Position: Software Engineer (QA) for Investment Operations
Company: SimCorp
Experience required: 3y
Category: QA Automation
English level: upper
Published: 2023-08-01T00:00:00+03:00

**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. 

High-quality, performing, secure, and cost-effective software is at the core of what we do. To build and maintain this software, software engineers are essential to us.

You will be working in a self-organized scrum team. 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.

**What you will be responsible for:**

 - Communicate and collaborate with Product Owners, Technical Leads during feature analysis, refinement, development and implementation

 - Analyze requirements, design and execute test cases 

 - Prepare and conduct DEMO sessions 

 - Investigate the root cause of the error inflow. Define actions to improve the quality of the product

 - Initiate technical and process enhancements in the team

 - Be proactive to improve automation, tools, frameworks, etc.

**Your qualifications:**
 
- Solid understanding of development lifecycle, bug reporting

 - Knowledge and experience in the financial domain, fintech (Trade processing, Settlement, Corporate Actions and Reconciliations)

 - Understanding and adherence to XP practices (TDD, BDD)

 - Knowledge or readiness of how to design and implement all-level tests (E2E, API, UT)

 - Readiness to support existing system (legacy)

 - Good English (min. B2)

 - Curiosity and readiness to learn in-house tools and frameworks

 - Ability and willingness to apply broad knowledge in different areas and constantly learn new things, such as specific business domain knowledge or new technologies

 - (Preferably) Understanding of OOP principles, C# knowledge

 - (Preferably) Practical experience with relational DB (SQL)

 - (Preferably) Understanding of CI/CD (git, TeamCity, etc.)

 - (Preferably) Experience as a member of Scrum team

**We offer**

- Official employment according to the Ukrainian legislation, white market competitive salary, and corporate bonus
- Flexible working hours
- Numerous learning and development opportunities, e.g. courses, conferences, certifications, on-line learning, coaching and mentorship programs etc.
- 28 calendar days annual vacation
- Extra compensation for sports/internet (after probation period)
- High-class health insurance program

**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.