Senior Software Engineer for Collateral Management

WHO WE ARE 

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general.    

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.   

SimCorp is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.   

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

Do you like creating complex systems? Are you up for continuous growth? Are you interested in development and testing? Do you want to get knowledge in applied finance and investment management? Then come and grow with Investment Operations Product Areas (Data and Post-trade Engineering Line)

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

You will be a member of a self-organized scrum team consisting of software engineers, who collaborate closely with business experts. The team is responsible for developing and supporting a set of enterprise products within the Collateral Product Area. You are expected to interact with colleagues from Ukraine, Poland, Denmark, Austria, and Germany. After a comprehensive onboarding program, we expect you to:

• Design, develop, and test new features to support the existing product.
• Create test cases and automated tests to cover the features’ acceptance criteria (E2E, API, UT).
• Closely communicate and collaborate with Team, Product Owner, Technical Leads during feature analysis, refinement, development and implementation.
• Analyze functional and non-functional requirements during feature refinements.
• Support the product.
• Prepare and conduct Sprint review/DEMO sessions.
• Initiate technical and process enhancements in the team.
• Be proactive in improving automation, tools, frameworks, etc.
• Work as a full stack developer, both front-end and back-end (SOA).

WHAT WE VALUE

• A M.Sc. in Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics or a similar field
• Good knowledge and experience (3+ years) in C# (.NET or .NET Framework)
• Experience in both manual and automated testing, with the ability to design and implement comprehensive test strategies and all level tests for software applications (E2E, API, UT).
• Experience with Cloud and On-Prem Infrastructures
• Curiosity and readiness to learn in-house tools and frameworks, including APL programming language
• Understanding and adherence to XP practices (TDD, pair-programming etc.)
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD processes and tools (git, TeamCity, etc.)
• Readiness to support existing system (legacy)
• Good English skills (upper intermediate and higher), written as well as spoken, as English is our corporate language

Will be a plus:

1. Knowledge of JS/TS or Angular is a plus
2. Knowledge and experience in the financial domain, fintech, derivatives (options, futures, swaps, etc.)
3. Deep knowledge of relational DB (Oracle, SQLite, etc). Document DB, KeyValue stores, Timeseries-DB
4. Experience with Domain-Driven Design.

OUR BENEFITS

Competitive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, at SimCorp, we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide an excellent work-life balance: flexible work hours, a hybrid workplace model. On top of that, we have IP sprints; where you have 3 weeks per quarter to spend on mastering your skills as well as contributing to the company development. There is never just only one route - we practice an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take. 

NEXT STEPS

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.    

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.