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Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Onsite
Lead Software Engineer – DevOps and AI
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
In SimCorp, we help some of the biggest financial institutions in the world be successful by simplifying their accounting, operations, and investments. We do this through IT systems, processes, and financial knowledge. High quality, performing, secure, and cost-effective software is at the core of what we do. To build, maintain and operate this software, engineers are essential to us.
You will be working with a team of about 12 people located in Noida/Hyderabad in India and Copenhagen, Denmark. The Product Development team functions as a center of enablement for artificial intelligence (AI), providing knowledge and guidelines to other teams, as well as working hands on implementing and operating solutions with AI.
WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
The Lead Software Engineer (DevOps) at SimCorp, at the IC5 grade, is responsible for DevOps best practices and the Azure cloud ecosystem for AI enabled software solutions. This role requires a strong mix of hands-on engineering, architectural thinking, and leadership to ensure both immediate delivery and long-term sustainability. You will be part of a scrum team working closely with Product Owner and business stakeholders. The Lead Software Engineer takes ownership of key engineering projects, provides technical guidance to junior engineers, and ensures that software is delivered on time and within scope. This position requires strong problem-solving skills, expertise in software engineering practices, and the ability to work in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.
We work team-based, so your primary responsibility is as a team member. You need to make sure the team delivers on its commitments, that it’s a good place to work for you and your teammates, and that it continuously improves.
Daily tasks are for example:
Build and maintain Infrastructure, CI/CD process and monitoring for AI solutions developed using C#, .Net and Azure.
Going from proof-of-concepts to high quality, production ready solutions.
Lead the design and development of DevOps solutions and infrastructure ensuring they meet business needs and technical requirements
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment
Collaborate with product management, design, and quality assurance teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of software solutions.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring high-quality solutions that are scalable, reliable, and performant
Ensure adherence to Devops best practices, including industry standards, testing, and documentation
Take ownership of key features and components, driving their design and implementation from concept to delivery
Continuously assess and improve engineering processes, AI advancements, automation, recommending new tools and technologies to enhance productivity and software quality
Participate in code reviews, ensuring that the team follows best practices and maintains high standards for azure infrastructure and pipelines.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above.
7+ years of hands-on experience with DevOps.
Deep understanding of modern CI/CD, industry best practices and tooling
Sound understanding of Azure cloud services, infrastructure, pipelines, scalability and architecture
Experience deploying solutions using Azure OpenAI, Azure Foundry, model versioning & quota mgmt.
Experience with RAG pipelines (Azure AI Search, embedding pipelines, indexing jobs)
Exposure to Agentic frameworks (Semantic Kernel, MCP/A2A plugins, etc)
Observability design (App Insights/Azure Monitor, OpenTelemetry) and incident response
Good understanding of Managed Identityfirst, Key Vault integration, secure network boundaries, Azure Policy, RBAC, networking, private endpoints
Solid experience of Azure Bicep, PowerShell scripts and Yaml for IaC.
Understanding of data governance (PII, tenant isolation) for AI workloads
As a person, you have the following traits:
Taking ownership. Comfortable taking the lead on tasks.
Earn trust, think big, and take calculated risks.
You collaborate with team members to work towards common goals.
Solid problem-solving skills and comfortable questioning assumptions and as-is.
Exhibits a consistent approach and a creative mindset.
Thrives in a collaborative environment and values teamwork
Like to have fun at work and positivity comes easily to you
Excellent English verbal and communication skills
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.
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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