Senior Front Arena Developer 100% (f/m/d) - (Contract through our external payroll partner with immediate start for 12 months with possible extension)

Julius Baer; Schweiz; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Julius Baer in Switzerland seeks a senior Front Arena specialist to implement new structured products across the value chain from front office to mid-office, ensuring accurate product representation and lifecycle management.

You will customise and extend Front Arena, design and deploy robust functions across trading and back-office, own critical services, and lead integration with pricing, market data, and risk engines while aligning with SAFe delivery.

Qualifications

• Senior Front Arena professional with 10+ years in trading, mid-office, valuation, and risk.
• Expertise in Front Arena AEL, ACM, and ADFL required.
• Deep knowledge of capital markets, structured products, and equity derivatives.
• Understand financial product lifecycles (cash flows, corporate actions, expiries).
• Experience with Front Arena data models and workflows.
• Comfortable working in Agile teams using Git/Bitbucket.
• Strong communication with technical and business stakeholders.
• Willing to work on Swiss holidays when markets are open.

Responsibilities

• Customise and extend Front Arena to deliver new risk and valuation capabilities.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy robust Front Arena functionalities across trading and back-office.
• Ensure end-to-end ownership of critical services with high availability.
• Lead integration between Front Arena and pricing, market data, risk engines.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve production incidents efficiently.
• Conduct thorough code reviews to uphold quality and security.
• Identify system improvements to boost performance and resilience.
• Contribute to change and release management in an agile SAFe delivery.
• Uphold ethical conduct, risk discipline, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Front Arena expertise

AEL ACM ADFL

Capital markets knowledge

Structured products

Equity derivatives

Lifecycle management

Front Arena data models

Agile/Safe practices

Stakeholder communication

Pressure management

Tools

Git Bitbucket

Job description

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together.

You will serve as a senior key person within our Front Arena team, responsible for implementing new structured products across the value chain from front office (Sales & Trading) to mid-office functions, ensuring accurate product representation and comprehensive lifecycle management.

YOUR CHALLENGE

• Customise and extend the Front Arena platform to deliver new risk and valuation capabilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy robust functionalities integrated across trading and back-office ecosystems

• Ensure end-to-end ownership of critical services, guaranteeing high availability and minimal production downtime

• Lead integration efforts between Front Arena and upstream/downstream systems (pricing, market data, risk engines)

• Perform root cause analysis and resolve complex production incidents efficiently

• Conduct thorough code reviews to uphold quality, security, and alignment with architectural standards

• Identify and implement system improvements to boost performance, scalability, and operational resilience

• Contribute to change and release management processes within an agile (SAFe) delivery framework

• Uphold ethical conduct, risk discipline, and compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements

YOUR PROFILE

• 10+ years of experience in Front Arena roles supporting trading, mid-office, valuation, and risk

• 8+ years of hands‑on development with Front Arena AEL, ACM, and ADFL (all three required)

• Solid understanding of capital markets , particularly structured products and equity derivatives

• In-depth knowledge of financial product lifecycles (e.g., cash flows, corporate actions, expiries)

• Practical experience with Front Arena data models, workflows, and component interactions

• Experience working in agile teams using tools such as Git or Bitbucket

• Proven ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with technical and business stakeholders

• Comfortable working under pressure, with strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise dynamically

• Willingness to work on public Swiss/Zurich holidays where foreign markets are open (e.g. Aug 1st)