Full Job Description
As a Lead Software Engineer at SimCorp, you will play a key role in the design, development, and delivery of complex software solutions that support critical business functions. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, drive technical excellence, mentor engineers, and contribute to the evolution of our engineering practices.
You will be a member of our growing engineering presence in Toronto, working in close partnership with colleagues across Europe on our Order Management platform.
This role fits an experienced software engineer with deep experience in Angular, TypeScript, and C#/.NET, along with a passion for solving challenging technical issues, seeing projects through from start to finish, and thriving in a team-oriented setting.
Experience within financial services or trading systems is highly valued but not required.
Key Responsibilities
Shape the architecture, design, and development of scalable software solutions that meet business and technical requirements.
Own major features and technical initiatives from initial concept through production release.
Mentor and guide fellow engineers, sharing your experience across the team.
Collaborate closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, QA Engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality software.
Drive engineering best practices, including code quality, testing, documentation, and continuous improvement.
Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to long-term technical strategy.
Conduct code reviews and establish coding standards across the team.
Diagnose and fix complex technical problems in distributed and enterprise-scale environments.
Evaluate and introduce new tools, frameworks, and engineering practices that improve software quality and team productivity.
Help keep the platform healthy in production, sharing in-hours 2nd line support as part of an on-call rotation.
Required Qualifications
5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Extensive experience building enterprise applications with:
C# / .NET
Angular
Typescript
Experience designing and building modern web applications and APIs.
Deep knowledge of software architecture patterns and design principles
Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
Experience driving technical initiatives and contributing to engineering decisions.
Solid problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
Experience performing code reviews and mentoring engineers.
Nice to have Qualifications
Experience with Functional Programming principles and patterns.
Experience with Event Sourcing, Event-Driven Architecture, or CQRS-based systems.
Experience designing scalable distributed systems.
Exposure financial services, investment management, capital markets, or trading platforms.
Experience with Oracle database development, optimization, or migration projects.
Knowledge of cloud-native development and modern DevOps practices.
Experience working with microservices architectures.
Familiarity with the FIX protocol and the order lifecycle.
For Toronto only: The salary range for this position is 113,840 - 156,530 CAD. Base pay may vary based on factors such as years of experience, skills and qualifications. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and benefits including health and dental care, time off and Group RRSP/TFSA.
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.
Simcorp follows a global hybrid policy, asking employees to work from the office two days each week while allowing remote work on other days.
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.
