Overview
Tech Lead / Senior Java Engineer (Digital Assets) – Makati City
Company Description
Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 160 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.
Job Description
We are looking for high-performing Java Backend Developers with strong expertise in banking and an interest in digital assets and blockchain. Our team is responsible for the implementation of Avaloq’s digital assets solution, building next-generation applications that drive innovation in the financial industry.
We are looking for talented professionals to join our team and help drive the future of banking technology.
Your Key Tasks
- Develop and implement scalable and secure backend services for banking and digital assets.
- Collaboration with the Product Owner and Architect for specifications and design.
- Contribute to high-performance architecture and establish software design patterns.
- Lead development team, supporting individual grows and ensuring high quality of delivered solutions.
- Drive best coding practices and maintain high code quality through Unit and Integration tests.
- Conduct code reviews and mentor junior team members.
- Take ownership of key backend components and deliver robust solutions.
- Stay informed about emerging trends in banking technology, digital assets, and blockchain.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of development experience preferred with a Bachelors degree in Software Engineering
- Full-stack Java development experience (java 17+) including knowledge of common tooling such as Spring Boot and JPA, GraphQL, Liquibase, and Spring Security
- Advanced proficiency RESTful API building
- Knowledge of traditional software development processes and tools, including Git, Gradle and Jenkins CI tool, JIRA, Confluence, Code Reviews
- Hands-on experience developing microservices using modern technologies such as Apache Kafka, REST APIs, containerization ( Kubernetes), and cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, Azure)
- Testing frameworks: Junit, Mockito
- Basic Linux operating system knowledge
- Authentication and security over REST protocol
It would be a real bonus if you have
- Knowledge of Avaloq Core Banking System
- Passion for banking, digital assets and blockchain or previous experience in this field.
- Wealth management or private banking knowledge
- Knowledge of AngularJS in building UI applications
- Oracle, PL/SQL
Additional Information
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 whole heartedly 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.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
