engineering
• Run lighthouse engagements hands-on: understand the process of business-unit software teams, baseline and measure impact on real backlogs, and prove value before scaling
• Drive adoption across teams you don't manage. Coach senior engineers, win over skeptics, and lead the community of practice across CH, ES, PL and IN

What You Bring

• 8+ years in software engineering with deep with current hands-on expertise across the entire SDLC. You still design software systems, write and review code, and engineers trust your technical judgment
• Strong systems and architecture thinking across the end-to-end SDLC, and sound judgment on putting AI into a regulated, business-critical environment
• Hands-on experience with AI harness, LLM APIs and agent frameworks, including building custom workflows when off-the-shelf falls short. Claude Code hands-on experience in production is a plus
• A track record of driving change through influence, not authority. You've won over skeptical senior engineers and spread practice across teams you didn't manage
• Excellent stakeholder management, low ego and a teaching instinct — equally credible in a design review with a principal engineer and a risk conversation with security; fluent in English, German a plus

Diversity is important to us. Therefore, we are looking to receiving applications regardless of any personal background

What We Offer

• We trust our employees and offer a work environment that is well-balanced, productive and fosters success
• You will benefit from a culture of continuous learning and feedback. Your personal growth is supported through an extensive learning offering
• Personal Development
• Whether through scrum or design thinking, , we solve exciting tasks together in teams
• Agile Working Methods