About The Position
This is a hands-on technical leadership position in the making. You will work across product management, engineering, and client-facing discussions to evolve the design of a distributed ledger-based post-trade platform operating within regulated financial services. You will initially contribute as a senior engineer while progressively taking ownership of system-level architecture, solution design, and technical direction. This role is ideal for someone who wants to: Move from senior engineer to architect; Work on real financial market infrastructure problems; Combine deep technical thinking with business context; Shape a product at an early stage. You'll have real ownership and influence in a small, high-calibre team, with direct exposure to cutting-edge financial market infrastructure and a genuine say in product and architectural direction. The role offers a steep learning curve spanning technology, regulation, and market structure, along with a clear path to grow into a formal Technical & Solution Architect position.
Requirements
- Strong experience designing and building software products
- Solid understanding of distributed systems principles
- Experience with distributed ledgers and/or blockchain platforms
- Familiarity with tokenisation and digital asset concepts
- Strong API design experience (REST, event-driven architectures, etc.)
- Working knowledge of: Java; JavaScript; Solidity; SQL
- Understanding of post-trade processes
- Familiarity with: CSDR; Central securities depositories; DvP and RvP models; Atomic settlement
- Appreciation of regulatory constraints in financial infrastructure
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to adjust technical depth depending on audience
- Structured and persuasive thinking
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity
- Ambition to grow into a Technical & Solution Architect role
- Ownership mindset and startup resilience
Nice To Haves
- Strong motivation to learn financial services context
Responsibilities
- Design scalable, secure distributed systems in regulated environments
- Define and evolve system architecture, APIs, and integration patterns
- Apply appropriate software design patterns and architectural principles
- Contribute to smart contract and ledger design decisions
- Ensure auditability, resilience, and operational robustness
- Work with distributed ledger technologies and smart contracts.
- Design models for tokenised assets, natively digital assets, atomic settlement, DvP and RvP mechanisms, Central bank digital currency (CBDC) integration concepts
- Evaluate trade-offs between on-chain and off-chain components
- Translate regulatory and market structure requirements into technical design
- Understand settlement models and post-trade infrastructure
- Work within business frameworks such as CSDR and GDPR.
- Contribute production-quality code in Java, JavaScript, Solidity, SQL
- Review code and guide best practices
- Improve CI/CD, testing strategies, and observability
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to engineers, product management, clients, and regulators (where applicable)
- Tailor messaging to different audiences.
- Use structured thinking and persuasive communication to amplify the impact of our technology.
- Contribute to technical documentation and client materials.
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer
- Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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