Risk Software Developer
Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on production support for front-office risk and PnL applications, ensuring timely resolution of issues impacting trading and daily operations.
- Investigate production incidents end to end, identify root causes, and implement permanent fixes to improve platform stability.
- Develop and enhance risk and PnL tools and services supporting the fixed income, interest rates and FX business.
- Partner directly with traders to understand requirements, gather feedback, and translate needs into practical technology solutions.
- Work closely with quantitative analysts and other technology teams to deliver platform enhancements and support model integration where needed.
- Deliver changes across the full development lifecycle, from requirements analysis through implementation, testing and production release.
- Contribute to improvements in system reliability, monitoring, support processes and operational controls.
- Support production releases and post-release monitoring to ensure smooth rollout of new functionality.
- Collaborate with global teams across Asia, Europe and the Americas to support a globally aligned platform and operating model.
- Contribute to a team culture focused on ownership, responsiveness, control and continuous improvement.
Profile required
Required
- 2+ years of experience in front-office application support and/or development in a banking or capital markets environment.
- Proficiency in an object-oriented language, ideally C# / .NET.
- Good SQL knowledge.
- Familiarity with tools and delivery practices such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, TeamCity and Jira.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate and resolve complex production issues.
- Ability to take ownership and deliver issues or enhancements end to end, from analysis through to production.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with traders, quants and technology teams.
- Curious, proactive and comfortable learning new technologies and tools.
Preferred
- Experience with C# / .NET in a front-office or risk environment.
- Good understanding of fixed income, interest rate derivatives and FX products, including key risk and PnL drivers.
- Experience working in a global team environment.
Behavioral Skills
- Client - Risk: I strive to satisfy clients while taking into account risks for the company
- Client - Client focus: I put long term relationships with our clients at the center of my actions, whatever my position
- Team Spirit - Open mindset: I listen and share my views and my expertise in an open mode
- Innovation - Technology: I adopt new technologies in the solutions and projects I work on
- Commitment - Sustainability: I strive to develop my skills and knowledge
- Responsibility - Risk awareness: I am constantly on the lookout for risks
Business insight
Our Culture:
At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate. Please visit our APAC career website: https://www.societegenerale.asia/en/careers/building-your-career-with/ for more information.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I):
Our mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.
Our vision:
- Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
- Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents
- Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients
Check out our DE&I initiatives: https://www.societegenerale.asia/en/careers/diversity-equity-inclusion-dei/
Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any reasonable accommodations of assistance during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our HR staff know.
Department Description
As part of the Technology department within SG Corporate and Investment Banking, you will join a front-office technology team responsible for the development, enhancement and production support of risk and PnL applications used by the Rates and FX trading business.
Based on the trading floor, the team works in close partnership with traders, quantitative analysts and global technology teams to deliver reliable, responsive and business-aligned solutions for fixed income, interest rate derivatives and FX activities.