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 Brse 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
The SimCorp Dimension product was originally designed for running on-premises with clients, utilizing hardware resources being available 24/7. As we are moving our business model towards being a SaaS provider and based on Microsoft Azure, we need to re-implement our core platform to be efficient on dynamic Azure infrastructure and with a relentless focus on the cost of compute and on storage. As an engineering manager you will be referring to the Director of Engineering and responsible for building up and leading 2 software development teams and develop efficient development processes together with other teams and locations.
What You Will Be Responsible For
- You are the leader of 1-2 teams of Software Engineers with responsibility for hiring, growing, and upskilling your team through 1:1s, feedback, mentoring, coaching, and goal setting.
- Leading the teams in collaboration with the product owner and ensuring that features are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
- Identifying and mitigating risks to features and teams and making sure that any problems that arise are addressed quickly and effectively.
- Facilitate agile team processes and help remove impediments that block the team's work.
- Working with stakeholders across the organization to ensure that the team's work is aligned with the overall business strategy.
- Collaborating with other managers, tech leads, PO's and teams across the organization to ensure that the team's work is integrated with other business functions and is contributing to the overall success of the company.
- You understand and define relevant engineering KPIs to gain insight into your team's performance and to help drive improvement, for example in product quality, security, delivery, system performance etc.
- Staying up to date with the latest developments in engineering and technology, and advising the organization on new tools, techniques, and strategies that can improve engineering processes and outcomes.
Overall, an engineering manager plays a crucial role in leading and guiding the teams within SimCorp, ensuring that teams are completed successfully and that the team is well-positioned to support the SimCorp's goals and objectives.
YOUR QUALIFICATION
- You are an engineer at heart, with a passion for improving things whether that is people, process, or technology
- Many years of experience working in software engineering
- Data driven decision making
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure in production environments would be nice
- Experience with working in an agile way and a continuous improvement mindset
- You have a degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science or similar
- Experience working in an international setting with people from many different cultures
- Positive and constructive approach, you bring a smile and positive vibes
- You care about your team, and care about having an enjoyable working environment
- Excellent communication skills and fluency in English (speaking and writing)
Benefits
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, and a hybrid workplace model. On top of that, we have IP sprints where you have time you can spend on mastering your skills as well as contributing to the company's 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.
For any questions you are welcome to contact
Shweta Goyal ([Confidential Information]), Talent Acquisition Partner, at email address. 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.
