Student Software Engineer

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

At Simcorp, we support some of the biggest financial institutions in the world to be successful by simplifying their investments, accounting, and operations. Portfolio Analysis is a product area within Simcorp’s Product Division which delivers functionality that enables clients to make investment decisions with our Front Office applications.

Portfolio Analysis consists of seven teams (of 5-8 software engineers) across several geographical locations, and we are now looking for a Student Software Engineer to join one of these teams. This is a part-time job with an expected average time of 20 hours per week with flexible working hours during exam periods.

We take pride in contributing to the growth of SimCorp with high quality work, but we also have a very pleasant way of working together where supporting each other is a big part of our relationship. Employees can meet up in SimCorp’s own very popular Friday bar and students throughout the house also meet up on a regular basis in their own community.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

In your daily work you will - together with your team:

• Take part in continuous improvements of tools and processes on team and individual level.
• Understand requirements, discuss solutions, implement, and test the chose solutions

Most of the development is done in C#. While we have a broad range of tasks and experiments, a lot of focus is on APIs as well as on optimizing our test suite.

WHAT WE VALUE

We are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic, organized, and ready to support our engineering team. Our requirements include:

• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Finance or related field (last year of BSc or first year of MSc)
• Experience with C#/.NET framework  or any other OOP language
• Good English skills as it is our corporate language and is used in all communications

As a person, you value:

• Learning new skills and improving upon existing ones working with others in the team
• Continually looking for ways to improve what we do and how we do it
• Openness and are not afraid to speak up or challenge the status quo

We have a lot of experienced colleagues, and you can always count on their expertise while working on your tasks.

OUR BENEFITS

Competitive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, at SimCorp, we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide an excellent work-life balance: flexible work hours, a hybrid workplace model. On top of that, we have IP sprints; where you have 3 weeks per quarter to spend on mastering your skills as well as contributing to the company development. There is never just only one route - we practice 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. 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.