Senior Software Engineer

From our office in the Prime Tower, Zurich, we build cloud-native systems that enable institutional clients to access, trade, and manage digital assets securely and efficiently., Our platform runs on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), orchestrated with Kubernetes, and consists of ~25 microservices engineered for high availability and multi-region capability. You will work closely with fellow engineers, SRE, Security, Operations, Trading, and Settlement teams to ensure our systems remain robust, secure, and scalable.

If you enjoy working with distributed systems, clean architecture, and cloud-native infrastructure, you will feel at home here.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services across trading, custody, settlement, staking, and pledging

• Take ownership of key microservices within an about 25-service distributed architecture

• Ensure system performance, reliability, high availability, and readiness for multi-region operation

• Develop Java-based services using Vert.x or Spring

• Integrate with internal and external systems via REST, WebSocket, FIX, and occasionally SWIFT

• Deploy and operate services in GCP + Kubernetes

• Improve automation and delivery pipelines using ArgoCD

• Diagnose and address issues in distributed systems

• Participate in architecture discussions, incident reviews, and continuous improvement

• Share knowledge and mentor other engineers

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience with a focus on Java.

• Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems.

• Experience with GCP, Kubernetes, and CI/CD workflows., * Degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally building production-grade systems

• Strong Java experience and good understanding of microservice architecture

• Solid knowledge of distributed systems patterns (resilience, retries, timeouts, etc.)

• Hands-on experience with GCP, Kubernetes, and cloud-native design is a plus

• Familiarity with REST, WebSocket, FIX; SWIFT is a plus

• Experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases

• Understanding of high availability and multi-region deployment strategies

• Experience with CI/CD workflows and GitOps using ArgoCD

• Interest in digital assets and/or blockchain technologies

• Strong sense of quality, reliability, and security

• Professional proficiency in English (German is a plus)

Crypto Finance Group, part of Deutsche Börse Group, provides professional digital asset solutions to institutional clients. The Group comprises Crypto Finance AG, regulated by FINMA in Switzerland, offering trading, custody, and wallet services, as well as Crypto Finance (Deutschland) GmbH, regulated by BaFin in Germany, offering trading and custody services. As of 25 January 2025, Crypto Finance secured a MiCAR license for the European market as one of the first providers in the EU. Crypto Finance AG is a SIX-approved crypto custodian for ETP issuers.