Lead Software Engineer - Backend with DevOps

Lead DevOps Engineer

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 toSimCorp!

At its foundation,SimCorpis 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.

If you like whatwe’resaying, keep reading!

WHERE YOU FIT IN

We areseekinga skilled and motivated Lead DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and manage scalable CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure. This is a senior individual contributor role – you willoperatewith a high degree of autonomy, working as a trusted expert alongside our engineering teams rather than as a people manager. Beyond pipeline ownership, you will act as a force multiplier for a broader engineeringorganisation, collaborating closely with development, QA, platform, operations, and security teams to build robust, secure, and efficient delivery pipelines and cloud operations. The role demands deep engineering and DevOpsexpertise, combined with a genuine passion for automation and continuous improvement.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Act as a force multiplier for a wider engineering team of ~50 engineers — building internal tooling, shared workflows, and self-service infrastructure tomaximisetheir productivity and autonomy.

• Design, implement,reviewand continuously improve CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices, independently driving improvements from end to end.

• Design and deliver production-ready CD pipelines, implementing safe deployment strategies.

• Contribute to the development of .NET services and internal tooling in C# .NET (and occasionally F#), working as a fully capable member of the engineering team.

• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure using Azure Bicep, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security of production systems.

• Drive automation across build, test, deployment, and monitoring processes.

• Define and enforce DevOps standards, governance, and best practices across the engineeringorganisation.

• Monitor and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure;maintaindocumentation for infrastructure, processes, and configurations.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

This is a hybrid role that sits at the intersection of software engineering and DevOps — we care deeply about both. Youdon’tneed to be an expert in everything, but we expect genuine strength in many of the areas below and a curiosity to keep growing.

Software Engineering

Strong programming skills, with hands-on experience in C# .NET or equivalent.

6 - 8 years of combined experience in DevOps and software development, witha strong foundationin both disciplines.

Advanced scripting skills — PowerShell in particular, as well as Bash and/or Python.

Proficient with version control — Git or equivalent.

Bachelor’s ormaster’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.

DevOps & Infrastructure

Extensive practical experience with Azure and Azure DevOps — including Azure Cloud services, architecture, and production-grade environment management.

Strong Kubernetes skills - experience with AKS or deploying, managing, and troubleshooting production Kubernetes clusters.

Experience with CI/CD tools such as TeamCity, Azure Pipelines, and GitHub Actions.

Experience with large-scale .NET codebases is a strong plus — our codebase spans ~1 million lines of code across ~300 projects.

Experience building or operating production-grade CD pipelines, with knowledge of safe deployment strategies such as blue/green deployments, phased/canary rollouts, and automated rollback.

Familiarity with security tools and practices in CI/CD pipelines.

Experience with Azure B2C/B2B.

Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Azure Monitor.

Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-400, AZ-104, AZ-305) are a welcome bonus, but not a requirement.

BENEFITS

Competitive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, atSimCorp, we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide an excellent work-life balance: flexible work hours, ahybrid workplace model. On top of that, we have IPsprints;where you have 3 weeks per quarter to spend on mastering your skills as well as contributing to the company development. There is neverjust onlyone 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. AtSimCorp, 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 ourendeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.