Trading Operations Automation Engineer

Swissblock Technologies

Operations Automation Engineer enhancing investment operations and technology at Swissblock. Focused on automation solutions and supporting internal operations across multiple asset classes.

Posted 6/10/2026contractBaar ZG • 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions that reduce manual operational workload.
Build internal tools, scripts, dashboards, and workflows supporting investment operations.
Automate processes across: Trade capture and enrichment, position and cash reconciliations, settlement monitoring, exception management, margin and collateral workflows, reporting and operational controls, regulatory and investor reporting processes.
Partner with Technology teams to integrate systems, APIs, broker platforms, custodians, and internal applications.
Develop monitoring and alerting capabilities for critical operational processes.
Support daily operational workflows across trade capture, reconciliation, settlements, reporting, and exception management.
Provide backup support for BAU Operations activities, including trade lifecycle monitoring, cash and position reconciliations, settlement follow-up, and operational controls.
Ensure continuity of critical operational processes during project implementations, peak workload periods, and team absences.
Investigate operational breaks, reconciliation discrepancies, settlement issues, and data quality exceptions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience within Trading Operations, Investment Operations, Middle Office, Fund Operations, Trade Support, or a similar financial services environment.
Strong programming or scripting skills in Python and SQL.
Experience automating business processes and operational workflows.
Good understanding of trade lifecycle events and post-trade processing.
Experience working with reconciliations, settlements, cash movements, operational controls, and exception management.
Ability to analyze operational problems and translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
Understanding of asset classes such as: equities, futures, OTC derivatives, FX etc.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid working arrangement (remote work within Switzerland or Italy)
Support for strategic projects
Opportunities for internal tooling and operational improvements

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonSQLautomation solutionsscriptingmonitoring and alerting capabilitiesoperational workflowstrade lifecycle eventsreconciliationssettlementsexception management

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaboration