Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer for Investment Operations (Derivatives)

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.

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  

As a Software Engineer in the Product Development division, your work will be crucial in improving the products and services we offer to our clients. This opportunity will allow you to exercise your knowledge of finance and technology. You will learn to leverage your financial knowledge and software engineering skills to work with various derivatives, while dealing with advanced and cloud-native technologies. 

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 Derivatives Life Cycle. You are expected to interact with colleagues from Ukraine, Poland, Denmark, Austria, and Germany. After a comprehensive onboarding program, we expect you to:

This role is focused on individual contribution and does not involve supervising a team.

• 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. 

• Commit to improving automation, tools, frameworks, etc. 

• Work as a full stack developer, both front-end and back-end (SOA) 

WHAT WE VALUE  

Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. How you gained the skills needed for doing that is less important. We expect you to be good at several of the following and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest. 

• A M.Sc. in Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics or a similar field 

• Good knowledge and experience (3+ years) in C# and .NET, knowledge of JS/TS adds value 

• 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 programming language APL 

• Understanding and adherence to XP practices (TDD, pair-programming etc.) 

• Deep understanding and experience of Software Design Principles 

• Experience with CQS, DDD, SOA design patterns 

• Deep knowledge of relational DB (MS-SQL, Oracale, etc). Document DB, KeyValue stores, Temeseries-DB is helpful. 

• Deep knowledge of CI/CD processes and tools (git, TeamCity, etc.) 

• Knowledge and experience in financial domain, fintech, in particular derivatives (options, futures, swaps, etc.) would be beneficial 

• Readiness to support existing system (legacy) 

• Good English skills (upper intermediate and higher), written as well as spoken, as English is our corporate language 

• Ability and willingness to apply broad knowledge in different areas and constantly explore new areas, such as specific business domain knowledge or new technologies 

• Advantageously, experience as a member of Scrum team 

BENEFITS

At SimCorp, we believe in rewarding and supporting our employees. We offer an attractive salary package, including a robust bonus scheme, comprehensive healthcare (medical insurance, pension plans, and free transportation), and a major emphasis on work-life balance with flexible work hours and a hybrid work model. We are proud to be recognized as a "Great Place to Work" and are committed to encourage individual growth with personalized development plans and opportunities for career advancement.

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.

For any questions you are welcome to contact Shweta Goyal, Talent Acquisition Partner, at Shweta.goyal@Simcorp.com. 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.