Senior Excel/VBA & Office Application Developer (Part time)
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Summary
Part-time B2B contract (40-52 EUR/hour) building and maintaining complex Excel/VBA business applications for a Zurich-based IT consultancy serving Swiss businesses. Day to day: professional VBA development in Excel and Microsoft Office, integrating databases and external data sources, using Git, and working directly with clients.
Employer: Swiss IT Company
Rate: 40 - 52 EUR per hour
Cooperation model: B2B (Part time)
Start date: ASAP
Recruitment process: 2 online interviews
Technology stack: Excel, VBA and Microsoft Office
Our Client is a Zurich-based boutique IT and digitalization company supporting Swiss businesses in delivering tailored software solutions and technology projects. For nearly 10 years, the company has combined strong software engineering expertise with IT project management, business analysis, and strategic technology consulting. Its core expertise includes professional Excel/VBA development, process automation, digital transformation, and custom software solutions. The company focuses on pragmatic, maintainable technologies that solve real business challenges and create long-term value for its clients.
We are looking for a professional software engineer with strong Excel/VBA expertise — not simply an advanced Excel user who has created macros as part of a finance, controlling or business analysis role.
If interested, please apply safely through this portal (application rules are in accordance with GDPR). Employment agency Nr 17138.
- Several years of professional software development experience, with significant commercial experience developing solutions in Excel/VBA
- Proven experience building and maintaining complex Excel/VBA business applications, rather than only scripts, reports or isolated macros
- Very good understanding of software engineering principles, including:
- modular application architecture
- object-oriented concepts and VBA classes
- reusable components
- structured error handling
- debugging and testing
- maintainable and documented code - Experience working with databases and external data sources from Office/VBA applications
- Experience using Git or another professional version-control workflow
- Ability to understand and contribute to an existing framework and shared codebase
- Experience working within a structured development process involving reviews, testing and releases
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high level of ownership for delivered software
- Confidence working directly with customers and discussing both requirements and delivered solutions
- Strong spoken and written English — you will actively participate in project meetings and client presentations