Senior Software Engineer

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

SimCorp provides market leading risk analysis with our Axioma suite of products. These systems work by importing custodian portfolios and positions from multiple data sources. This role will help contribute to the integration of multiple third party partners into our data systems, and grow our product to cover more potential customers. Along with technical and coding skills, the candidate should have a good ability to collaborate with business partners within the organization to understand the rules needed to integrate data, and translate that to implemented code. The candidate will have a direct effect on our deliverables to current and future clients.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Develop, maintain, and enhance ETL process to load custodian data coming in various formats into our client's portfolio management and risk platform using technologies based on Python, Kafka and Docker

• Interact with subject matter experts and develop understanding of various financial instruments

• Collaborate with QA on design and implementation of manual and automated test processes

• Seek opportunities to improve quality and efficiency from ideation to deployment

• Follow Agile development processes, coding standards, and methodologies

• Perform a variety of tasks, and adapts to working on application which is unfamiliar

• Creative ideas are suggested to solve problems

We expect your skills and experience to include

• 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience developing in Python

• Experience working with pandas library

• Experience working with requests or similar library to consume REST APIs

• Good knowledge and proficiency working in Linux environment

• Experience working with Kafka or other distributed messaging system

• Experience working with Docker containers

• Significant experience in the design and implementation of complex (preferably cloud based) systems

• Strong problem-solving and diagnostic skills

• Excellent communication skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar

Additional Preferred skills

• Experience working in Fund Management or Capital Markets Domain

• Experience with Azure File Storage or similar cloud based file systems

• Good knowledge and proficiency in SQL

• Experience with .NET Ecosystem

• Experience with Powershell and/or Bash scripting

• Experience with TeamCity or similar CI/CD tools

• Exposure to SCRUM or other Agile development practices

BENEFITS

Benefits Competitive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in 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 you can 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. 

For any questions you are welcome to contact Shweta Goyal ([email protected]), Talent Acquisition Partner, at email address. 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.