Principal Software Engineer

Principal 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 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

Joining the Risk Analysis Manager Product Area at SimCorp entails a dual role in shaping the future of risk management. You'll contribute to both a new cloud-based solution and the support of an existing application with over 20 years of history as well as Axioma Risk integration. Leveraging the foundation of the established system, including industry best practices, your work will involve developing innovative solutions for both the matured back-end and its cloud-based counterpart. It's an opportunity to drive advancement in risk management across multiple fronts and leave a lasting impact on the industry.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Coordinate and execute on development and maintenance in collaboration with product owners and other teams.
• Investigate and implement best practices for code quality.
• Ensuring a coherent user experience in close collaboration with product owners.
• Learn who our users are, and what kind of business value we deliver to them.
• Integration Simcorp Dimension and Axioma Risk solutions.

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.

• APL and/or C# .Net.
• Web API's
• Code Design and architecture.
• Git (Azure DevOps), with CI/CD.
• Azure (Infrastructure as Code).

Who are you?

• You have at least 5 years of C# programming experience
• You understand the importance of automatic testing of business-critical functionality.
• You are able to solve complex problems in a structured manner.
• You are enthusiastic about building state-of-the-art software, and have the mindset needed to make others understand your ideas.
• You are good at coordinating with both programmers and non-programmers, to ensure a full understanding of tasks.
• You have a Master’s degree or higher within Computer Sciences, Engineering, Finance, Physics, Mathematics, Economics or similar experience.
• If you have knowledge of a financial domain it is definitely a plus, otherwise we will bring you up to speed using technical discussions, training and a comprehensive onboarding program

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.