Senior Backend Engineer

As a Software Engineer, you will work on our flagship product, building new features and enhancing them whilst utilizing modern technology like Java 17, Spring Boot within an hybrid architecture (on premise + cloud services).

• Take full ownership of the product you are crafting
• You will be involved in the full life cycle of software engineering, including requirement analysis, prototyping, design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and support.
• Ensure correctness, maintainability, and sustainability of the delivered solutions, following and promoting our established mindset for well-crafted design, code, and testing.
• A can-do attitude and abundance mindset - you'll be involved in the full software life cycle, including decision-making from design to production. 
• Good taste and basic knowledge of modern, scalable software architecture. 
• Any knowledge of distributed systems is a plus. 
• Hands-on experience in designing and implementing high-quality modern APIs and back-end systems.
• Passion about writing clean code. 
• Ability to analyze and challenge business requirements, brainstorm technology ideas, and design/build efficient cloud solutions.
• Team spirit: You are a great teammate, making sure that everyone on your team feels valued and is excited to work with you.
• Passion, curiosity, pragmatism, and humility. We favor code and demos over lengthy discussions. 

Technical Skills – Required

• Hand on expereince of Java and object-oriented programming.
• Familiarity with Spring Boot, Gradle, Docker.
• Basic understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and cloud-native development.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL).
• Understanding of software build processes, versioning, and deployment workflows.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to Kotlin and/or TypeScript.
• Experience with Angular, REST, gRPC APIs.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or the Elastic Stack.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, especially using GitHub Actions.

Why Join Evooq?

• Build impactful software used in real-world financial markets.
• Work with a talented, friendly, and international team.
• Take on meaningful ownership and influence product outcomes.
• Enjoy a hybrid work model with flexibility (3 days in-office).
• Join a culture that values autonomy, initiative, and continuous improvement.
• Participate in team-building activities and a supportive peer-driven environment.

Evooq is a global provider of technology-driven solutions for wealth and asset managers. We aim to radically simplify the investment process and make investments more accessible and more understandable for professional investors and their clients.

Our clients include some of the world’s largest banks, as well as wealth management companies and pension funds across Europe and Asia.

We are headquartered in Lausanne and have offices in Zurich, Geneva, Fribourg and Singapore.