C++ Developer

Societe Generale Global Solution Centre (SG GSC) acts as a business solutions center for Société Générale, one of the largest European financial groups. We provide high quality professional services in over 35 countries in various business areas - Finance & Accounting, HR, IT and Corporate Operations. Our mission is to be a partner of choice, valued for owning, transforming and innovating with best-in-class talent.

The Market Access team is developing and maintaining exchange connectivity and high-performance front-to-back office systems. All development is leveraging on a common framework developed in Asia, Europe and Americas. Increasing demands on the order management system and the data feed distribution architecture implies the implementation of new and innovative technical solutions. Those solutions often involve significant manpower, with very diverse technical skills (networking, system, real-time algorithm, market data…).

What you will do:

·        Develop, maintain and enhance high performance applications that enable Societe Generale to trade on various financial markets (e.g. Deutsche Borse, London Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, etc.)

·        Study new business & IT requests (understand user needs, suggest solutions , etc)

·        Be proactive by proposing enhancements from which the business/IT can benefit

·        Build quality into our software through extensive and automatic testing and continuous build

·        Communicate with Exchanges & Brokers, assess the impact of their system or API changes

·        Continuous technical upgrade of our setup

·        Ensure that release management / change management processes are followed

·        Be responsible of the 2nd and 3rd level of support

·        Collaborate with others teams: networking, systems, quality insurance, support, architects, others development teams, infrastructure teams (Systems, Networks, Database);

·        External contacts: exchanges of interest for SG business.

Required/Must have:

·        Strong object-oriented programming skills

·        Strong technical skills in C/C++, LINUX, client server development

·        Strong knowledge on messaging technologies, network protocols (TCP/IP), socket programming, concurrent programming

·        GNU development tools (gcc, gdb, make)

·        Python scripting

·        Bash scripting

·        Source control tools

·        Previous significant experience as a C++ developer (at least 3 years)

·        B.S degree in computer science

·        Written communication skills

Desired/Plus:

·        Unit testing tools

·        C++11

·        Knowledge of GIT, CVS

·        Cmake

·        Jira

·        Jenkins

·        Basic knowledge in financial instruments

·        A master degree or equivalent

SG GSC is a Great Place to Work® certified company. Here, you will find a flexible workplace and culture, autonomy, constant learning opportunities, dynamism, and talented people, making this experience a real career accelerator. You will also discover all the diversity of our businesses, in a sector that is constantly evolving and innovating.

Plus, you will enjoy all our benefits:

• competitive compensation & remuneration, including annual performance bonus;

• preventive healthcare plan, and group health & life insurance;

• wide range of flexible benefits within a monthly budget;

• office perks, wellbeing and mental health programs;

• various social benefits and bonuses for personal or family events;

• 9 AM to 5 PM work program and flexible (hybrid) work environment;

• additional paid and unpaid time off, including Sabbatical leave;

• learning and growth opportunities based on individual development and career plans;

• unlimited access to various eLearning resources.

We are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious. Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years, or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating, and taking action are part of our DNA. If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful daily and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

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We are committed to support accelerating our Group’s ESG strategy by implementing ESG principles in all our activities and policies. They are translated in our business activity (ESG assessment, reporting, project management or IT activities), our work environment and in our responsible practices for environment protection.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. Societe Generale is committed to recognizing and promoting all talents, regardless of their beliefs, age, disability, parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, sexual or gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organisation, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination.