Computer Science jobs in United Kingdom

Company Description

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 11 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research-led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

In our team, we are responsible for all workplace related applications and technologies. The Web Workplace will be the future focus of our team. It is a persona agnostic workplace serving all mid- and backoffice personas with a lot of integration capabilities.

Our team consists of software engineers & business analysts across the locations Manila and Zurich. The team is mostly self-organized and uses agile methodologies. We are not afraid to meet short time deadlines without making compromises to the quality of our work. Challenges reach across multiple technology stacks, from the PL/SQL driven backend to Angular driven frontend.

Your key tasks

• Collaboration with the Product Owner and Architects for specifications and design
• Take ownership and responsibility for your area of expertise
• Design, develop and maintain thought-out solutions within the team’s responsibility in the Web Workplace
• Improve and optimize existing functionalities
• Perform code reviews and coach junior team members

• Strong evidence of relevant software development experience
• Strong conceptual and analytical mind with a structured and autonomous approach to work on complex technical problems
• Extensive experience in building web applications based on Angular, Typescript and Node.js
• Willingness to contribute during all stages of software lifecycle from requirements engineering to design and implementation
• Good collaborator and communicator

It would be a real bonus if you have

• University or higher education degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent
• Knowledge / experience in Java and Springboot
• Knowledge / experience in Oracle and PL/SQL
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Knowledge and experience in public multi-tenant cloud hosted services, e.g. authentication or scaling mechanisms

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.
In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions. We are wholeheartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.
We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique. We have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.
Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.