Principal Software Engineer – AI and C# with Azure

SimCorp; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Growth & Innovation

Self-Direction

Diversity & Inclusion

Work-life balance

Empowerment

Job summary

SimCorp is seeking a Principal Software Engineer – AI and .Net to design, develop, and deliver complex software solutions for its AI and insights platform. The role involves leading engineering efforts, mentoring engineers, and ensuring scalable, secure systems across both frontend and backend layers.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in C# .Net and 5+ years in AI solution design, with strong Azure and DevOps experience.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of extensive hands-on experience in C# .Net development.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of high-impact software systems and AI driven solutions, ensuring they meet business and client needs.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to other engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, architects, security, product management and QA to ensure seamless integration of solutions into the product.
• Review and improve software design, architecture, and implementation to ensure performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality AI driven solutions in production.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and best practices, continuously improving engineering processes and solutions.
• Contribute to development, technical documentation, product backlog, and alignment with product specs and user requirements.
• Participate in code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices.
• Drive innovation in software engineering, continuously improving processes, tools and methodologies.

Skills

C# .Net

AI solution design

Frontend & Backend architecture

Azure & DevOps

Agile/DevOps/CI/CD

Ownership

Team leadership

Mentorship

Problem solving

English communication

Tools

Azure DevOps

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Principal Software Engineer – AI and .Net

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. If you like what we’re saying, keep reading!

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

SimCorp's AI & Insights area is building the foundation for the agentic future of investment operations: Running SimCorp agents, leveraging partner agents, and integrating with clients workflows. The AI Platform team owns that foundation: a compliant, standardized, secure, and user-friendly agentic ecosystem that domain teams can leverage when building their AI features. The team's recent deliveries and current focus include preparing Agent Orchestrator and SimCorp One Neo for production, publishing the Agent Development Stack, implementing evaluation, trust, safety and guardrails, progressing multi-agent orchestration, and exploring MCP for SimCorp One APIs.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

The Principal Software Engineer at SimCorp, is a senior technical role responsible for designing, developing, and delivering complex software solutions that meet both business and client requirements. With typically 10+ years of experience, this role involves leading engineering projects, providing technical guidance, and ensuring the scalability, performance, and quality of software systems.

The Principal Software Engineer collaborates closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to define technical solutions and integrate them into the product development lifecycle. This position requires strong problem-solving skills, expertise in software engineering practices, and the ability to mentor junior engineers.

Lead the design and development of high-impact software systems and AI driven solutions, ensuring they meet business and client needs.

Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to other engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, architects, security, including product management and quality assurance, to ensure seamless integration of solutions into the product.

Review and improve software design, architecture, and implementation to ensure performance, security scalability, and maintainability.

Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality AI driven solutions in production.

Stay up to date with emerging technologies and best practices, continuously improving engineering processes and solutions.

Contribute to the development, technical documentation, product backlog, and ensure alignment with product specifications and user requirements.

Participate in code reviews, promoting and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices in software development.

Driving innovation in software engineering, continuously improving processes, tools, and methodology.

WHAT WE VALUE

• 10+ years of extensive hands-on experience in C# .Net development.
• Demonstrated expertise of 5+ years in designing and implementing AI solutions, including both generative and predictive AI.
• Comprehensive understanding and practical experience with application architecture, covering both frontend and backend systems.
• Proven proficiency in working with Azure and Azure DevOps.
• Strong experience with Agile development methodologies, as well as DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• 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

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.

#Li-Hybrid

SimCorp is a provider of industry-leading integrated investment management solutions for the global buy side. Founded in 1971, with more than 3,000 employees across five continents, SimCorp is a truly global technology leader that empowers more than half of the world’s top 100 financial companies through its integrated platform, services, and partner ecosystem. SimCorp is a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group. As of 2024, SimCorp includes Axioma, the leading provider of risk and management and portfolio optimization solutions for the global buy side.

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