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Trainee C# Developer

Salary Range
£75,608 - £87,692
£6,301 - £7,308 / mo

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London, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

Responsibilities

Description of the Business Line or Department

The aim of our Service Unit (GBSU) is to deliver day-to-day services to GBIS Business Units and their clients to accelerate the transformation. GBSU is organised under the following structure:

  • A transversal client group
  • Eight service and product orientated entities
  • A transversal data entity
  • Seven centres of expertise

Within each of these groups are dedicated Information Technology (IT) & OPER (Operations) teams who are aligned with the mandate of the Support Unit groups.

The aim of the IT teams of GBIS is to translate ideas into action by combining the strength of expertise in IT with a deep understanding of investment banking. While the OPER teams are in charge of processing and controlling transactions initiated by the GBIS business lines.

The Fixed Income and Currencies business line gives access to a large scope of exposure and opportunities across Interest Rate, Foreign Exchange, Inflation and Multi-asset universes. Supported by extensive research, engineering, trading and e-commerce capabilities, we offer strategic insights strategy, flow information, competitive pricing and seamless execution to our clients across rates, credit, FX and emerging markets.

This role is for a trainee software developer for the Credit team to work in partnership with the Credit trading team. The team is responsible for the Pricing and E-trading Tools used by the trading desks in London, Paris, New York and Hong Kong. The technology used is C# with Docker/Kubernetes front to back and Scrum based methodology.

Summary of the key purposes of the role

  • C# .Net full stack development of Pricing and E-Trading applications
  • Engage with other team members to design new and refactor existing applications
  • Work closely with business in order to build new functionalities and support existing

Summary of responsibilities

Development

  • Collaborating with users to understand user needs and translate requirements into systems
  • Reviewing and designing the architecture for the new systems
  • Build applications for various front office businesses
  • Collaborate with other teams (networking, support, architects, others development teams)
  • Estimating effort and ensuring timely delivery
  • Ensuring agile and continuous delivery methodology is followed
Profile required

Competencies

EDUCATION: Bachelors Degree or BTEC in Computer Science or Similar

Must have experience

  • Basic coding experience

Good to have experience

  • Good C# knowledge and Unit Testing
  • Understanding of WPF
  • Web Api with .Net Core and WCF
  • Experience in multithreaded application development
  • Working with Git/ GitFlow and TeamCity
  • Microservices design and implementation knowledge and specially Docker/Kubernetes
  • Using and implementing Elastic Search
  • MS SQL Server knowledge
  • Working in an Agile development team
  • Understanding of dependency injection, IoC
  • Working with enterprise level messaging middleware (Tibco EMS, TREP/RMDS) and QuickFix
  • Experience with RabbitMq
  • Unit Testing with NUnit and Moq
  • Interest in or experience with Azure
Why join us

People join for the impact they can have on us. They stay for the impact we have on them. A flatter structure offers visibility and exposure beyond that of our competitors, so you know our names, and we know yours. It's personable, human, and inspires success through passion. By encouraging open mindedness and a willingness to share ideas, we have adapted to market changes and thrived through innovation. Bringing words like “hard work” and “dedication” together with “community” and “respect” has enabled us to work collaboratively and build our future together. We call this Team Spirit and it's what makes us different. It's what makes you different.

Business insight

If you feel you have the required experience and qualifications, then please apply to the SG Resourcing Team, and we will manage your application. At Société Générale, we believe our people are our strength and are core to the success of our business. As such, we search for, recruit and appoint the best available person on the basis of aptitude and ability, regardless of sex, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, pregnancy, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or gender identity.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. Societe Generale is committed to recognizing and promoting all talents, regardless of their beliefs, age, disability, parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organisation, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination. Reference: 230004J1 Entity: SG CIB Starting date: 2023/04/10 Publication date: 2023/02/22

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

⚖️ Official regulatory reference: UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) & Home Office Sponsor Register.

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Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Trainee C# Developer roles across Société Générale's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Investment & Asset Management.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £75,608 - £87,692 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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