Senior Software Engineer

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you

Senior Software Developer - Job Description

Apex Risk Technologies (ART) is a leading fintech firm and a critical part of the Apex Group, a global financial services provider. ART clients include alternative investment funds, banks, and fund management companies (ManCo’s). At ART we have a passion for finance and technology with a strong commitment to research and development in order to continuously innovate and improve client solutions within an open and collegiate environment.

ART’s core solution is RiskMonitor®, which provides an independent appraisal of investment risk compliance and financial risk exposures. RiskMonitor® produces customisable risk reporting suitable for boards, risk committees and investors as well as risk data required for regulatory submissions.

ART is a fast-growing business and we are looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our team in Barcelona. In this role, and reporting to ART’s CTO, you will liaise with the quantitative development team in Barcelona and Apex technology management colleagues globally to ensure the successful evolution of the ART business unit within Apex. This role will also involve liaison with business partners, technology vendors and client counterparties, and colleagues within the Apex Group.

This role would suit an ambitious technology professional with a keen and demonstrable interest in quantitative finance.

Job responsibilities:

Production Release Cycle

• Ownership of business technology processes and documentation
• Coordination and development of source control and change management processes
• Rationalisation of database table and stored procedures

Key Development Initiatives

• Work closely with product specific working groups to develop new and / or refactor existing databases
• Promote more efficient database connectivity and operations throughout code base
• Promote better and more scalable development practices
• Enable development of ART API functionality

Internal projects

• Support SOC1/ ISAE 3402 assurance implementation

Partner liaison

• Regular proactive client engagement on ART KPIs and RiskMonitor usage

Role Requirements:

• Strong Microsoft knowledge in .NET, Visual Studio and SQL Server
• 3 to 5 years professional experience
• Demonstrable source control experience ideally with both GIT and SVN
• Good business acumen
• Excellent communication skills (English)

Desirable Attributes

• Interest in MATLAB
• Demonstrable interest in quantitative finance

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent.

Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

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