Senior Software Engineer

ABOUT US

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.

We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.

• Work through all phases of the software development life cycle, including analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment and maintenance.
• Write clean code and apply industry best practices.
• Review designs, code, unit test and technical documentation created by other engineers.
• Analyze problems, develop and propose solutions.
• Prepare and study the technical feasibility and estimates of the proposed systems solutions.
• Work collaboratively with other team members and improve with each other.
• Provide timing/scheduling estimates to product owner and propose corrective actions to timelines when necessary.
• Organize an efficient handover through high quality documentation and training.

• 5 - 8 years of software development experience in an (preferably) international setting.
• Experience in one of the programming languages (Java or C# or Python) and have good understanding of OOP.
• Experience in Relational Database (e.g. Oracle, MySQL) or NoSQL Databases.
• Working Experience in API benchmarking with tools such as JMeter, Postman.
• Experience with SOA technologies such as micro-services or REST is essential.
• Exposure to various OS platforms such as Windows, Linux.
• Practical working experience in an Agile driven team.
• Strong interpersonal skills, customer centric attitude, ability to deal with cultural diversity.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with local and remote teams in different time zones.
• Able to build strong partnerships with internal customers and other delivery organizations inside Swift.

Candidates with the following Experience will have an advantage:

• Familiarity or experience with data ingestion with big data technologies (Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana and Kafka) will be added advantage.
• Familiarity or experience with CICD development & deployment tools such as Ansible, Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, Git, Docker and OpenShift container platform is a plus.

What we offer

We put you in control of your career.

We give you a competitive package.

We help you perform at your best.

We help you make a difference.

We give you the freedom to be yourself.

We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

If you believe you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us to request accommodation.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.