Senior Software Engineer, Private Debt

We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world’s investors. Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies, we help identify the advantages and the answers our clients need to succeed.

About StepStone Group

We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world's investors. Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies, we help identify the advantages and the answers our clients need to succeed.

Position Overview

You will join our Data & Software Engineering team in Zurich. Together, we build in-house software for a variety of teams and use cases across our company. This includes developing web applications and services, building automation workflows, and managing our cloud infrastructure. The work is highly varied, every project needs a tailored solution that ultimately fits into the architecture of the platform as a whole. We also deliberately invest time in UX and product design to refine the usability of our tools.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll be one of the driving forces behind both the day-to-day development and the long-term strategy of our software. You’ll work primarily with Angular and .NET, contribute to architectural decisions, and take ownership of projects from start to finish. Along the way, you’ll guide other developers in their daily work and report directly to the Software Engineering Team Lead.

How we work

We’re a small, highly autonomous team, which gives us a lot of flexibility in our day-to-day work. There are no lengthy approval processes or unnecessary meetings. We work directly with stakeholders and make decisions as a team. We spend three days a week together in the office to collaborate closely and exchange ideas, and the other two days you’re free to work from home. The atmosphere in our team is relaxed and friendly. We support each other and value open, direct communication without unnecessary formalities.

We started using AI tools early on across many areas of our development. For us, this isn’t a side project. It’s central to how we work and how we have a big impact as a small team. That’s why we’re continuously improving our context engineering and establishing standards in our app that AI understands well and whose output we can easily verify. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll draw on your experience to shape our architecture and processes and help us continuously improve our AI development environment.

What you bring

• At least 5 years of experience with Angular and .NET or a similar backend technology
• Broad technical expertise and a solid understanding of architecture and coding best practices
• High standards for code quality and maintainability
• Experience with AI-assisted software development and enthusiasm for making the most of its potential
• Strong analytical skills and a passion for solving complex technical problems
• Experience leading projects from start to finish
• An independent, solution-oriented way of working and a willingness to take on responsibility
• Knowledge of user experience and product design is a plus
• In addition to fluency in English, fluency in German is strongly preferred

What we offer

• A small team where you actively help shape the technical direction
• A startup mindset with short communication paths and quick decisions
• The opportunity to take on significant responsibility early on Room and support for your professional growth
• A competitive salary
• A full-time (100%) position with two home office days per week

At StepStone, we believe that our people are our most important asset and crucial to our success.  We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to create an environment that empowers our employees and allows them to be heard, regardless of title or tenure.  Our organizational community features multiple Employment Resource Groups as well as mentorship programs to enhance the employee experience for all.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, StepStone does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates must be at least 18 years old to apply.

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