As we continue to expand our European operations, we are creating new positions in Portugal to support our teams, and we are looking for a a hands-on Senior Frontend Engineer to join the team responsible for Investment Solutions, a strategic product at Swiss Life Asset Managers. Investment Solutions is the central portal through which investors and clients can explore Swiss Life Asset Managers' investment vehicles and monitor the evolution of their portfolios. As a core business product, it plays a key role in delivering a modern, intuitive, and reliable digital experience to our clients. In this role, you will contribute directly to the product's development, helping drive technical excellence through hands-on coding while also supporting and mentoring other team members with your experience. You will collaborate closely with engineers, designers, product owner, and business analyst to deliver high-quality solutions that create value for our users. We offer an international, collaborative environment built on trust, ownership, and long‑term development. This role provides meaningful exposure to fund accounting, interaction with cross‑border stakeholders, and the opportunity to support a growing platform and help build scalable processes from the ground up. Join a leading asset manager and be part of a team where your contribution truly matters and where you can continue to grow professionally.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain high-quality frontend applications using TypeScript and modern web technologies.

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Senior Frontend Engineer

Lisbon

Full time

As we continue to expand our European operations, we are creating new positions in Portugal to support our teams, and we are looking for a a hands-on Senior Frontend Engineer to join the team responsible for Investment Solutions, a strategic product at Swiss Life Asset Managers.

Investment Solutions is the central portal through which investors and clients can explore Swiss Life Asset Managers' investment vehicles and monitor the evolution of their portfolios. As a core business product, it plays a key role in delivering a modern, intuitive, and reliable digital experience to our clients.

In this role, you will contribute directly to the product's development, helping drive technical excellence through hands-on coding while also supporting and mentoring other team members with your experience. You will collaborate closely with engineers, designers, product owner, and business analyst to deliver high-quality solutions that create value for our users.

We offer an international, collaborative environment built on trust, ownership, and long‑term development. This role provides meaningful exposure to fund accounting, interaction with cross‑border stakeholders, and the opportunity to support a growing platform and help build scalable processes from the ground up.

Join a leading asset manager and be part of a team where your contribution truly matters and where you can continue to grow professionally.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain high-quality frontend applications using TypeScript and modern web technologies.
  • Build responsive, accessible, and user-friendly interfaces while ensuring excellent performance and usability.
  • Design, implement, and maintain well-tested, maintainable, and secure code following engineering best practices.
  • Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver new features and continuously improve the product.
  • Take ownership of technical solutions, contribute to architectural decisions, and proactively address technical debt and code quality improvements.
  • Participate in code reviews, testing, CI/CD processes, and troubleshooting to ensure reliable software delivery.

Experience

  • Several years of experience developing frontend applications with TypeScript in a browser environment.
  • Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, DOM manipulation, and modern frontend frameworks, ideally including SvelteKit.
  • Experience with modern software development practices and tools, including Git, code reviews, testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and Docker.
  • Understanding of secure software development principles and the ability to identify and mitigate security risks.
  • Comfortable working in Unix-based environments, including WSL on Windows.
  • Excellent communication skills in English and the ability to collaborate effectively within diverse, international teams.

Only direct applications will be considered for this vacancy and we do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies.

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Working conditions

Working conditions Our employees are our most valuable asset. At Swiss Life Asset Managers, we place particular emphasis on compensating them fairly and in line with the market. Full-time employees are entitled to 25 days leave per year following the year of hire.

Grow with us

Grow with us For us, all employees are talents whom we want to promote in the best possible way. With this aim in mind, we have founded our own AM Academy, through which we provide our employees with a broad range of training opportunities. We also support them with external training and development.

Flexibility

Flexibility We address the individual needs of our employees and aim to create optimal framework conditions. Employees of Swiss Life Asset Managers can work with their manager to determine the right working model for them (e.g. flexible working hours, hybrid working model.)

Pension and social benefits

Pension and social benefits We offer a defined contribution pension plan for our employees with the option of additional voluntary contributions on the employee side. In addition, we also offer a supplementary health insurance for all employees.

Additional Benefits

Additional Benefits At Swiss Life Asset Managers, you benefit from a daily meal allowance and an employer-funded Coverflex budget that you can flexibly use based on your needs.

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Swiss Life Asset Managers

We are a leading European asset manager and institutional real estate asset manager with multiple locations in Europe.

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