Senior Software Developer in Risk IT (with Math/Finance Background) (m/f/d)

Deutsche Börse Prague Branch • Prague

Learn. Develop. Grow. But always: Share value

Join our international team that drives positive change, united by a spirit of openness and curiosity. We empower you to have an impact and to grow – personally and professionally. With us, you work at the heart of financial systems and evolve the way markets operate. We’re excited about the future because we are the ones shaping it. Let´s do this together by sharing value!

Who we are

Tracing its origins to 1585, Deutsche Börse Group has become one of the world’s leading exchange organisations and an innovative market infrastructure provider. In this role, we provide investors, financial institutions and companies access to global capital markets. What’s your part in all this? With your commitment you contribute to the success of our unique business model: offering a wide range of products, services and technologies for security, transparency and integrity on the markets. By creating trust in the markets of today and tomorrow we foster growth and contribute to the prosperity of future generations.

Prague

Your career at Deutsche Börse Group

Deutsche Börse Group is one of the leading global market infrastructure providers. Our group provides trading, clearing, settlement, market data distribution and other services for a broad range of asset classes (securities, derivatives, FX…).

Area of work:

In Risk IT we focus on making Eurex Clearing the industry leader in Risk Services / CCP Risk Management and to support the growth into new products and markets. We are looking for engineering talent for our team in Prague to solve challenging problems well.

We are developing containerized applications on Linux (Ubuntu) machines in Java, Kotlin and Go to be deployed in the OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters. Frontend is written in REACT/TypeScript. Code changes are tracked in Jira and versioned in GitHub, build process is running using GitHub Actions.

For our location in Prague, we are looking for a senior professional who will help us with integration of our application into new risk system - R7.

Your responsibilities:

Design, develop test, deploy maintain and improve various applications in agile environment – with focus on backend development in Go and Java
Update and maintain automated, highly available infrastructure and tooling when needed
Understand needs of business and translate them into working code
Manage your own project priorities, deadlines and deliverables
Collaborate with team members and project stakeholders

Your profile:

Programming competency in Go, Java, or Kotlin
Background in building applications on Linux
Familiarity with SQL databases (ORACLE, MySQL, Postgres)
A Master or PhD. degree in Computer Science, Math, or Engineering or equivalent experience
Experience in numerical modelling and developing high performance applications
Interest and ability to learn, collaborative working style
Ability to estimate efforts and meet the agreed timelines and deliverables
Experience in analysing of business requirements and collaboration with experts from various backgrounds
Experience in analysis of mathematical models and their transfer into working code
Good written and spoken English skills

Nice to have:

Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift
Experience with GitHub, CI/CD (Circle, GitHub Actions, or similar), Jira
A background in mathematics, financial markets, and risk management

Additionally, you need to be a team player with a sense of humour, good communication and collaboration skills, motivated and flexible.

Why Deutsche Börse Group?

We are committed to providing a work environment where everyone feels welcome and can reach their full potential. Our standards go far beyond simply matching candidates with the right position.

Mobility

We enable you to move freely with our job tickets, job (e-)bikes and free parking opportunities.

Work environment

Collaboration, communication, or deep focus – in our modern office buildings you will find the perfect work environment. Free drinks and food and meal allowances included.

Health and wellbeing

We care for your health and wellbeing and besides various health promotion measures we offer you a group accident insurance and additional insurance offers at discounted rates.

Financial stability

We provide financial stability by offering attractive salaries, company pension schemes, participation in our Group Share Plan, as well as bonuses, subsidies and discounts.

Hybrid work

Collaborate and exchange on-site or work remotely several days a week in line with business needs and local regulations. Our hybrid working model combines the best of both worlds.

Flexible working hours

We want your job to fit your life situation and offer flexible working time models, childcare allowance, or the possibility to study alongside your job.

Internationality

Our market infrastructures are globally connected. Working with us means collaborating with like-minded colleagues across over 60 locations from more than 100 nations.