Avaloq Engineering Lead

Your career opportunity

The private banking business uses Avaloq, an end-to-end wealth management and banking platform supporting client management, investments, trading, lending, payments, risk, compliance, and back-office operations.

We are looking for a seasoned Technology Leader with a strong development background to lead engineering teams and deliver end-to-end outcomes across their domain. The Engineering Lead will provide leadership to global engineering teams, build the required capability and report directly to the Head of Engineering, Banking Platform.

What you’ll do

• Lead Avaloq deliveries for the stream and oversee the end-to-end Avaloq development lifecycle, including design, development, testing and deployment.
• Ensure code quality, documentation, and compliance with development standards, best practices and quality guidelines.
• Work with stakeholders and other technology functions to ensure end-to-end delivery of projects, minor enhancements and the RTB backlog using Agile and DevOps methodologies.
• Support recruitment, talent management, retention, risk control, governance and local administration.
• Partner with the Head of Engineering, Banking Platform to establish a robust location strategy for the Avaloq workforce and build capability according to that strategy.
• Identify risks, threats and deficiencies in deployed key controls. Ensure the team adheres to risk, control and governance requirements and completes mandatory training.
• Help drive the automation strategy with the Test Manager.
• Ensure the team matures in Agile practices and collects metrics demonstrating high release frequency, high quality standards and low production-incident trends.

What you need to have to succeed in this role

• Deep expertise across Avaloq, Agile delivery, DevOps practices and team leadership to drive outcomes at pace.
• Strong understanding of the Private Banking domain and supported functions, including finance, trade, client reporting, cash management and risk.
• A hands-on engineering mindset, with the ability to work in detail on the Avaloq platform, including implementation, interfaces, EOD and deployment automation, and contribute to high-level architecture and system design for satellite interfaces.
• Scripting capability in PL/SQL, with working knowledge of Unix and Control-M.
• A system engineering background with the ability to assess options and recommend the best solution against business requirements.
• Demonstrated experience delivering sustainable change that measurably improves business effectiveness and aligns with an approved book of work.
• Clear, confident written and verbal English communication, with a track record of influencing technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to build internal and external networks, guide stakeholders through complex technical decisions in ambiguous situations, consider long-term risk and escalate to senior architects when appropriate.

What we offer

• Pay range: 27,000 PLN–31,000 PLN gross per month.
• Car allowance: 4,786 PLN gross per month.
• Discretionary variable pay influenced by group, business/function and individual performance.
• Comprehensive benefits covering healthcare, family-friendly leave, pension, life assurance and wellbeing support.
• Recognition-award bonuses.
• Multisport card.
• Private medical care.
• Life insurance.
• One-time home-office setup reimbursement of up to 800 PLN.
• Cafeteria platform.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Additional contributions to the PPK scheme.
• Corporate parties and events.
• CSR initiatives.
• Nursery discounts.
• Financial support for training and education.
• Social fund.
• Flexible working hours.
• Free parking.

Recruitment process

• Online behavioural test.
• Telephone screen.
• Interview with the hiring manager.

The workplace is committed to diversity, inclusion, accessibility and reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process.