Senior Software Enginer

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, you will become part of the Valuation & Market Data product area within SimCorp's Product Division, responsible for delivering functionality that enables clients to make investment decisions with our back-office applications. 

The Valuation & Market Data product area consists of four teams spread across several geographical locations. 

You will apply your experience to all development lifecycle stages, including creating and reviewing user stories, development, design, testing, coding, code reviews, writing automated tests, and support. The ideal candidate should have APL (A Programming Language) and C# expertise and be enthusiastic about delivering high-quality, scalable software.

You will join a team where most development is done using APL, with occasional C# tasks.

What you will be responsible for:

You will be using multiple technologies, and your responsibilities will also include:

• Working with a team of software engineers in the design, development, and maintenance of software applications

• Working with product management to refine new features

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and define software requirements

• Design, and implement robust and efficient APL and C# code

• Developing core functionality to support the business modules

• Maintaining the existing code base

• Constantly learning and developing yourself and our product

• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to best practices 

What we value: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field

• A high sense of quality, ability to work to deadlines, attention to detail and taking ownership of delivering a sound solution 

• Genuine willingness to learn and to dig into unknown areas 

• A desire to constantly deliver value to the clients, to improve yourself and the team 

• You are interested and able to work with complex architecture

• Understanding the Lean Agile practices, values and principles allow you to better understand how we work 

Furthermore, we value that you:

• Have motivation to work within the financial domain

• Have high collaboration and communication skills and fluency in English (written and spoken)

• Are willing to acquire other technical and programming skills

• Have the desire to develop and maintain automated tests, underlying frameworks, and their integration into CI/CD pipelines

• Actively learn through experimentation when solving the latest problems, using experiences from both successes and failures

• Can introduce new ways of looking at problems and that you can take creative ideas and put them into practice

• Able to work in a hybrid setup (virtual and physical work environments)

What we offer

· Joining a reputable FinTech company composed of collaborative, curious, courageous, capable, and caring employees

· Wide range of learning and development opportunities, powered by a unique learning guild, which means all needed trainings in both programming (such as APL) and finance will be provided

· Highly skilled and respectful colleagues, with diverse background

· A company that values and advocates diversity, equity, and inclusion

· Private health insurance, benefits and discounts, social clubs and activities

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 Yuliia Kostiuk, Talent Acquisition Partner, at [email protected]. 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.