Principal Solutions Engineer - Integration Specialist in London

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

The goal of the EMEA Integrations Solutions Engineer (Presales Integration Specialist) is to act as a subject matter expert for integration technologies with a focus on API and system connectivity across Financial Technology platforms. Key responsibilities include guiding solution design across cloud environments and technologies while supporting sales activities such as tenders, RFPs, Proof of Concepts and Workshops.

You will be part of a team of more than 30 consultants across EMEA. In the role as Principal Solutions Engineer, you will work closely with the Sales and Customer Success Management teams to understand the client needs and requirements. You will provide high quality presentations, workshops and PoCs (proof of concept) in displaying the flexibility of the SimCorp suites of solutions to integrate both upstream and downstream through standard interfaces and custom where relevant.

You will be reporting to the Senior Director leading the EMEA Data & Communications Solutions Engineering team.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Analysing workflows and requirements of prospects and linking these to SimCorp standard integrations or showcasing the flexibility for custom integrations.
• A champion of AI – promoting automation and efficiency within SimCorp and utilising AI for integration between enterprise platforms.
• Mapping requests from customers with the product and services offered by SimCorp.
• Providing high quality responses to prospective client RFIs (request for information) and RFPs (request for proposal).
• Contributing to and delivering SimCorp One (SimCorp’s core platform) presentations, demos, workshops, and POCs.
• Effectively communicating the benefits and value of SimCorp's solutions to prospective clients.
• Obtaining a thorough understanding of SimCorp's sales model and relevant processes.
• Gaining and maintaining knowledge of SimCorp's product and service portfolio.
• Sharing expertise.

WHAT WE VALUE

Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. How you gained the skills needed for doing that is less important. We expect you to be proficient in several of the following skills and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest.

• Domain expertise in APIs (RESTful/SOAP), middleware, data platforms (Snowflake) and data migration.
• Python or similar interpreted languages (Java, JavaScript).
• Knowledge of industry communication protocols such as SWIFT and FIX.
• Firm understanding of AI and a drive to bridge the gap between AI models (like LLMs) and SimCorp solutions.
• Very good presentation or system demo skills.
• Great consulting and communication skills (both written and oral).
• Methodical and structured approach.
• Experience in a similar technical role in the financial services industry or consulting firm is nice to have.
• Fluency in English is essential (spoken and written). French or German skills would be beneficial.
• Flexibility to travel within EMEA (approx. 5 days/month).

BENEFITS

SimCorp provides a range of benefits that may influence decisions regarding job offers. With operations in more than 30 offices globally, the benefits package can differ depending on the country. SimCorp implements a global hybrid work policy, requiring employees to be in the office two days per week and permitting remote work on other days. Additional information about location-specific benefits is available from the recruiter.

NEXT STEPS

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed.

At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

For any questions you are welcome to contact Azeta GUITI our Lead Talent Acquisition Partner. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp and you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above, but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

WHO WE ARE

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 4,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds.

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.