Principal Software Engineer

Overview

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

Are you an experienced engineer ready to step into a leadership role and drive the development of enterprise-grade fintech solutions?

At SimCorp, we develop products that power investment management and financial institutions worldwide.

As part of our Collateral Management Product Area (Data and Post-trade Engineering Line), you will play a key role in the Collateral and Derivatives domain, guiding a Scrum team in building, evolving, and maintaining enterprise products. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will combine deep technical expertise with mentoring and coordination across international teams in Ukraine, Poland, Denmark, Austria, and Germany.

What You Will Be Responsible For

As a Lead Developer, you will:

• Provide technical leadership in design, development, and testing.
• Define and own test architecture and quality strategy at team level.
• Balance active coding (C#, Angular) with guiding automation initiatives
• Drive adoption of automation-first practices across the team.
• Ensure high-quality delivery by monitoring coverage, test metrics, and quality KPIs.
• Mentor and coach engineers in development, automation, and testing skills.
• Represent QA Dev combined approach in cross-team forums.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (POs, TLs, architects) to align technical and quality goals.
• Conduct in-depth root cause analysis for complex defects and ensure preventive actions
• Advocate for and implement improvements in tools, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering processes.
• Represent the team in technical forums and contribute to cross-team knowledge exchange.
  
  

We are looking for an engineer who has demonstrated leadership abilities

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering with combined Dev QA responsibilities.
• Expertise in .NET / C# and working knowledge of Angular.
• Known for impactful leadership, resulting in improved efficiency and project success among engineering teams
• Extensive background in test automation (E2E, API, Integration) and test strategy
• Solid experience in architecting and developing enterprise-scale applications.
• Extensive knowledge of Cloud and On-Prem infrastructures (Microsoft Azure experience)
• Deep expertise in CI/CD pipelines and tools (Git, TeamCity, Azure DevOps).
• Thorough understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and Domain-Driven Design
• Familiarity with XP practices (TDD, pair programming, continuous integration).
• Experience with relational databases (SQL).
• Readiness to learn APL.
• Proficient English communication skills (Upper-Intermediate or higher), both written and spoken
• Ability to mentor, motivate, and guide a team toward technical excellence and efficient delivery
  
  

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 good work-life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid model. Simcorp follows a global hybrid policy, asking employees to work from the office two days each week while allowing remote work on other days.

Simcorp does offer 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

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 Swati Pal(Swati.pal@simcorp.com), Talent Acquisition Partner. 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.

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.

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 and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. 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.