Sofware Engineer (Quality Assurance)

WHAT MAKES US, US 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-centred organisation 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 At SimCorp, we support some of the largest financial institutions in the world to be successful by simplifying their investments, accounting and operations.  Investment Accounting is a product area within SimCorp’s Product Division which delivers all rules and calculation methods in order to provide our clients with a legally binding subledger for all supported asset classes. 

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR​ Contribute across the entire development lifecycle - from requirements analysis and design to implementation, test automation, documentation, and ongoing support. 

Identify relevant test conditions for product under test based on available documentation 

Create, document and maintain test cases and automated tests to cover the features’ acceptance criteria (system, integration, unit etc.) 

Collaborate closely with your team, Product Managers, Architects, and peers across the area to deliver high-quality, secure and valuable solutions. 

Identify, document, and track defects using the defect management tool. 

Be proactive in improving automation, tools, etc. 

Being the end-users' eager advocate and contributing to valuable and useful high-quality delivery. 

Engage actively in team meetings, cross-team feature refinements, and planning sessions. 

Drive innovations, uphold technical excellence and quality, advocate best practices, and continuously improve our ways of working. 

Constantly learn and improve yourself, the team, and wider area. 

Think beyond the code, understand our strategy, goals and customer needs to help enhance our products and maximize their impact. 

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR 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+ years of experience in software engineering. 

Experience in testing role working on complex systems within a financial domain  

Understanding of software engineering fundamentals, software development lifecycle. 

Experience in both manual and automated testing, with the ability to design and implement comprehensive test strategies and all level tests for software applications. 

Familiarity with modern engineering tools and practices, including CI/CD and trunk-based development. Curiosity and readiness to learn in-house tools, including the APL programming language. 

Readiness to work in a complex accounting domain, dealing with financial and investment-related instruments. 

Good English skills (upper-intermediate or higher), both written and spoken.

WHAT WE VALUE  Familiarity in at least one functional or object-oriented programming language. 

Experience working with relational databases and SQL. 

Exploratory abilities. 

A relevant software testing certifications e.g. ISTQB is a plus. 

Experience in utilizing AI capabilities in testing. 

Professional, committed, and result-oriented. 

Experience with cloud technologies, particularly Microsoft Azure

Others: Hybrid working arrangement (2x/week)

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 good work and life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid workplace 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. On top of that, we have IP sprints where you have 3 weeks per quarter you can spend on developing your skills as well as contributing to the company development. There is never just only one route - we practice a personalized approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.

NEXT STEP: 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.

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 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 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.