Associate, Software Developer

The Associate is responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and support of the Bank’s platforms and software solutions. The Associate plays a critical role within the squad, taking a lead on designing, developing and optimising EBRD’s infrastructure and software solutions within their own value stream. The Associate provides guidance to individual contributors and works closely with other multi‑functional teams and business product owners, to deliver high quality, product aligned services that meet our users’ needs. The role may involve leading small projects and the individual is expected to be proficient in software design and ability to implement CI/CD pipeline, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) or technologies within their specialism.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Responsible for debugging and troubleshooting to resolve software issues.
• Accountable for designing and developing large‑scale, high‑availability backend systems.
• Responsible for API design principles, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems.
• Responsible for hands‑on experience with messaging systems (ActiveMQ, Azure Service Bus) and event‑driven architecture.
• Responsible for containerisation, Kubernetes, and cloud‑native development.
• Week to month responsibility for design, development, testing, and maintenance of high‑quality software solutions.
• Operates without supervision in writing clear, maintainable, and well‑documented code.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining RESTful APIs ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Responsible for integrating third‑party services and APIs.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Extensive working experience in C/C++ (preferably C++17 or later) and C#, Oracle; knowledge of Python/Perl is preferable.
• Extensive working experience in Summit SDK, Summit Meta model, Summit STP/RT process, Summit State Transition, Summit Interfaces, Accounting, Documents, Pricing, Summit FT.
• Extensive working experience in developing and optimising RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Confident with relational databases (Oracle SQL).
• Extensive working experience with messaging systems such as ActiveMQ or Azure Service Bus.
• Responsible for code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices for development.
• Confident in writing unit and integration tests using frameworks like Google unit test to ensure code quality.
• Confident in managing complex automated testing frameworks and tools to ensure the reliability and performance of C/C++ solutions.
• Solid understanding of deployment and release processes, ensuring smooth rollouts of new features.
• Extensive working experience in monitoring production systems, investigating issues, and providing timely resolutions.
• Extensive working experience in maintaining clear documentation of code and processes specific to SUMMIT, following established guidelines.
• Confident in providing ongoing support and troubleshooting for SUMMIT solutions.
• Extensive working experience to automate repetitive tasks and improve development workflows using scripting and DevOps practices.
• Extensive working experience in DevOps.
• Extensive working experience in designing and implementing data models and schemas for SUMMIT solutions.
• Solid understanding to evaluate and recommend best practices for integrating SUMMIT with external systems and third‑party services.
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical thinking skills.
• Ability to work in a team‑oriented environment.
• Effective communication with peers and willingness to ask questions.
• Basic documentation and technical writing skills.
• Ability to manage time and tasks effectively in an Agile environment.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, respecting race, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. We promote inclusive practices and flexible working arrangements.