Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer-APL

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

As a Senior 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 contribute across all stages of the development lifecycle, including creating and reviewing user stories, designing, coding, testing, writing automated tests, performing code reviews, and providing support.

The ideal candidate should have C# expertise, a eagerness for delivering high-quality, scalable software, and to learn APL (A Programming Language). Prior experience with APL isn’t required—we provide comprehensive training and an effective environment to ensure you excel. Most development is done using APL, with occasional C# tasks. Our company also partly owns Dyalog APL, ensuring the language remains actively maintained and relevant.

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

• Design, and implement robust and efficient APL and C# code (occasionally)

• Working with product management to refine new features

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

• Developing core functionality to support the business modules

• Ensuring software quality through comprehensive testing and validation

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

• Writing and maintaining unit tests to ensure software quality and reliability

• Maintaining the existing code base

• Refining your skills and developing yourself and our product

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. 

• 3 – 5 years of experience in financial domain - fintech 

• Bachelor's or master's degree in mathematics, Physics, or any other academic degree with proficiency in software development

• Proficiency in English, written as well as spoken, as English is our corporate language

• A high sense of quality, ability to work to deadlines, attention to detail and being accountable for delivering a sound solution

• Genuine willingness to dig into unknown areas

• A focus on constantly delivering 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

• Effective communication and collaboration skills

Furthermore, we value that you:

• Are motivated to work within the financial domain

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

• Are willing to acquire other technical and programming skills

• Have a commitment to developing and maintaining automated tests, underlying frameworks, and their integration into CI/CD pipelines

• Consistently learn through experimentation when tackling the latest problems, using experiences from both positive outcomes and failures

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

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

BENEFITS

At SimCorp, we believe in rewarding and supporting our employees. We offer a 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 Kirti Sharma ([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.