Senior Application Engineer

Sigma Suisse; Basel; Vor Ort; CHF 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Sigma Suisse, based in Plan-les-Ouates, is a recruitment firm specialised in IT and strategic profiles, supporting influential players across French-speaking Switzerland. The Senior FIX Engineer role is based in Basel and requires deep FIX expertise within a banking environment, focusing on trading applications, market connectivity and technical infrastructure.

You will customize FIX interfaces, enhance order routing, and support integrations with external brokers.

Qualifikationen

• Banking environment experience mandatory.
• Strong hands-on experience with FIX Protocol and FIX interfaces.
• Experience with trading applications, electronic trading or market connectivity.
• Understanding of trading processes and financial instruments (Equities, Fixed Income, FX and/or Derivatives).
• Grounding in TCP/IP, TLS, encryption and Windows environments.
• Experience in application configuration, integration, troubleshooting and technical support.
• Around 5 years of relevant experience; stronger seniority considered.
• Education in CS/Engineering/Natural Sciences or related technical field.
• Knowledge of Python is an advantage.
• Fluent English; German is an advantage.
• Willingness to work fully onsite in Basel.

Aufgaben

• Customize, configure and maintain FIX interfaces and connectivity
• Define and improve technical processes around order routing, market access and trade processing
• Implement, configure and test new functionalities across trading applications and connected systems
• Troubleshoot application, interface and connectivity issues
• Support integrations between internal trading platforms and external brokers or market systems
• Analyse incidents and requirements with trading users and business stakeholders
• Handle technical topics related to TCP/IP connectivity, TLS and encryption
• Create and maintain technical documentation

Kenntnisse

FIX Protocol

Trading applications

Market connectivity

TCP/IP / TLS / encryption

English fluency

Ausbildung

Higher education in Computer Science/Engineering/Natural Sciences

Tools

Python

Jobbeschreibung

Sigma Suisse, based in Plan-les-Ouates, is a recruitment firm specialised in IT and strategic profiles, supporting influential players across French-speaking Switzerland.

Within our IT division, we cover needs across Commodity and Financial Trading, Pharmaceuticals, Aeronautics, Space, Energy, Watchmaking and Swiss foundations.

Senior FIX Engineer, Basel, permanent, fully onsite

Context

We are supporting a financial institution based in Basel in strengthening its Trading Applications team. The position sits at the intersection of trading applications, market connectivity and technical infrastructure, and combines a solid understanding of banking and trading environments with hands-on FIX expertise.

Your responsibilities

• Customize, configure and maintain FIX interfaces and connectivity
• Define and improve technical processes around order routing, market access and trade processing
• Implement, configure and test new functionalities across trading applications and connected systems
• Troubleshoot application, interface and connectivity issues
• Support integrations between internal trading platforms and external brokers or market systems
• Analyse incidents and requirements with trading users and business stakeholders
• Handle technical topics related to TCP/IP connectivity, TLS and encryption
• Create and maintain technical documentation

Your profile

• Previous professional experience within a banking environment is mandatory
• Strong hands-on experience with FIX Protocol and FIX interfaces
• Experience with trading applications, electronic trading or market connectivity
• Good understanding of trading processes and financial instruments, Equities, Fixed Income, FX and/or Derivatives
• Solid technical grounding in TCP/IP, TLS, encryption and Windows environments
• Experience in application configuration, integration, troubleshooting and technical support
• Around 5 years of relevant experience, strong expertise with less seniority also considered
• Higher education in Computer Science, Engineering, Natural Sciences or a related technical field
• Knowledge of Python is an advantage
• Fluent English required, German is an advantage
• Willingness to work fully onsite in Basel

What we offer

• A permanent role within an established financial institution in Basel
• Exposure to business-critical trading applications and market connectivity
• A technical scope combining FIX, trading applications, connectivity and business interaction
• Collaboration with specialists across trading, application management and infrastructure
• Real autonomy and responsibility within the trading technology environment
• Attractive employment conditions aligned with experience and technical expertise