(Senior) FIX Engineer Specialist

• Zurich, CH
• Full-time
• Unlimited

Your Role

As a (Senior) FIX Engineer Specialist at Bank J. Safra Sarasin you are in a team which develops enhancements and new solutions not only for our group-wide execution trading system (FIS Cross-Asset Trading and Risk Suite - Front Arena AMS and Avaloq) but also for surrounding systems. Additionally, you provide customization and workflow definition tasks, mainly for FIX interfaces, including project management work.

Your Responsibilities

• Customize FIX interfaces
• Define IT processes and workflows within our order routing and trading systems, e.g. FIS Cross-Asset Trading and Risk Suite - Front Arena AMS (market access, order routing, settlement) and Avaloq
• Implement, configure and test new functionalities
• Analyse and support on business level
• Create technical documentation

Your Profile

• Higher education (university / FH) in IT or natural sciences, with 5 years of practical experience in the field of FIX interfaces
• Required industry specific knowledge as well as basic knowledge in Trading (Eq, FI, Deriv, FX) 
• Hands-on experience with FIX Protocol, TLS, encryption and profound IT-affinity, in particular with Windows NOS, TCP/IP
• Knowledge of FIS Cross-Asset Trading and Risk Suite; Front Arena AMS, Avaloq and/or Python is an advantage
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, ability to work with various stakeholders and willingness to take responsibility
• Capability to work independently and ability to work under pressure
• Fluency in English; fluency in German is a plus

Your Benefits

• Entrepreneurial spirit in a family owned bank
• Central city office locations across Switzerland
• Above average insurance coverage fully borne by the bank
• Contribution to health insurance and meal allowance
• Global growth strategy and stable environment
• Competitive offering