About BNP Paribas 

BNP Paribas is one of Europe’s leading banks with an international presence in 68 countries and more than 193,000 employees. We provide clients with financing, investment, savings and risk management solutions while maintaining the highest ethical standards.  

In the UK, our history dates back to 1867. Today, our clients benefit from our global reach, expertise and long-term commitment to building a responsible and sustainable financial future.  

Business Area 

Technology underpins everything we do at BNP Paribas. We are looking for high calibre graduates to join our business focused Technology team. You could be working with any of our business groups and financial products within Corporate and Institutional Banking to provide technology solutions to business problems and identify opportunities to use the IT platform to support the business evolution. 

This could mean:  

• Building new applications for our trading floors  
• Supporting our sales teams with IT platforms  
• Enhancing our risk measurement and pricing tools  
• Setting up infrastructure for new cloud computer networks 
• Improving our e-commerce and trade processing systems  
• You will not only work with cutting-edge technology but also gain an understanding of the business problems it solves.  

The Graduate Programme 

Our Graduate programme in Technology provides a unique opportunity to spend 12 exciting months at the Bank. 

At the end of the programme, you could be given an opportunity to be a permanent analyst. 

What You’ll Do  

You could be working in one, or multiple, technical area(s) of Technology as detailed below. 

Business and Technical Analysis  

• Build and nurture strong relationships with platform stakeholders to understand and deliver project requirements. 
• Capture, analyse, and document functional and non functional specifications so development teams can translate them into solutions. 
• Participate in Agile prioritisation ceremonies, advocating for timely delivery of work items. 
• Decompose into actionable JIRA tickets, ensuring clear acceptance criteria and estimates. 
• Provide regular status updates to managers and keep project boards current. 
• Investigate and troubleshoot production incidents, leveraging knowledge of previous work and collaborating with peers. 
• Develop an in depth understanding of the platform architecture to propose robust, scalable solutions. 

Application Development  

• End-to-end development of key platform components, from design through to deployment. 
• Conduct thorough impact analysis to make informed architectural and implementation decisions. 
• Partner with QA, Test, and Business Analyst teams to guarantee smooth, release-ready code. 
• Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies to fellow developers and BAs, maintaining transparency across the squad. 
• Act as a third level escalation point for the Support team, diagnosing and correcting production level code defects. 

Product Implementation, Analysis and Support  

• Deliver premium grade support to both business and IT users, ensuring rapid resolution of issues. 
• Produce clear, step by step documentation to enrich the team’s knowledge base and standardise operating procedures. 
• Log, categorise, and track incidents in accordance with ITIL best practices, following through to closure. 
• Acquire comprehensive knowledge of the product suite and relevant business domains to provide expert guidance. 
• Collaborate with global colleagues to maintain consistent, high quality support across all regions. 
• Prepare and validate release environments, coordinating pre-production testing and ensuring successful implementation. 

What We’re Looking For 

 To join the Technology Graduate programme, you must be completing your degree course in 2026 (or be within two years of graduating) and have: 

• Good communications skills – both written and verbal 
• Excellent academic background, predicted minimum 2:1 in Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) 
• The ability to work well within a team and to form good working relationships with external stakeholders and sponsors 
• Exceptional attention to detail 
• Curiosity and keenness to learn 
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills 
• Basic understanding of financial markets 
• Experience with either: Python, C#, C++, Java, Angular JS, IIS, SQL or similar 

Conduct  

• Be a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct  
• Demonstrate proactivity, transparency, and accountability for identifying and managing conduct risks  
• Consider the implications of your actions on colleagues  
• And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).  

Why Join Us  

1. A great place to work 

We offer flexible working options (including hybrid, where applicable) and a collaborative culture that values balance and inclusion. We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include: 

• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.
• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance. 
• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support. 
• Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre. 
• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits. 

*Subject to relevant caps 

2. A positive impact 

We are committed to Net Zero in our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon. We also support our communities, with every employee receiving four volunteering days each year.  

3. A focus on growth 

We invest in our people through training, mentoring and career development. In 2024, nearly half of our UK Corporate & Institutional Banking roles were filled internally.  

You will also join an inclusive culture, supported by networks such as Pride, Ability, MixCity (gender equality), Women in Global Markets, Multicultural Network and more.  

Equal Opportunities 

We are committed to providing a work environment that promotes diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities for all.  

Adjustments 

If you have a disability or health condition that may require adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know early so we can support you.  

Additional Information 

You may only apply for one Graduate programme per academic year (Global Banking, Global Markets, Technology or Securities Services)  

Successful candidates for this Graduate programme will be considered for Technology ONLY  

Successful candidates for this Graduate programme will be considered for London ONLY