Senior Software Engineer (Developer) for Investment Operations

Location: Warsaw, PL

Why this role is important to us:

In SimCorp, we support some of the biggest financial institutions in the world to be successful by simplifying their investments, accounting, and operations.

You will be a member of a self-organized scrum team consisting of Software Engineers with close collaboration with business experts.

The team improves and supports set of modules within the Trade processing and Settlement as well as Corporate Actions and Reconciliations in our SimCorp Dimension product.

The present and near future main topics are good maintainability, high system performance, continuous integration, and delivery, and moving into our unified platform for cloud. You expected to closely collaborate with colleagues from Ukraine, Poland, Denmark, Germany and UK.

After comprehensive onboarding program we expect you to: 

  • Design, develop and test new features as well as 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, implementation and test. 

  • Analyze functional and non-functional requirements during feature refinements. 

  • Support of the product. 

  • Prepare and conduct Sprint review/DEMO sessions. 

  • Initiate technical and process enhancements in the team. 

  • Be proactive to improve automation, tools, frameworks, etc. 

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

  • Create and execute test cases to cover user stories. 

  • Take a leading role in developing automated tests to cover the features’ acceptance criteria. 

  • Analyze the root cause of the errors’ inflow and create defects in the tracking system.  

  • Define proactive actions to improve the quality of the product. 

Your qualifications:

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

  • Profound knowledge and experience in C# or other object-oriented language 

  • Curiosity and readiness to learn in-house tools and frameworks, including functional programming language APL 

  • Knowledge and experience in designing and implementation of all-level tests (E2E, API, UT) 

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

  • Practical experience of development based on relational DB (SQL) 

  • Understanding 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  

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

  • Good communication and presentation skills 

  • (Preferably) Knowledge and experience in financial domain, fintech 

  • (Preferably) Experience as a member of Scrum team 

Benefits:

Attractive 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 a great work & life balance and opportunities for professional development: there is never just only one route - we offer an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.

Next steps:

Applying for a job at SimCorp can involve several stages. Whenever possible, we’ll try to shorten our standard process outlined below. However, depending on the specific requirements of the hiring team, an additional step or meeting may be required – we’ll keep you informed at every stage.

1. Initial call with Talent Acquisition Partner

2. Meeting with the Team Manager in-depth conversation about the role and your previous experience

3. Technical meeting with Team members

4. Feedback and final offer

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 2,100+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general.
SimCorp is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated in 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.
While striving to deliver client value, we believe it is vital to consider our people and our planet in every business decision we make. Acting responsibly is not optional. It is essential.