GM IT Platform Engineering

Job Title:
GM IT Platform Engineering

Department
: Global Markets IT, CIB IT

*About Business Line/Function:*
The Global Markets (GM) business of BNP Paribas helps its Corporate and Institutional clients leverage capital markets across the globe for their financing, risk management and investment needs. This encompasses a wide range of financial products ranging from foreign exchange to complex Equity Derivatives that are traded in financial markets across the globe 24/7. IT systems are integral to the business and are a key part of the value proposition to clients. These IT systems range from industry standard products for standard process automation to internally developed, often, market leading IT applications. The IT teams owning these IT systems are made up of functions that include Technical and Application production support, Business Analysis & Project Management, Development & Maintenance and Quality Control. BNP Paribas India Solutions is an equal partner in these IT functions along with colleagues in other locations including Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, Singapore & Hong Kong. This partnership ranges from sharing the IT workload, executing global strategy to owning global applications offshore. The technology and engineering landscape is wide, encompassing almost all techniques and platforms. It continues to evolve and transform with the market with the business continuing to invest in it.

Position Purpose:
We are looking for a passionate technologist to design, architect, develop and deploy software solutions. The successful candidate will be able to Build high quality, innovative and fully performing software in compliance with coding standards and technical design.

Design, architect, modify, refactor, develop, write and implement high quality software applications.

Measure and tune application performance as per non-functional requirement. Perform code review to ensure high code quality.

Support SDLC cycle, DevSecOps, integration with monitoring and observability tools.

Participate in the testing process through test case review and analysis. Exposure to test and deployment automation.

Good collaboration with Onshore and Offshore teams

Requires a bachelor's degree in a related area and 12+ years of experience in Development. Has knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices and procedures within a particular field. Rely on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job. Work under immediate supervision. Primary job functions do not typically require exercising independent judgment. Typically reports to a manager.

*Responsibilities*
Direct Responsibilities

• Software Development & Design

Produce high‑quality, innovative, and fully functional software in strict accordance with established coding standards and architectural guidelines.

Design, architect, refactor, and implement complex software applications, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

Conduct thorough performance analysis(JVM tuning); measure, tune, and optimize applications to satisfy defined non‑functional requirements (latency, throughput, resource utilization, etc.).

• Code Quality & Governance

Lead and participate in formal code‑review processes to uphold excellence in code quality, security, and consistency.

Enforce adherence to software development lifecycle (SDLC) policies and best‑practice frameworks.

• DevSecOps & Automation

Integrate applications with CI/CD pipelines, implementing automated build, test, and deployment workflows.

Incorporate security controls and monitoring/observability solutions (e.g., logging, metrics, tracing) within the delivery pipeline.

• Testing & Release Management

Contribute to the testing strategy, including test‑case design, review, and analysis.

Drive test automation and support continuous delivery practices to ensure reliable, repeatable releases.

Contributing Responsibilities

Work effectively with cross‑functional teams located on‑shore and off‑shore, fostering transparent communication and knowledge sharing. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers as required.

• Guide / mentor / review other team members' deliveries and set up technical best practices
• Implement / Improve DevOps Pipeline for production delivery.
• Interact with functional and technical architects to design enterprise solutions.
• Conduct / Drive workshops and technical forums within the department on tech trends.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Technical Skills:

• Java (up to Java 17 ideally), Concurrency, GC Tuning, Collections, Garbage Collectors
• Spring Boot, Rest APIs, JMS, EJB, Hibernate
• DevSecOps, Jenkins, Maven, Sonar, Git, Artifactory, exposure to python/shell scripting
• Good understanding of RDBMS and No-SQL DBs, performance tuning, and internal architecture.
• Strong problem-solving skills, Algorithms, Data structures, OS concepts
• Proficient in application design, enterprise & Integration patterns, event driven architecture.
• Exposure to microservices, distributed systems, application observability, and distributed tracing.
• In dept understanding of modern messaging and caching systems like Kafka/Ignite/Redis.
• Develop scalable and resilient systems deployed in multiple DCs.
• Identify performance bottleneck and optimize to improve latency and throughput.
• Create and maintain technical documentation – design/architecture/deployment/flowcharts.

Behavioral Skills:

• End to end application tech ownership, maintain book of work, collaboration with global teams.
• Lead a team of developers and provide technical guidance, code review, and mentoring.

*Specific Qualifications:*

• 12+ years of technical experience (Preferred BFSI industry)
• Exposure to migrating legacy applications to latest tech stack
• Good to have exposure to cloud platforms, and containerization technologies

*Technical Skills:
Skills Referential
(
Required knowledge, skills and abilities)*

• Java (up to Java 21 ideally),
• Jvm, GC Tuning, Collections, Garbage Collectors
• Jenkins, Maven, Sonar, Git, Artifactory
• Python and Bash scripts
• DSA, Distributed system
• SQL, No SQL

*Behavioral Skills:*
Problem solving

Collaboration

Mentorship

Curiosity for technology

Education Level:
B.E or equivalent

Location:
Bengaluru

*About BNP Paribas Group:*
BNP Paribas is the European Union's leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group's commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.

*About BNP Paribas India Solutions:*
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union's leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.