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 the Data Science & Engineering (DSE) team in Zurich, a small, entrepreneurial team that builds and operates most of its technology in-house, including the tools used by our investment professionals. Although the team is small, it carries significant responsibility; what we build is used every day. The role is primarily focused on DevOps and platform engineering, with occasional software development responsibilities.
Essential Job Functions
- Automate and maintain software delivery processes.
- Build and maintain testing and development environments.
- Develop and support CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Work with cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.
- Support application hosting across Azure App Services and Kubernetes.
- Work with containerised applications.
- Maintain infrastructure and support general platform upkeep.
- Support the wider team with software engineering and database tasks as needed.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field. Master's degree is a plus.
- 0 to 2 years' experience; recent graduates and candidates with internship or university-project experience welcome.
- Interest in DevOps and platform engineering: cloud, automation, infrastructure, and CI/CD.
- Familiarity with some of the following: C# / .NET, Python, Microsoft Azure, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Flexibility to work across multiple functions in a small, entrepreneurial team.
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines across multiple projects.
- Acute attention to accuracy and detail.
- Positive, team-oriented attitude.
- Motivated, dynamic, enthusiastic self-starter.
Other Attributes
- Willingness to work a flexible schedule.
- High level of confidentiality.
- Startup mindset, comfortable with ambiguity and picking up tasks outside your job description when the team needs it.
#LI-Hybrid
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.
Developing People at StepStone
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field
- 0 to 2 years' professional experience (recent graduates and internships acceptable)
- Interest in DevOps and platform engineering (cloud, automation, infrastructure, CI/CD)
- Familiarity with C# / .NET
- Familiarity with Python
- Familiarity with Microsoft Azure and Azure App Services
- Experience or familiarity with GitHub Actions (CI/CD)
- Experience or familiarity with Docker and containerised applications
- Experience or familiarity with Kubernetes
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines across multiple projects
- Attention to accuracy and detail
- Flexible, team-oriented, motivated self-starter comfortable working in a small entrepreneurial team
- Willingness to work a flexible schedule and maintain high confidentiality
StepStone Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about StepStone Group and has not been reviewed or approved by StepStone Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as generous with multiple plan options, and in some cases employee‑only premiums are fully paid. Feedback suggests wellness resources and plan choice enhance the overall value of the package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) program that is viewed favorably. Feedback suggests long‑term incentive elements complement core retirement benefits.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental support includes leave coaching, paid parental leave, and resources for new parents alongside related travel and logistical supports. Feedback suggests these policies are a meaningful part of the benefits package.
StepStone Group Insights
What We Do
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory and data services to our clients. StepStone’s clients include some of the world’s largest public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies, as well as prominent endowments, foundations, family offices and private wealth clients, which include high-net-worth and mass affluent individuals.StepStone partners with its clients to develop and build private markets portfolios designed to meet their specific objectives across the private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate asset classes.
