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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.

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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.

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Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join Avaloq’s Edinburgh office as part of our international Security team. You will join an experienced group of software engineers responsible for the frameworks, platforms and tools that help secure Avaloq’s technology landscape.

As a Senior Software Engineer in the Security Assurance team, you will build and enhance the automation and tooling that embeds security throughout the software development lifecycle. Working across software engineering, DevOps, cloud and application security, you will create scalable solutions that enable development teams to deliver secure, high-quality software.

• Design, develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automation tooling, backend services and APIs that support security assurance and vulnerability management.
• Integrate automated security scanning throughout the software development lifecycle, covering source code, dependencies, repositories and containers.
• Monitor security validation processes, assess vulnerabilities and risk, investigate false positives and support effective remediation.
• Develop automated vulnerability processing, reporting and event-driven workflows, integrating with internal platforms and tools such as Jira.
• Build security solutions for containerized and cloud-native environments, including Kubernetes, OpenShift and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Collaborate with engineering and technology teams to resolve security issues and continuously improve secure software development practices.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer, with hands-on expertise in several of the following: Java/Spring Boot, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Gradle, Jenkins/Groovy, REST APIs and event-driven architectures or messaging technologies.
• Strong experience developing CI/CD, automation and developer tooling, ideally within security-focused software delivery environments.
• Strong knowledge of application security and vulnerability management, including secure software development, automated security testing and source-code, software composition and container scanning.
• Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes and/or OpenShift, with knowledge of OCI or comparable cloud technologies highly desirable.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to deliver reliable solutions to complex technical and security challenges.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and work effectively across teams.
• University degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical discipline.

It would be a real bonus if you have:

• Experience or knowledge of financial markets or financial products.

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