Application Manager: Crypto Finance in Zurich

Wired Currencies; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Crypto Finance in Zurich, Switzerland is seeking an Application Manager - Trading to own the operation and improvement of trading platforms, manage second-line production incidents, and coordinate releases. This on-site, full-time role requires five+ years of production or operations experience in financial services, with a focus on trading systems, API connectivity, and incident analysis.

You will work with product, engineering, trading and clients to ensure reliability, security, and

Qualifications

• Five or more years of production platform operations or management in financial services is required.
• Knowledge of trading systems, order-management workflows, API connectivity, release coordination, incident analysis, and backlog management.
• Preferred experience includes digital-asset infrastructure, market making, low-latency or high-frequency trading, Confluence documentation, client or vendor onboarding, custody, wallets, and post-trade systems.

Responsibilities

• The role operates and improves trading platforms, manages second-line production incidents, and coordinates releases and change control.
• Production tickets, improvement backlogs, application configuration, and knowledge resources remain part of the daily operating scope.
• Institutional client integrations require connectivity through FIX, REST, and WebSocket APIs; supports conformance testing and coordinates with clients, vendors, cloud teams, engineering, trading, operations, relationship managers, and delivery partners.

Skills

Production platform operations

Financial services experience

Trading systems

API connectivity

Incident analysis

Release coordination

Backlog management

Job description

Crypto Finance's Application Manager - Trading role is a full-time position in Zurich, Switzerland. The role is onsite and owns second-line production support for trading applications used in institutional digital-asset services. Salary: Not provided by the employer.

The position requires at least five years operating or managing production-grade trading or financial-technology platforms in financial services. The work covers incidents, releases, integrations, application configuration, documentation, and coordination across product, engineering, trading, operations, clients, and delivery partners. Application deadline: Not provided by the employer.

Role: Application Manager - Trading

Employer: Crypto Finance

Location: Zurich, Switzerland

Work mode: Onsite

Employment type: Full-time

Salary: Not provided by the employer

Application deadline: Not provided by the employer

Trading Platform Ownership

The role operates and improves trading platforms, manages second-line production incidents, and coordinates releases and change control. Production tickets, improvement backlogs, application configuration, and knowledge resources remain part of the daily operating scope.

Institutional client integrations require connectivity through FIX, REST, and WebSocket APIs. The application manager supports conformance testing and coordinates with clients, vendors, cloud teams, engineering, trading, operations, relationship managers, and delivery partners.

Production Reliability And Control

Incident management includes root-cause analysis and the follow-through required to improve reliability, speed, and scalability. Jira or a similar ticketing and backlog system is part of the stated technical environment.

• Manage L2 production incidents and root-cause work.
• Coordinate releases, change control, and integration testing.
• Configure applications and maintain production tickets.
• Support the Product Manager with platform improvements.
• Maintain security, regulatory, DORA, and platform documentation work.

The role also coordinates the operational handoff between product decisions and production delivery. A second-line owner therefore needs to keep technical, client, and regulatory information aligned without losing the detail needed for incident response.

Required Experience And Technical Skills

• Five or more years of production platform operations or management in financial services is required. The stated technical foundation includes trading systems, order-management workflows, API connectivity, release coordination, incident analysis, and backlog management.
• Preferred experience includes digital-asset infrastructure, market making, low-latency or high-frequency trading, Confluence documentation, client or vendor onboarding, custody, wallets, and post-trade systems. Knowledge of financial-market regulatory frameworks such as DORA is part of the listed qualification profile.

Crypto Finance In Zurich

Crypto Finance Group is part of Deutsche Börse Group and provides institutional digital-asset services. Crypto Finance AG is regulated by FINMA in Switzerland and provides trading, custody, and wallet services, while the wider group also includes a German entity regulated by BaFin.

The Zurich workplace includes company meetings, knowledge-sharing sessions, and team events. The employer describes the environment as an international blockchain and fintech workplace with B2B digital-asset work, learning opportunities, and a central office with established infrastructure.

Zurich-based professionals can review nearby Zurich job listings without changing the role's official application route.

Questions About The Role

What employment type applies?

Crypto Finance identifies the position as full-time.

What salary is listed?

Salary: Not provided by the employer.

What experience level is required?

At least five years operating or managing production-grade trading or financial-technology platforms in financial services is required.

Does the role include digital-asset work?

Digital-asset and cryptocurrency infrastructure experience is listed as preferred experience, alongside trading, custody, wallet, and post-trade systems exposure.

Crypto Finance professionals coordinate with product and delivery teams while keeping production incidents, client integrations, and platform changes controlled. The role's practical center is the connection between institutional trading workflows and dependable application operations.

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