Job Description

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:


Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union's leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.


About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is the European Union's leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group's commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability


Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion


At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.


About Business line/Function:


The Global Markets business of BNP Paribas helps its corporate and institutional clients leverage capital markets across the globe for their financing, risk management and investment needs. This encompasses a wide range of financial products ranging from foreign exchange to complex Equity Derivatives that are traded in financial markets across the globe 24/7. IT systems are integral to the business and are a key part of the value proposition to clients. These IT systems range from industry standard products for standard process automation to internally developed, often, market leading IT applications. The IT teams owning these IT systems are made up of functions that include Technical and Application production support, Business Analysis & Project Management, Development & Maintenance and Quality Control. BNP Paribas India Solutions is an equal partner in these IT functions along with colleagues in other locations including Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, Singapore & Hong Kong. This partnership ranges from sharing the IT workload, executing global strategy to owning global applications offshore. The technology and engineering landscape is wide, encompassing almost all techniques and platforms. It continues to evolve and transform with the market with the business continuing to invest in it.


APEX Team (GM IT Booking, PnL, Reg, Ref) currently consist of its Dev Team spread across Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, London, Lisbon and New York. We support a Repo booking system called Apex provided by FIS. User base of these application are global, and we regularly interact with the business from many BNPP entities. In addition to the day-to-day support and enhancements to the system we are heavily involved in the group projects that span across the full front to back chain.


Job Title:


Date:


Department:


GMIT


Location:


Business Line / Function:


Booking, PnL, Ref, Reg


Reports to:


(Direct)


Grade:


(if applicable)


(Functional)


Number of Direct Reports:


Directorship / Registration:


NA

POSITION PURPOSE
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C++ Developer in the APEX team who will be responsible for maintenance and enhancements of different projects related to Repos domain.

Responsibilities

DIRECT RESPONSIBILITIES
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• The developer will be required to do new developments, extensive analysis, Maintenance, and bug fixes.
• When required will do re-factorization of existing code for performance improvements and optimization.
• The developer is required to show a steep learning curve to understand the application flows and independently work in the scrum.
• Provide requisite information in the Jira, Intra Wiki or Word document as per the prescribed format for the team.
• Would participate and contribute to the projects' design, estimation, release, and post release activities.
• Perform code reviews of the team and technically guide the juniors.
• Is expected to learn about the product and all parts of the system at code level.
• Is required to frequently interact (by email/ chat/ phone/ Video Conference) with business Analysts, other application and architecture teams, production support in multiple locations.
• The developer is expected to take on tasks independently and own them across all stages of the SDLC.

CONTRIBUTING RESPONSIBILITIES
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• Team player.
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders.
• Adhere to timelines set for delivery.
• Open to new technology adaptions, learning and implementation within the project.
• Maintain the team practices and processes, retrospectives.
• Code review
• Status reporting to technical and functional managers

TECHNICAL & BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES
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• Sound knowledge of Software Engineering and Object-Oriented programming
• High level of comfort and expertise in C++ programming including STL, multi-threaded applications and Services
• Sound knowledge of RDBMS / SQL
• Very good in investigating issues and providing solutions.
• Possess the ability to explain and articulate solutions and work constructively with others including more senior and junior members in the team to implement the same.
• Good to have experience of IBM MQ
• Demonstrate the ability to show initiative and take the lead solving business focused technical problems.
• Very good in investigating issues and providing solutions.
• Have a "can do" attitude that focuses on resolving the overall problem in the medium and long term as well as meeting the short-term objectives.
• Willingness and ability to put in effort even when not explicitly requested to do so
• DevOps Knowledge - Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins and Ansible.
• Very Good knowledge of RDBMS / SQL

Nice to have technical Skills

• Experience in PL//SQL Oracle.
• Knowledge of C# .NET.
• Knowledge of the Global Markets (Bonds and Repos)
• Knowledge of APEX application by FIS
• Experience on using monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Splunk, etc

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS (IF REQUIRED)
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• 8+ years' work experience in IT development or support

Skills Referential


Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)


Ability to collaborate / Teamwork


Decision Making


Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving


Communication skills - oral & written


Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)


Analytical Ability


Ability to understand, explain and support change


Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution


Ability to develop others & improve their skills


Ability to develop and leverage networks


Education Level:


Bachelor Degree or equivalent


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Experience Level


At least 8 years


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Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)