Writing the future. Together.

Avaloq is a value driven, fast-paced financial technology and services company and we are committed to developing the banking solutions of tomorrow.

By joining Avaloq, you’ll become a key part of our effort to power the digital transformation of the financial services industry. Our ambition is big and bold – to provide full end-to-end digital solutions by combining our leading efficiency with a flexible, responsible digital user experience. Headquartered in Zurich, Avaloq has over 2,000 employees globally. More information is available at www.avaloq.com

Your team

As a member of the Edinburgh team, you will be part of a collaborative small team of Software Engineers and Business Analysts building high quality solutions to support our existing and new clients.

What you will do

Responsible for analysis and resolution of customer issues and gathering new requirements, you will develop knowledge of how the system works technically as well as functionally. You will work collaboratively with customers to develop solutions to meet market demands.

Following Agile methodologies, you will also work closely with the Product Owner and Software Engineers to design, develop, test and maintain functionality within the team’s responsibility.

Your day-to-day job will include:

• Collecting & analysing business requirements, evaluate possible scenarios, recommend best business and IT solutions, documenting them in our internal tools (JIRA, Confluence, Service Request platform).
• Building and designing functionalities to implement business solutions in Avaloq.
• Troubleshooting customer issues and internal requests, manage client interaction during testing phase, taking care of bug fixing and potential change requests. Provide help resolving issues and answering questions.
• Supporting developers during implementation and testing of new and existing functionality and bugfixes.
• Participating in Agile practices and ceremonies and work according to the Agile principles.

What we are looking for

• Strong track record of working in a similar role, ideally within an Agile environment.
• Understanding of financial instruments
• Excellent logical, analytical and problem-solving skills with an eagerness to learn and understand the business needs
• Knowledge of involved applications to be able to do impact analysis, troubleshooting and/or involve/co-ordinate with other teams
• You will be a pro-active team player: willing to contribute and help other team members in order to successfully achieve team goals
• Ideally a University Degree in economics with experience and interest in software development or an education in Computer Science/Engineering/Mathematics with an affinity and interest for banking/economics or equivalent education/experience

Now let's talk about perks and compensation

We have a hybrid work week model, giving colleagues flexibility in how they work, as well as ensuring we create our unique Avaloq culture in our office locations. Our base salaries are competitive and you can be recognised for outstanding effort with an extraordinary achievement reward – the pinnacle of recognition. Avaloq aims to share its success with all its colleagues by paying out “Success Share Units” depending on its performance in a given year.

At Avaloq we embrace diversity, we embrace difference. We are whole-heartedly committed to equal employment opportunities and we foster an inclusive culture where everyone’s' contributions are valued and their voices are listened to. We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other fascinating characteristics that make us different. Please note that our job descriptions are intended to be written in an inclusive and gender neutral language.

Don’t be shy – apply!

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