Bank J. Safra Sarasin
Zürich
(Senior) FIX Engineer Specialist
- 27 July 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- English (Fluent)
- Zürich
About the job
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
About us
As a leading sustainable private bank, we offer dynamic and personalized services in investment advisory and asset management for private and institutional clients.Our success depends on the enthusiasm and commitment of our employees and we value each person with their unique technical expertise, professional qualifications and social skills.
We are successfully operating for more than 180 years across 30 locations worldwide and offer our employees the chance to be a part of our success.Our employees are our most valuable asset, we are proud of our unique culture that fosters entrepreneurship and is fueled by a high team spirit andthe positive attitude of each individual. Join our international team and be part of the next chapter of the J. Safra Sarasin Group.
We are successfully operating for more than 180 years across 30 locations worldwide and offer our employees the chance to be a part of our success.Our employees are our most valuable asset, we are proud of our unique culture that fosters entrepreneurship and is fueled by a high team spirit andthe positive attitude of each individual. Join our international team and be part of the next chapter of the J. Safra Sarasin Group.
