Summer Internship 2026– Initiative Coordinator for Software Quality & Opera at BANK JULIUS BAER CO LTD

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

14 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

16 Mar, 26

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Coordination, Follow-up, Measurement Definition, Tracking, Gap Analysis, Hands-On Implementation, Facilitation, Agile, DevOps, ITIL, Risk Identification, Testing Practices, Monitoring, Operational Discipline, Influence-Without-Authority

Industry

Banking

Description

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together. Be Empowered with our 10-week Summer Internship Programme Join us for a 10-week internship from 1 July to 4 September 2026 and spend your summer discovering the opportunities and challenges of the wealth management industry. As a student, this internship is a chance to explore your interests, develop new skills, and gain hands-on experience working alongside experienced professionals on real projects. Our programme includes various learning sessions as well as networking opportunities, allowing you to connect with colleagues and our graduates. Whether you are passionate about finance, technology, or innovative problem-solving, our programme provides the ideal environment to learn, grow, and thrive. Apply now and join our dynamic team for a summer of learning, innovation, and excitement! Your team You will join the Software Quality & Operational Resilience initiative, embedded closely with ART Order Management - one of the core Agile Release Trains (ART) powering Julius Baer’s Trading flows. Our mission is to strengthen the reliability, robustness, and quality of software releases through proactive risk identification, improved testing practices, mature monitoring, and stronger operational discipline. While existing teams focus on delivery, your role will cut across silos to coordinate, measure, and accelerate targeted quality initiatives - acting almost like an internal programme manager for resilience. You’ll collaborate directly with: -ART Leadership (Release Train Engineer RTE and Journey Lead) -Domain Test Manager and Quality Ambassadors -Tester, IT Service Owners, DevOps, L3 Support, and ART Teams This is not a backend task role - you’ll be front-row in sprint reviews, retrospectives, working groups, and design discussions, helping convert insights into actions. YOUR CHALLENGE What to work on You will own the momentum behind multiple high-impact software quality initiatives aimed at increasing system resilience and release confidence. Working autonomously yet collaboratively, you’ll help turn brainstormed ideas into tracked, measurable outcomes. Key responsibilities include: Coordination & Follow-up: Act as point person for emerging working groups tackling challenges in monitoring, testing, deployment quality, and incident response. Ensure decisions translate into action items Measure Definition & Tracking: Partner with quality roles and RTE to define meaningful KPIs Gap Analysis Support: Gather input from team surveys and workshops to map current pain points against target practices in areas like Configuration Drift, Testing Strategy, or Operational Readiness Checks Hands-On Implementation: Don’t just report - roll up your sleeves. Help update checklists, improve Confluence pages, set up Jira boards for tracking, automate simple reports, or refine incident templates Cross-Team Facilitation: Build trust and cooperation across busy engineering squads. Schedule syncs, prepare agendas, capture minutes, and keep energy alive around continuous improvement. Example: One week you might facilitate a session on “Why Smoke Tests Fail”; the next, you're analysing incident timelines to suggest alerting improvements — always moving things forward. What to learn By the end of the internship, you will have gained rare exposure to enterprise-scale software delivery in banking. Specifically, you’ll: Understand what it takes to run stable, secure financial systems under strict regulatory expectations Learn modern Agile (SAFe), DevOps, and ITIL-influenced ways of working in a real-world setting Develop coordination, facilitation, and influence-without-authority skills essential for future leaders Gain fluency in software quality levers: testing strategy, observability, change control, and release governance Walk away with tangible examples of initiatives you drove - perfect for case studies or interviews. YOUR PROFILE Essential traits: Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s (from 2nd year onwards) or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Quantitative Fields, or equivalent Strong interest in software quality, system reliability, or operational excellence — prior QA/testing/tech experience appreciated but not required. Highly organised, detail-oriented, and capable of managing parallel workstreams independently Excellent communicator in English (written and spoken) — you’ll write summaries, lead brief calls, and present results Proficient with productivity tools (Microsoft Office Suite) and comfortable picking up new platforms quickly (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Power BI, ServiceNow) A natural collaborator — persistent yet diplomatic when nudging busy experts Self-starter mindset: able to operate with minimal supervision in a complex environment Nice-to-have: Familiarity with concepts like CI/CD, incident management, monitoring, or test automation Experience facilitating group discussions or coordinating projects (even academic ones) Basic understanding of banking/trading systems (not required, but helps context). Also required: Legally registered in Switzerland with a valid work permit for the duration of the internship We are looking forward to receiving your full job application through our online application tool. Further interesting job opportunities can be found on our Career site. Is this not quite what you are looking for? Set up a job alert by creating a candidate account here. The international reference in wealth management Julius Baer is the leading Swiss wealth management group. We focus on servicing and advising sophisticated private clients from around the world, taking into account what truly matters to them – in their business and personal life, today and for future generations. Headquartered in Zurich, we are present in around 60 locations worldwide, including Bangkok, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, Monaco, Mumbai, Santiago de Chile, Shanghai, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and Tokyo. Why join Julius Baer? At Julius Baer our employees enjoy the benefits of a global company with the support and collegiality of a much smaller one. We are growing quickly, but we remain dedicated to maintaining our accessible structure with flat hierarchies, and approachable and supportive leaders. With offices around the world, we offer an international and stimulating work environment and the opportunity to work with a diverse team of highly motivated colleagues, bringing the best of the bank to our clients. Our core values of Care, Passion, and Excellence define the tone of how we interact with each other and our partners. Committed to your success Whether nurturing young talent with our renowned apprentice scheme, enabling ambitious university graduates to put theory into practice with our Graduate Programme, or providing first-class opportunities for experienced professionals, we look after our employees. We believe in continuous learning as a company and as individuals, which is why we put a focus on the health and well-being of our employees and offer flexible working options, a wide array of benefits, and extensive career development programmes. For more information visit www.juliusbaer.com or contact us via the Contact Form. For recruiting agents, please see the additional information here.

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Responsibilities

The intern will own the momentum behind high-impact software quality initiatives, acting as a point person for working groups focused on monitoring, testing, deployment quality, and incident response. Key tasks involve defining and tracking meaningful KPIs, supporting gap analysis against target practices, and hands-on implementation like updating checklists or setting up Jira boards.