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.
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 specialised 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
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.
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 work load, 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.
Job Title:
Python Full Stack Developer
Date:
01/16/2025
Department:
GMIT
Location:
Chennai
Business Line / Function:
Trade Surveillance
Reports to:
(Direct)
Grade:
(if applicable)
NA
(Functional)
Number of Direct Reports:
NA
Directorship / Registration:
NA
Position Purpose
The person will be a key member of the Market Abuse IT team that is tasked to deliver multiple complex projects in the Trade Surveillance area. This role is within the Conduct, Control and Surveillance IT team. The team utilizes SONATA 2.0 infrastructure and technology to develop enhance & maintain Compliance Surveillance Models for BNP Paribas.
The candidate will collaborate with the Compliance & Financial Security teams and be a “go to” for technical execution of the product. The candidate is responsible to partner with all the functional and project leads in designing the solution and taking ownership of the execution and delivery. The candidate will recommend alternative solutions, design, integrate, and implement the right enterprise solutions for Compliance.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
- Work independently in application development / support / enhancements / bug-fixing.
- Utilize understanding of design principles in creating custom software solutions or modifying packages solutions
- Be a part of IT team to develop and contribute to initiatives that transform and modernize the capabilities and services of the Compliance and Trade Compliance function.
- Work with Compliance to identify appropriate models to cover various scenarios and validate existing setup.
- Ensure adherence to Bank and information systems policies and procedures, security measures and audit standards.
- Mentor junior team members on the technology & processes front.
- Share knowledge and skills with others within the team from time to time.
- Prepare high quality test plans and conduct the tests at Unit, Regression, Integration, Code reviews.
- Ensuring that the project and organization standards are followed during various phases of software development life cycle and day to day development work.
Contributing Responsibilities
- Contribute towards knowledge sharing initiatives and upskilling of other team members.
- Contribute to development/Writing of Technical Specifications document, Test plan, and Test Cases
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
- Excellent Knowledge & Understanding of Python, Pandas and Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL.
- Good Knowledge & Understanding of data modelling.
- Flair for learning new tools & technology.
- 4-6 years of experience in Banking IT, with a good understanding of the Corporate and Institutional Banking activity. Knowledge of Capital Markets an asset.
- Good knowledge and understanding of Windows Batch or PowerShell scripting.
- Good knowledge in systems, application frameworks, database optimization, and experience being responsible for the success of software development projects.
- Proven record interpreting and fulfilling requirements by developing high performing, scalable and maintainable solutions with multiple technologies.
- Hands-on experience with SDLC methodologies and best practices including Waterfall Process, Agile methodologies, deployment automation, code reviews, and test-driven development.
- Strong coordination and organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills and multi-tasking capabilities.
- Being aware of new technologies and frameworks.
- Experience and knowledge of Python language features like basic data types, functions with keywords args, default args, variable length args.
- Experience in using Python database API with any relational database like Oracle/SQL Server using pure Python or native database driver.
- Experience in using built in collection types [for example: sequence types, dict, sets].
- Experience in using text manipulation facilities like regex, string methods from the standard library.
- Experience in reading and manipulating various file types like XML [using standard module like Element Tree], JSON, CSV.
- Experience in using file and directory manipulation modules like paths, globs from the standard library.
- Knowledge of widely used libraries in data science like NumPy, Pandas is a must.
- Visualization is a good to have but not on the mandatory path.
- Knowledge and Experience in using collections from the collections module will be good to have though not mandatory.
- Familiarity with using context managers.
- Familiarity with date manipulation using modules like datetime.
- Knowledge of Generators will be good to have though not mandatory.
- Familiarity with Object Oriented Python and magic methods.
Specific Qualifications (if required)
Skills Referential
Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)
Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
Decision Making
Ability to share / pass on knowledge
Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving
Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)
Ability to understand, explain and support change
Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution
Ability to set up relevant performance indicators
Analytical Ability
Ability to develop and adapt a process
Education Level:
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Experience Level
At least 5 years
Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)
