Responsibilities
- All team members are collectively responsible and autonomous for delivering value end to end (understanding the business needs, developments, tests, operations, support
- Develop working code using software craftmanship best practices such as domain driven development, continuous integration and deployment, legacy refactoring
- Participate in testing, deployment and production activities of the team to ensure production stability
- Challenge requirements and advise on good solutions
- Support applications from both the team & the vendor
- Collaborate with other team members (both internal Societe Generale and external vendor consultants) across different locations (Hong Kong, India, China)
Profile required
- Hold a relevant Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar
- Strong communication skills & team responsibility
- Strong programming discipline
- Confident with using Git
- Have experience navigating Unix environments using command line
- Have contributed to projects using Java, preferably Spring Boot
- Good understanding of Docker & Kubernetes is preferred
- Familiarity with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL
- Familiarity with ELK stack for monitoring purposes is preferred
- Understanding of the software development and release cycle is a plus
- Preference for Agile environment
- Fluent English is mandatory
Behavioral Skills
- Commitment - Sustainability: I strive to develop my skills and knowledge
- Responsibility - Accountability: I make decisions in my scope of responsibilities
- Team Spirit - Synergies: I make cooperation with colleagues in and outside my team a priority
- Team Spirit - Collective mindset: I favour the team’s interest over my own results
- Innovation - Thinking out of the box/Creativity: I propose new ideas and solutions
- Innovation - Technology: I adopt new technologies in the solutions and projects I work on
This is a fixed term 12 month Trainee contract with Societe Generale. You will form part of the team on a full time basis. In order to apply for the Trainee position please ensure you have completed your qualification and will be available to work full time for the duration of the Trainee contract.
Business insight
Company Description
Societe Generale is one of the leading European financial services groups. Based on a diversified and integrated banking model, the Group combines financial strength and proven expertise in innovation with a strategy of sustainable growth. Committed to the positive transformations of the world’s societies and economies, Societe Generale seeks to build together with its clients, a better and sustainable future through responsible and innovative financial solutions. Active in the real economy for over 150 years, with a solid position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe Generale has over 117,000 employees and supports 25 million individual clients, businesses and institutional investors worldwide (figures as of August 2023). We have a presence in 11 locations across Asia Pacific. With our regional headquarters in Hong Kong – a core hub of the worldwide Societe Generale Group – we employ around 2,300 employees in the region. In addition, Societe Generale's Global Solution Centre (SGGSC) in Bangalore and Chennai supports the Group in Asia Pacific and globally with customised business solutions.
Department Description: GBSU/FTB/DIR
FTB team stands for Financing and Transaction Banking. The team is responsible for managing and supporting the vendor product TRANSACT, which is used for core banking purposes. This involves not only the deployment of the product, but also the developing satellite interfaces that are used to automate processes required by the bank. As such, all team members work with a wide range of technology, from developing Java applications in SpringBoot, to writing pipelines for automation in Jenkins, as well as managing deployments using Docker or Kubernetes, etc.
As part of the Global Business Service Unit team, we work hand in hand with the business analysts, project managers, and users to design, develop, and ensure the stability of global strategic solution for the Financing and Transaction Banking business line.
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, gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organisation, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination.