Software Engineer

The client is a large Financial organisation in Luxembourg requiring a further contract consultant as follows:- Software Engineer (f/m)

Tasks/responsibilities:
Broad range of development activities including (not limited to):
Working with business and functional analysts to determine settlement solutions.;
Functional and Technical Design.;
Coding of solutions.;
Perform applications testing (unit, integration, regression) of large scale systems.;
Supporting all activities related to end to end testing including support for business testers.;
Analysing production system issues and providing support to internal customers.;
Performance analysis and application tuning.

Qualifications/required skills:
Some development experience with Java, C++, Unix, SQL.;
Appreciation of software development and test process for mission critical systems.;
Team player.;
Quality focussed and able to make a contribution to productivity improvements.;
Delivery and deadline driven.;
Excellent communication skills.;
Flexible approach to work commitments.

Additional Skills considered as an advantage:
Functional understanding of key processes (ie matching, validation, settlement).;
Experience of development methodologies and life-cycles.;
Any team leading experience.;
Experience with Clearcase;
UML design experience;
Knowledge of Perl/Shell Scripts to aid development analysis.;
Application compilation/linking.;
Performance tuning experience.

Assignment Details:
Assignment: full-time;

Location: Luxembourg;
Starting date: as soon as possible
Duration: the assignment is currently foreseen for a period of 3 months (optional extension might follow)