Trading Systems Engineer - Front Office & OMS

EFG International AG; Ticino; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vendor and domain training

Job summary

EFG International AG is seeking a Software Engineer to join the IT Trading & Treasury team in Switzerland. You will own technical delivery and operational support of Order Management, Pricing and Position Keeping platforms across asset classes, including in-house applications for the trading desk.

The role spans design, development, testing and production support in a technically rich, integrated environment.

Qualifications

• 3–8 years of experience in application development and/or application support within financial services IT.
• Solid development skills in Java and/or Python; you write production code, not only scripts.
• Very good knowledge of SQL and relational database systems (Oracle, MS SQL).
• Understanding of financial products, related workflows and pricing concepts.
• Ability to read and navigate an existing codebase, diagnose issues and deliver clean, maintainable solutions.
• Fluent English; Italian is a strong advantage for the Lugano location; French is a plus.
• University degree in computer science, engineering, finance or an equivalent background.

Responsibilities

• Develop, customise and maintain components across the order management, pricing and position keeping platforms, to support new business requirements and platform evolution.
• Design and build in‑house applications for the trading desk - integration layers, reporting tools, automation and health‑check utilities.
• Deliver enhancements and full project phases end‑to‑end: analysis, technical design, development, testing, deployment and documentation.
• Work front‑to‑back across the technology stack, across databases (Oracle, MS SQL), application servers (Windows, Linux) and front‑end components.
• Manage and troubleshoot FIX protocol connectivity towards brokers, exchanges and execution venues.
• Build and maintain integrations between trading platforms, market data providers, the core banking system and downstream risk and back‑office systems.
• Provide L2/L3 application support across trading workflows, from intraday incidents to root‑cause analysis and permanent fixes.
• Coordinate with external vendors and other IT teams to resolve complex issues and write post‑mortems when needed.

Skills

Java

Python

SQL

English fluency

Code reading/diagnosis

Financial product knowledge

Education

University degree in computer science/engineering/finance

Tools

FrontArena

Ullink

FinIQ

Powershell/Shell scripting

CI/CD

Version control

Job description

EFG International AG is seeking a Software Engineer to join the IT Trading & Treasury team in Switzerland. You will own technical delivery and operational support of Order Management, Pricing and Position Keeping platforms across asset classes, including in-house applications for the trading desk.

The role spans design, development, testing and production support in a technically rich, integrated environment.