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 :


At PI Germany IT Solutions we provide modern development services and IT products that our consumers can use. This includes Frontend Applications like Web, Mobile or other fat client applications and furthermore, we develop and maintain necessary middleware applications and API products which can be used by internal or external customers.


In addition, we integrate and maintain 3rd party components, products into our solutions and providing additional services to business departments in order to archive the overall business objectives of BNPP PI Germany.


Job Title:


Developer - Platform Team


Date:


May-2024


Department:


IT Solutions


Location:


Chennai


Business Line / Function:


Dev Platform


Reports to:


(Direct)


NA


Grade:


(if applicable)


NA


(Functional)


Number of Direct Reports:


NA


Directorship / Registration:


NA

POSITION PURPOSE
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The Platform Developer manages and supports the domain development teams in the development and establishment of the Application Lifecycle and its technical workflows. They ensure the continuity of software construction and delivery, either through personal involvement or by influencing team members within the team and across the department to achieve short- and medium-term goals. The Platform Developer develops and implements the toolchain architecture as a contribution to high-quality quality assurance and delivery processes in accordance with applicable best practices (maintainable, secure, documented, scalable, testable, and in line with the needs of the domain development teams).

Responsibilities

DIRECT RESPONSIBILITIES
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Development:

• Analysis of requirements for software development process.
• Feasibility study of received requirements.
• To design feasible and efficient solution for the requirement.
• To develop solution based on best practices, which conforms to the requirements.
• To improve source code and their maintainability.
• To maintain the conformity of BNPP group standards for development process, software quality and security

Software Maintenance:

• To define and to execute 3rd level support tasks for systems and applications in charge.
• To do necessary bug fix and to execute small enhancement tasks
• To update integrated software libraries and components on-time to avoid obsolete solutions.

Problem Solving & Innovation:

• Analysis and continuous improvement:
• Planning and actively leading discussions to optimize architectures and software build and delivery methods and the possible use of new technologies.
• Improving the stability, scalability, performance, and security of the responsible pipelines.
• Developing prototypes based on new technologies within the framework of proof of concepts.
• Involving enterprise architecture in decisions regarding build and deployment architectures.
• Developing solutions jointly with those responsible for operational management.

CONTRIBUTING RESPONSIBILITIES
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• Ensuring the execution of 1st Level Support tasks for the components of the software construction and delivery platform.

TECHNICAL & BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES
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• Degree in business informatics, computer science, engineering or comparable and several years of professional experience
• At least 5 years of experience in software development
• Knowhow of modern software architectures and modern development concepts & processes
• Deep know how and understanding of respective development domain (Web, Mobile, Middleware, API, Platform, CRM, CMS etc.)
• Expert knowhow in necessary development tools and programming languages
• Expert knowhow in software requirement engineering and managing requirements
• Knowledge in software testing incl. unit test design & execution as well as E2E tests
• Basic knowledge in IT cyber security and secure software development
• Basic knowledge of banking economics (banking, trading, investing; products and transactions)
• Working in an agile environment with Scrum
• Very good English skills in words and writing

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS (IF REQUIRED)
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Software Development Frameworks:

• Extensive knowledge of current frameworks such as, React, ExpressJS, Angular.
• Basic Knowledge of current frameworks such as Python.

Version Control Systems:

• Extensive knowledge of the application of version control systems and their concepts, such as handling repositories, branching, commit, merging.
• Advanced knowledge of various branching concepts, review procedures, pipeline configurations.

Artifact Repositories:

• Extensive knowledge of the use of artifact repositories, at least based on one of the following build tools: Maven, Gradle, and formats Docker, Java, NPM.

Source Code Quality Management:

• Extensive knowledge of essential Clean Code principles and the treatment of code smells, issues, and bugs.

Vulnerability Management:

• Extensive knowledge of various secure coding principles and the essential vulnerability analysis, treatment, and management methods (SAST, DAST, SCA) and common tools.

Database Management:

• Knowledge of database systems such as Oracle / MongoDB/ Redis/ MSSQL/ Postgres.

Knowledge in the following areas and current technologies:

• CI/CD Tools: GitLab CI, Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, Nexus IQ, Fortify.
• Web and Application Servers: Apache Web Server, Tomcat, Nginx, JBoss.
• IDE: IntelliJ, Eclipse, Visual Studio Code.
• Cloud: OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Content Management: Confluence, Jira.

Skills Referential


Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)


Ability to collaborate / Teamwork


Organizational skills


Client focused


Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving


Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)


Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution


Analytical Ability


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Education Level:


Bachelor Degree or equivalent


Experience Level


At least 5 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

Competence


ReactJS/ExpressJS/Angular (Mandatory)


Python (Good to have)


Unit testing frameworks


Understanding of CI/CD Pipeline


Secure coding principles


Minimum years of expertise


5


3


5


3


3