Java Backend Developer

ABOUT THE JOB:

The aim of Global Banking Technology & Operations (GBTO) Canada is to deliver day-to-day services to Société Générale investment and corporate bank units and their clients to accelerate their transformation. GBTO differentiates itself from competitors with the pace of the agile transformation delivered, spreading the technology and data culture, shortening the decision-making process, and adopting a true industrial approach, leveraging on different teams either transversal or aligned to the different sub business units.

The Montreal Solutions Center (MSC) develops software solutions for major financial markets in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Our solutions must be competitive to develop or consolidate our market share, launch new products, and seize opportunities. Unlike other multinationals, we promote Agile culture internationally and, on a scale, rarely explored.

Within Société Générale, you will join our Global Banking & Investors Solutions (GBIS) team which oversees our financing and investment banking, private banking, asset management and securities. We guarantee the quality and the reliability of transactions negotiated on all financial worldwide.

Technical Stack 

JAVA | Angular | React | IBM/RabbitMQ | Springboot | GitHub | Jenkins | SQL | SQL Server | PosGreSQL | Docker | Kubernetes | REST API

What will be your DAY-TO-DAY?

In this context, you will be a part of the Montreal Team, and you will oversee the following missions:

• Study, analyze and estimate user stories in the Equity derivatives business domain.
• Drive toward tech/non-tech solutions, assess either tactical or strategic approaches, assess timeframe of solution(s).
• Coordinating with business analysts and end users in understanding development needs and acquire signoffs.
• Develop code artifacts, deployment plans, technical upgrades in compliance with development standards.
• Ensure coding best practices are used by peers during pull request review and help on the onboarding of more junior members.
• Participate with Seniors developers on architecture discussion/decision.
• Coordinate with users to produce comprehensive test plan and develop user signoff criteria. Hands-on involvement in analysis and documentation of testing results and review with end-users.
• Participate in large software implementations covering quarterly upgrades and new functionality deployment
• Developing/Implementing internal user reports and extracts upon requests

Skills and Qualifications:

Must Have:

• Bachelor or a master’s degrees in computer science or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in a similar role 
• Ability to work with complex information systems
• Collaborative skills and Team oriented
• Sense of organization, methodical, analytical
• Communication skills

Nice to Have:

• Experience in corporate and investment banking or finance is a real asset.
• Knowledge of the market finance universe (equity markets, interest rates, derivatives, etc.)
• Architecture skills is an asset for the role
• Knowledge on Azure

Languages: French, English

Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States.

Due to US Federal Securities law applying to this position, candidates who will apply for this position will be required to submit to an enhanced background screening, including the collection of their fingerprints by a third-party vendor selected by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).

OUR BENEFITS:

WHAT WE DO DIFFERENTLY AT SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

Competitive compensation & benefits offering, including but not limited to:

• Minimum of 20 Vacation days + 4 personal days 
  • Supportive Maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave policy 
  • Health spending ($2,000/year) and personal spending ($1,000/year) accounts with 75+ eligible reimbursement categories (health, training, electronics etc.)
  • Fully sponsored virtual healthcare assistance and Employee Assistance Program to you and your immediate family
• Various Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to engage with such as Pride and Allies, American Women Network, Black Leadership Network, One planet, etc. 
• A culture of continuous development by encouraging our employees various training programs (online training and coaching platform such as Coursera, GoFluent, Pluralsight, First Finance, and others)

Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our Recruiters know.

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. For more information about our Culture and Conduct initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-culture/)

D&I: 
Our Diversity & Inclusion 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 Diversity & Inclusion 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

For more information about our D&I initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/societe-generale-about/diversity-and-inclusion/)

HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Societe Generale offers a hybrid work arrangement that offers employees the flexibility to work remotely, as well as on-site, in order to promote interaction and collaboration with colleagues while adhering to all SG standard protocols.  Hybrid work arrangements vary based on business area.  The applicable business lines will determine and communicate the work arrangements that best meet their business needs.