Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer, India

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, education, 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 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 passion for delivering high-quality, scalable software, and an eagerness to learn APL (A Programming Language). Prior experience with APL isn’t required—we provide comprehensive training and a supportive environment to help you succeed. 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
• Constantly learning and developing yourself and our product

WHAT WE VALUE

• 3 – 5 years of experience in financial domain - fintech 
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mathematics, Physics, or any other academic degree with a passion for 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 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
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Furthermore, we value that you:

• Are motivated to work within the financial domain
• Have strong 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 tackling 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
• Are able to work in a hybrid setup (virtual and physical work environments)

BENEFITS

SimCorp offers several benefits that might play a significant factor in considering whether to accept a job offer. Since SimCorp operates in 30+ offices worldwide, the benefits package may vary from country to country.

Take advantage of this section and indicate the most-valued benefits for candidates, considering training and certification, as well as benefits that can improve a candidate's work-life balance, such as flexible hours, vacation time, work-from-home options, etc. Please note that this may not be possible for multiple location postings due to the difference in benefits.

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.