Beschreibung
For our client, a Swiss Bank, we are looking for a Tech Lead/Solution Architect for a long term contract in Zurich, Switzerland
Tech Lead/Solution Architect
- Sector: Banking
- Location: Zurich
- Duration: 12 months, extension intended
Overview of business area or project:
The Portfolio Solutions IT team works at the very heart of International Wealth Management. We are responsible for the development and maintenance of the key advisory systems in the bank, which are in use on a global scale within the Group. We manage a complex application landscape including professional investment portfolio construction tools and mobile applications used during client meetings. We also leverage modern portfolio optimization techniques to automate parts of the investment advice and offer a rich set of analyses to evaluate the investments of our clients. The relationship managers guide the clients through an advisory process with the help of our applications, enabling our client advisors to understand the clients' goals, define an appropriate investment strategy, monitor the impact and performance of the investments and comply with all the regulatory requirements. We continuously extend the functionality of our applications to meet the latest business needs. In 2020 we plan to further improve our global footprint with exciting new initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Take over a technical lead role within one delivery team
- Coach other engineers and support the team in utilizing developers individual expertise efficiently
- Implement high quality, reusable and well tested software solutions observing best practices and principles
- Participate actively in peer reviews, code walkthroughs etc.
- Design and contribute to prepare architectural decisions and deliver accurate detailed estimations
- Write high quality technical specification and create visualizations/technical artifacts when needed
- Support other disciplines like architecture and requirements engineering when needed
- Work closely with our business colleagues as well as other disciplines (eg, requirement engineers) to elaborate technical solutions out of the requirements
Essentials Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor or Master (preferred) in Information Technology or Engineering
- Excellent abstract and analytical thinking plus problem solving skills
- A self-starter, being able to take ownership of tasks on short-notice
- Ability to work well under pressure and with strict deadlines including the ability to prioritize while handling multiple projects
- Excellent team player
- Very good communication, organizational and leadership skills
- Excellent knowledge of Object Oriented programming patterns and principles with very good Java know-how (5+ years) in an enterprise context
- Experience (3+ years, preferably in an enterprise context) in solution design and architecture
- Strong software design and modelling skill set including UML know-how
- Knowledge of Databases and SQL (preferably Oracle)
- Experience of best-practices in an enterprise development environment (eg, test-driven development, continuous integration, source code control)
- Experience (2 years +) in implementing UI components and software solutions using JavaScript (Typescript and Angular 2+ is a very strong plus)
- Familiar with the multi-browser and multi-device programming and debugging
- Fluency in English (spoken and written)
Please apply online or contact Nadja directly.