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

For our teams at major players in the financial industry in Switzerland, we are looking for experienced Java Backend 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.
• 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.

• 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 (both at least C1 level).
• You bring expertise with many different technologies, such as Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, databases, RESTful APIs and tools like Jenkins/Gitlab, Gradle, Artifactory, Ansible, and hosting on Windows-Platforms.
• You embrace challenges and are eager to learn new skills when required by a given situation.
• 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.

At Zühlke, innovation is at the forefront of everything we do. We assist companies in realizing their vision, from the initial idea to achieving market success. As a solution partner, we leverage our extensive cross-industry expertise and take responsibility for project success. By merging engineering and IT, we consistently explore new approaches. Our ultimate goal is customer success, extending beyond the completion of projects. We assume responsibility for the products, services, and business models that define a sustainable, digital future comprehensively.

Established in 1968, Zühlke is a partner-led company employing approximately 1,900 individuals who work in local teams across Bulgaria, Germany, the UK, Austria, Portugal, Serbia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Switzerland, and Vietnam. We derive our wealth of experience from over 10,000 successfully executed projects and the expertise of our diverse team of professionals who support our clients as solution partners. These accomplishments have led to significant project achievements and global sales of CHF 238 million in 2022.