BNP Paribas

Company purpose:

Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.

Our employer promise is built around three pillars:

• Being a great place to work
• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact
• Being dedicated to the development of our people

Business area

Prime Services Technology is part of Global Equites Market and comprises Cash Prime Brokerage, Synthetic Prime Brokerage, Trade Processing, Client Experience, Cross Product Margining and Margin & Risk Management. Prime Service provides Finance solutions to clients that required exposure to underlying securities.

Job purpose

Job Purpose

The role is embedded in a globally distributed Synthetic Prime Technology team with presence in London, New York, Hong Kong, Lisbon, and Glasgow etc. The remit of the team is to deliver a high profile Synthetic Prime Brokerage lifecycle engine platform called ESS (Equity Swap System). The platform supports trading activity of the biggest hedge funds and institutional clients, globally. Technical stack includes: Java SE 8/11, Spring, Solace, SAP ASE,Oracle, .NET WPF, Angular

The Software Developer is responsible for developing and owning key ESS components and the perimeter interface around the system. Responsibilities include understanding requirements, analyzing workflows and data processing, designing and delivering appropriate fully working and well documented software solutions. Additionally, responsible for the development life-cycle, environment release, change management and SL3 support of the component(s) being developed.

The role requires the building of partnerships with the Architecture, Business Analysis, QA and Product Development teams to design solutions that are optimal for the Synthetic Prime Brokerage business. The design of the solution will need to take into account the impact of the full front to back business process and not just the components of the Synthetic Prime Brokerage system.

The Software Developer will take a pro-active approach to improve the development lifecycle of the application, working with their peers within sister Technology teams. Forge strong working relationships with the Production Management APS team to release regularly in a Staging and Production environment whilst maintaining platform stability.

The role is Glasgow based and will involve interaction with team members in all main locations globally. Mostly working from home with occasional days in the office, being flexible as rules change.

Key responsibilities

• Responsible for the full development lifecycle of a project from design, to deployment in production and post release supportability.
• Ensure end-deliverables are clearly defined and communicated; ensure that stakeholders are kept informed of each deliverable’s progress, issues and risks.
• Pro-actively manage risk & issues - escalating where appropriate – ensuring delivery progress is maintained.
• Work in projects with an agile methodology delivering incremental deliverables that improve the business functionality whilst limiting risk to Production systems
• Work closely with the business, operations and development teams to design, deliver and implement future state architecture.
• Partner with the architecture teams to ensure robust design and adherence to bank wide architectural goals.
• Design solutions that align technology roadmaps to business strategy and conduct high-quality functional design, system, integration testing and UAT.
• Work closely with Production Management APS to deliver a stable & reliable platform under all necessary controls

Requirements

Essential:

• Significant and demonstrable experience in commercial software development
• Has strong multi-threaded Java technical skills, be an advocate of test-driven development and be experienced in delivery automation.
• Has experience working in Unix / Linux operation systems
• Has experience working with SDLO tools: Jira, BitBucket, Artifactory, Jenkins, etc
• Has experience working in a global team, helping others through pair programming and knowledge sharing and helping the team improve their development practices.
• Delivery focused with a ‘hands on’ approach in order to meet the business’s high expectations.
• Shows excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Has a can-do attitude, can partner with others inside and outside of the development team to investigate issues, drive conversations to find and agree solutions and communicate those solutions to a diverse set of stakeholders.
• Will be able to partner with business, operations, developers, architects and infrastructure teams to help shape the future platform.
• Proven experience in working in local development teams

Desired:

• Experience with K8s, Docker, Python, SQL & message driven solutions would beneficial.
• Previous experience and knowledge of Equity Finance, Equity Swap Life Cycle Processing and Banking front to back functions is a bonus, but not expected.

And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).

A bit more about why you should join us

1. We’re a great place to work

We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)

We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:

• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.
• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.
• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.
• Key onsite services and facilities in Scotland – include free monthly massage and yoga, mental health first aiders and seasonal flu vouchers.
• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.
• Subject to relevant caps

2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.

For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.

But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year - in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.

3. We believe in our people

We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.

We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally.

Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:

• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.
• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:

Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.

Equal opportunities

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Adjustments

We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.

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