Senior Java Fullstack Engineer Financial Industry (80-100%)

Founded in Switzerland in 1968, Zühlke is owned by its partners and located across Europe and Asia. We are a global transformation partner, with engineering and innovation in our DNA. We're trusted to help clients envision and build their businesses for the future – to run smarter today while adapting for tomorrow’s markets, customers, and communities. Our multidisciplinary teams specialise in tech strategy and business innovation, digital solutions and applications, and device and systems engineering. We excel in complex, regulated spaces including health and finance, connecting strategy, tech implementation, and operational services to help clients become more effective, resilient businesses.

If you share our values and want to do the best work, for the right reasons, we can offer you the chance to do it on a global scale and play a real role in shaping our exciting journey.

Important: To ensure a smooth review process, please submit all application documents (CV, cover letter) in English only.

The role

For our teams at major players in the financial industry in Switzerland, we are looking for experienced Java Fullstack Engineers. As part of our teams, you will develop, operate and maintain customer applications in the web and enterprise environment.

How you’ll make impact

• Collaborate closely with customers to understand their business and translate requirements into high quality software.  You can expect to work regularly on site at the customer's premises.

• Engage with other Zühlke developers on your team to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.

• Build up domain expertise with your stable engagement at our clients over multiple years.

• With your Dev-Ops mentality, help supporting the entire software lifecycle from building new features to the operational and preventive maintenance of the applications. With testability, observability, and thoughtful abstractions of your code, you assure long-term quality and system resilience.

• Coach & support team members to fully unlock their potential and grow as a team.

• Continuously keep up to date with the latest technologies & trends and share your knowledge with our teams and customers. Balance new technologies with the broad spectrum of existing ones and make sound decisions to ensure long-term stability and maintainability.

What’s important to us

• Experience in the financial industry is a plus, but not mandatory.

• You have a Bachelor’s degree (FH, Uni, ETH or similar) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. 

• You have five or more years of proven experience as a Java Developer with a strong understanding of object-oriented programming and best practices. 

• You are an excellent communicator, team player and problem solver and are fluent in German and English (at least C1 level).

• You put the customer first and support the project’s success as a Java Fullstack Engineer with the latest JavaScript and TypeScript frameworks such as Angular. Knowing Vaadin is a plus. 

• You bring expertise with many different technologies, such as Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, databases, RESTful APIs and tools like Jenkins, Gradle, Artifactory, Ansible, Gitlab and hosting on Windows-Platforms.

• Knowledge of messaging frameworks, container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes, OpenShift), microservices and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.) are a plus.

• You approach architecture and implementation with careful planning. You are driven by engineering excellence and take pride in crafting robust, maintainable software. You hold yourself to high standards in delivering systems that are reliable, well-tested, and built to last.

• Work life blend: we offer a safe & healthy workplace, with flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home

• Profit share scheme: In addition to your annual salary, you may receive a profit share defined by the company’s success in the previous year

• Global and Diverse Zühlke community: witness how colleagues from all our 17 offices across the globe come together to create a unique, positive and inclusive work culture, learning from one another at annual team camps, and celebrating year-end parties and other local festivities.

• Committed to development: we are committed to the growth of our people and are investing in your development. We’re empowering you to build the skills you need to make a positive impact, both personally and for our clients, today and in the future.

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How to Apply

Please remember all applications must be submitted in English only to be considered.

If you feel you don't meet all the requirements, we are still happy to get to know you, learn more about your ambitions and ideas and look forward to receiving your application!  

We welcome people from all backgrounds, regardless of their gender, personality, national origin, race, religion, colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability or veteran status.