Your Role
Are you a strategic leader with a passion for driving business transformation through technology? Do you excel in aligning IT capabilities with business objectives and have a knack for leveraging cloud solutions, artificial intelligence (AI), and big data to create competitive advantages? If you are a visionary thinker with strong business acumen and a solid technical foundation, you may be the ideal candidate for this role. We are seeking a technology and domain leader to join our development team within Firmwide Risk IT.
We Are Looking For Someone Who Can:
- Lead the development and execution of technology-driven business strategies that enhance organizational performance and competitive positioning.
- Align cloud-native solutions, AI, and big data initiatives with business objectives to deliver measurable value.
- Monitor and evaluate industry trends, ensuring the organization remains at the forefront of technological advancements and market demands.
- Oversee the implementation of technology solutions, ensuring they meet quality standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational practices.
- Innovate and contribute to Development and DevOps processes while setting up optimal cloud solutions, including containers, library dependencies, orchestration, and execution pipelines.
Your Team
You will be part of the Firmwide Stress Testing Models within the Firmwide Risk IT at UBS. The Firmwide Risk IT team is composed of pioneering software engineering professionals who bring modern computer science and IT platform management to our stakeholders across UBS. We implement common reusable solutions to ensure risk management operates on the most optimal and scalable framework. Our team utilizes niche solutions and is expanding towards in-house built solutions to ensure UBS Risk Management and Control remains competitive and ahead of our peers.
Your Expertise
- Over 15 years of hands-on experience in software development, preferably within the financial domain, focusing on risk.
- Proficiency in Java and Python is essential, with additional experience in cloud-native technologies such as AKS, Databricks, and OpenAI as a plus.
- Experience with integration technologies such as RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and messaging systems.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure, accompanied by an understanding of AI, machine learning, and big data technologies.
- Experience in design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and improvement of cloud-native software.
- Ability to build highly responsive and fast-updating applications in Agile and Lean environments.
- Capability to manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, with experience developing on both Windows and Unix environments.
- Understanding of enterprise risk frameworks, with experience in at least one of the following areas: stress testing, scenario generation, risk model development, or model validation.
You Are
- An analytical thinker with the ability to see the big picture and make informed decisions.
- An influential communicator who can engage and inspire stakeholders at all levels.
- Initiative-taking and adaptable, able to navigate complex environments and drive change.
- Enthusiastic about leveraging technology to create business value and drive growth.
- Able to explain complex concepts and maintain effective working relationships with team members (technical level) and the risk team (business level).
Join Us
At UBS, we understand that our people, with their diverse skills, experiences, and backgrounds, are the driving force behind our ongoing success. We’re dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, offering new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow, and flexible working options wherever possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, no matter where they are on their career journey. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That’s why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do—because together, we achieve more.
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Commitment to Inclusion
We are committed to disability inclusion and welcome any requests for reasonable accommodations or adjustments throughout our recruitment process. You can always contact us for assistance.
Disclaimer / Policy Statements
UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce.