Senior Principal Software Engineer

Senior Principal Software 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 to SimCorp!

At its foundation, SimCorp is 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.

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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

As a Tech Lead, you will play a key role in driving technical excellence and leading backend development within your team. You will work across all stages of the development lifecycle—designing, coding, testing, reviewing, and deploying solutions—while mentoring team members and guiding technical strategy.

You will leverage your expertise in .NET technologies, databases, and the Azure cloud ecosystem to build scalable, high-performance solutions that power business-critical applications. This role requires a proficient mix direct engineering involvement, architectural thinking, and leadership to ensure both immediate delivery and long-term sustainability.

WHAT WILL YOU BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Making key design and implementation decisions compliant with architecture to ensure solution scalability, security, and performance

• Promote best engineering practices within the team, including software design patterns, code quality, documentation, testing, and monitoring

• Initiate and lead innovations and solution improvements

• Collaborate with the Product Owner and Engineering Manager to assess delivery capacity and technical feasibility

• Drive epic/features analysis and support prioritization of the engineering backlog

• Applying your expertise to all stages of the development lifecycle, including review of user stories, development, design, code reviews, and setting up automated test solutions and CI/CD pipelines

• Supporting, coaching, and mentoring engineers to cultivate a proficient, motivated, and effective team

• Ensuring timely, high-quality delivery of tasks, present new features, and address client-reported bugs

• Staying up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in software development

WHAT WE VALUE

• 11+ years of practical experience with .NET technologies (C#, Microsoft .NET), including at least 2 years in a leading role.

• A backend-first mindset with strong architectural rigor

• Extensive experience building REST APIs with .NET (OData experience preferred).

• Thorough working knowledge of Azure cloud services, including:

  • Azure App Services / Azure Functions

  • Azure API Management

  • Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Boards)

  • Azure Service Bus / Event Grid

  • etc

• Advanced database expertise:

  • Proficiency with SQL Server (design, optimization, indexing, performance tuning).

  • Understanding of data modeling, normalization/denormalization, and query optimization.

  • Experience with database versioning/migrations.

• Proficient understanding of design patterns and principles (OOP, GoF, SOLID).

• Extensive experience in software development practices such as TDD, BDD.

• Practical experience with peer code reviews and code quality tools (e.g., SonarQube).

• Solid working knowledge of Angular (v10+), TypeScript, and frontend architecture principles.

• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes, especially AKS.

• Familiarity with messaging platforms such as Service Bus, Event Hub, Kafka.

• Proficient background in distributed systems, REST API design, asynchronous messaging, and cloud-native patterns.

• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and application monitoring.

• Proficient communication skills and experience leading engineers or cross-functional teams.

• Experience with Git and collaborative workflows.

• Solid experience in Agile/Scrum environments.

• Solid problem-solving skills with the capability to make sound architectural and technical decisions.

Personal Competencies

• Comfortable working in an international, multicultural environment.

• Positive, constructive mindset—you bring motivation, collaboration, and effective communication to your team.

• Deep sense of responsibility for both technical quality and a healthy team culture.

• Skilled leadership skills: able to inspire, mentor, and guide engineers while remaining engaged directly.

Educational Background

• Bachelor degree in computer science or similar

BENEFITS

• Global hybrid work policy - We ask you to work 2 days a week from the office. If you choose you can work remotely the other days. Of course you are welcome at the office if that is your preference.

• Growth and innovation - Every 6th sprint is reserved for planning and innovation. So, with regular intervals you have a chance to explore and learn new skills or improve something that you believe will be beneficial to you, your team or the application.

• Self-Direction - High degree of self-organization. Each team and developer have a high degree of freedom to plan, organize and design their work.

• Inclusive and diverse company culture

• Work-life balance – We believe that an equilibrium between professional responsibilities makes us all the best version of ourselves, both in private life and as colleagues in the workplace

• Empowerment – We believe that all voices are valuable and must be heard. You will be involved in shaping our work processes

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.

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.

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