Cloud Architect / Engineer – Financial Technology
A bit about the role
Join Avaloq's new, dynamic innovation team. Our mission is to design and develop cloud-centric banking solutions, shaping the future of banking technology. You will be surrounded by smart, highly capable people who are passionate about building the next generation of innovative banking solutions. The focus is on modular design, extreme scalability, and cost-efficiency across the end-to-end Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) value chain.
We are looking for an intrapreneurial and versatile Cloud Architect / Engineer to join our mission.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement a scalable, secure, and cost-efficient SaaS cloud platform.
- Develop and optimize cloud-native solution architectures to ensure high performance, resilience, and operational efficiency.
- Architect and implement cloud infrastructures and solutions, including networking, observability, scalability, and application integrations.
- Establish and drive DevSecOps best practices, designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and security automation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor team members, fostering a high-performance culture of technical excellence, innovation and DevOps.
A bit about you
- Deep expertise in public cloud platforms (AWS and Azure), security, networking, and cloud-native architectures.
- Understanding the requirements and needs of banks impacting technology solutions.
- Experience with cloud-centric SaaS operating models in the B2B context.
- Hands-on experience with landing zone design and implementation, DevOps and security practices and SaaS application development.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and mentor others.
Please enrich your application with a meaningful cover letter convincing us why you are the right fit for this key role.
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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Benefits
- Annual bonus
At Avaloq we work hard to remain an industry leading provider and we love to reward our colleagues with a share of that success with an annual bonus, you will even remain eligible for annual bonus while you do the hardest job of your life – taking care of your children during parental leave.
- Flexible working
We understand that fitting your life around your job can be challenging which is why in most roles we offer flexible working to allow you to thrive both in and out of work.
- Instant recognition
We love to see people thriving in their roles and we have an instant recognition scheme at Avaloq to help managers reward the great work our colleagues deliver with a gift to say thanks.
- Access to Udemy for professional and personal learning
We think it is important to learn and grow professionally, but if you are someone who likes to learn outside of work we give you access to online learning for both professional and personal learning, with over 210,000 courses to choose from.
About us
Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 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.