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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. Context and Environment Swift provides a global financial communications platform, standards, products, and services to over 11,000 customers in 215 countries and territories. Our employees are the foundation of this success. Swift has a unique corporate mind-set, where diversity, personal development and networking are actively encouraged. We believe you will appreciate our office culture, which fosters excellence through collaboration and interaction in a community-driven environment. If you want to be part of our dynamic, multicultural institution with over 2,400 employees of 75 nationalities in 26 offices worldwide, explore the vast opportunities, rewards and internationally competitive packages waiting for you at Swift. Standards are a cornerstone of the financial industry. They provide a common language for international financial messaging that is unambiguous and machine-readable, enabling efficient automation, reducing costs and mitigating risks. Swift’s Standards and Market Infrastructures group develops financial messaging standards and supporting products and services for the community. The migration to ISO 20022, supporting richer and more structured data, is central to Swift’s strategy to enable an instant, frictionless, interoperable and inclusive future for payments. The need for applications and services supporting this standard is now more critical than ever. Today is your opportunity to contribute to this evolution. The Standards Value-Added Services team develops solutions, reusable components and business-specific libraries for message identification, validation, transformation and visualisation. These components are deployed in critical Swift products and services to enable fast, interoperable financial messaging within Swift and at customer premises. Responsibilities We are looking for a senior, independent and proactive developer to work on the tooling required to automate the creation and deployment of reusable standards artefacts, and more generally to develop new features, maintain and review the Swift Translator product and related integration components. Swift Translator is a critical product enabling the validation and transformation of financial messages within vendor solutions, Swift products and core internal services. You will: Work in a dynamic cross‑functional Scrum development team, supported by a Product Owner and technical leads located in Belgium. Partner with the Product Owner, other technical leads and a co‑located Business Analyst to ensure epics and user stories are clear and unambiguous, and that sound technical designs are implemented to ensure long‑term code quality and maintainability. Contribute to technical decision‑making and design reviews, challenging solutions where appropriate to ensure robustness and long‑term sustainability. Contribute to build, deployment and CI/CD practices supporting reliable and repeatable releases. Take into account non‑functional requirements such as performance, security, resilience and operational stability when designing and implementing solutions. Review code contributions from other team members and ensure adherence to agreed coding standards and quality practices. Collaborate with testers to maintain and improve overall software quality and test automation. Participate in production support activities, including incident analysis and resolution, when required. Ensure that design, development and testing are performed consistently and in compliance with internal processes and controls. Coach and support more junior team members located in our Kuala Lumpur office and ensure alignment with team members located in Europe. Share responsibility for team commitments and own delivery of specific components or features end‑to‑end. Bring a continuous improvement mindset and propose improvements to the way we work, the tools we use and the software we produce. Qualifications In‑depth knowledge and practical experience in Java development, including object‑oriented programming techniques and related design patterns. Hands-on experience with the Java Swing framework. Hands‑on experience with automated testing technologies (JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber, etc.). Experience with common software development tools and platforms (e.g. Git, IntelliJ, Maven, Jenkins, Jira, npm, Windsurf, etc.). Experience with messaging and parsing technologies (parsing, validation, transformation, XML, XSLT, XSD, JSON, etc.). Experience contributing to CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, CloudBees). Experience with web application technologies (React, React testing libraries, Jest, JSON, HTTP APIs, etc.) is a strong asset. Solid understanding of (web) application security concepts (e.g. OWASP Top 10). Quality‑oriented, collaborative team player with an Agile mindset and a continuous improvement focus. Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with a structured and pragmatic approach. Proactive and delivery‑oriented, comfortable working hands‑on to meet team objectives. Ability to work independently in a multicultural and distributed environment, with team members across Europe and Malaysia. Experience or strong interest in financial messaging standards and payment systems (e.g. MT, ISO 20022) is a strong asset. Fluent in English (spoken and written). Education University degree in IT or equivalent Experience 5 years of relevant software development experience, including experience operating in a senior developer role on complex systems. What we offer 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. We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation related to accessibility during your application or interview, please contact accessibility-Sysgroup@swift.com or indicate this in your application. Please note that this mailbox is not monitored for general recruitment enquiries and should only be used for accessibility or accommodation-related requests (for example related to vision, hearing or neurodiversity). All requests are confidential and will not affect your candidacy. 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. Swift doesn’t stand still. We are constantly evolving and tirelessly innovating. Working at the intersection of finance and technology is a very exciting place to be right now. Swift is transforming cross-border payments, making them faster and more transparent than ever before. We are the way the world moves value — every instant of every day, in almost every country. We are proud that what we do has a critical impact on the global financial community and touches almost every aspect of the financial world. So, what you do at Swift has real impact too — an impact that matters every day. Which is why you matter to us. Joining Swift gives you unparalleled exposure to knowledge, expertise and technologies. If you have what it takes, you’ll be able to take on different career paths and have the opportunity to work in teams, departments and disciplines in countries around the world. Swift is unique. There is no other organisation like ours in the world driving the long-term future of the financial ecosystem. You’ll be surrounded by bright, customer-focused and intellectually curious people in a collaborative, friendly, open and inclusive environment. At Swift we are trusted every instant. Everything we do has an impact that matters. And as a member of our team, you are trusted to make your impact every day. Interested in working at Swift, but the role you are looking for is not available yet? Please create an account and register for a Job Alert and we will let you know when new jobs matching your career interests become available.