Senior Software Engineer, Financial Engineering
Role Overview
Job requirements
• Proven engineering depth: You’re an experienced polyglot developer with 5+ years of demonstrated experience, whether through open-source contributions or real-world production systems with a track record of building things that matter.
• Production focused: You’ve designed, built and deployed systems that run in production and understand what it takes to keep them reliable and scalable.
• Committed to sustainable, high-quality development: You care about design excellence and back it up with robust testing practices — leveraging modern automation tools and methodologies to keep quality high and code maintainable.
• Systems designer: Experience with distributed systems, blockchains, security protocols, or cryptography is a plus.
• Technical experience: You hold a Master’s or PhD in computer science (or related field); or bring equivalent experience that demonstrates deep technical skill and curiosity.
• Functional mindset: Experience with functional programming is nice to have, but what matters most is clean, thoughtful and expressive code.
• Strong communicator: You can explain complex ideas clearly - in code, in writing, and in conversation.
Key Skills for This Role
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Job requirements
- Proven engineering depth: You’re an experienced polyglot developer with 5+ years of demonstrated experience, whether through open-source contributions or real-world production systems with a track record of building things that matter.
- Production focused: You’ve designed, built and deployed systems that run in production and understand what it takes to keep them reliable and scalable.
- Committed to sustainable, high-quality development: You care about design excellence and back it up with robust testing practices — leveraging modern automation tools and methodologies to keep quality high and code maintainable.
- Systems designer: Experience with distributed systems, blockchains, security protocols, or cryptography is a plus.
- Technical experience: You hold a Master’s or PhD in computer science (or related field); or bring equivalent experience that demonstrates deep technical skill and curiosity.
- Functional mindset: Experience with functional programming is nice to have, but what matters most is clean, thoughtful and expressive code.
- Strong communicator: You can explain complex ideas clearly - in code, in writing, and in conversation. Experience writing technical documentation is a bonus.
- Financial prowess: Familiarity with financial markets or related systems is a bonus, but not required - we value an eagerness to learn just as much as prior domain knowledge.
- Hybrid role based in Switzerland, the UK, Hungary or Hong Kong.
- Consider applying even when you do not match all criteria as we are open to applications from different seniority levels.
Job responsibilities
- Build and ship great software: Contribute hands-on across our Scala / TypeScript / Daml codebases - writing clean, reliable and maintainable code that moves our product forward.
- Bring your technical depth: Use your experience in engineering, architecture and production systems to help the team make smart, scalable decisions.
- Collaborate from idea to delivery: Be part of planning, design, and implementation discussions - shaping solutions that balance technical excellence with real-world impact.
- Help others grow: Review code, share feedback and mentor teammates. Raise the bar by leading with curiosity, empathy, and a focus on continuous improvement.
- Build with everyone in mind: We’re a team that thrives on diverse perspectives and shared ownership where every voice matters and everyone plays a key role in our success.
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Privacy-enabled blockchain infrastructure for global institutional finance.
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