CX Software Engineer London

Digital Asset; Greater London; On-site; GBP 133,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Asset is hiring a Senior CX Software Engineer to build scalable, production-grade software for the Canton Network. You will present technical solutions to clients, collaborate with senior leadership, and drive delivery across distributed systems.

The role emphasizes client-facing work, design thinking, and architectural best practices, with exposure to cloud deployments and performance tuning. Based in the UK, you will influence projects across regions and markets, while maintaining high

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Ability to ship production-ready applications.
• Experience leading the technical execution of feature sets.
• Strong ability to explain technical concepts to business stakeholders.
• Experience with distributed computing and Canton Network preferred.
• Financial services domain knowledge is required.
• Fast-moving environment with multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Propose robust client solutions using design thinking and architectural best practices.
• Work across languages to deliver client outcomes and review code.
• Identify and remediate performance bottlenecks in client solutions.
• Learn new features and integrate them into customer solutions.
• Monitor health of running systems and manage deployments in the cloud.

Skills

Software engineering

Client facing

Leadership

Financial services domain

Cloud platforms

Job description

About Digital Asset & the Canton Network

Digital Asset builds the technologies that are reshaping the foundations of financial markets. Our mission is to create the world’s most trusted, privacy-enabled, and interoperable digital infrastructure for global finance.

At the heart of this mission is the Canton Network - the blockchain purpose-built for institutional finance. Uniquely combining privacy, compliance, and scalability, Canton enables real-time, secure settlement across multiple asset classes. Governed by the Canton Foundation with participation from leading financial institutions, it is the proven link between the promise of blockchain and the power of global finance.

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, with offices in London, Zurich, Budapest, Hong Kong, and Sydney— we are on a mission to transform finance— and that transformation is now playing out rapidly on the Canton Network.

If you’re interested in playing a crucial role at the intersection of traditional and crypto-capital markets and want to help bring the next trillion dollars of finance on-chain, join us.

About the role:

The Senior CX Software Engineer is a role for people with prior experience and exposure to distributed computing, Canton Network or our product. These individuals are able to stand in front of a client to provide sound advice without support, and to work effectively on components implementation as one of the team when working with clients on client solutions. They can engage confidently with their senior leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Leverages design thinking to propose robust client solutions. Works with CQRS and event sourcing. Implement design patterns and architectural principles and can apply them to a solution.
• Works across different languages to achieve client outcomes. Implement different testing approaches. Interviews technical candidates. Identify the best approach for a client implementation.
• Tests for, identifies, and remediates bottlenecks in performance of a client solution.
• Learns new features and folds them into client solutions. Contributes to DA Product components with client experiences. Translates delivery pain points into actionable product feedback.
• Measures and monitors the health of a running system. Handles deployment and fine-tuning of more complex topologies into cloud environments, including load balancers and reverse proxies.

What We're Looking For:

• 5+ years experience in software engineering and able to ship production-ready applications
• Broad technical exposure with the ability to ramp up quickly on new frameworks, languages, or cloud platforms depending on project needs
• Experienced in leading the technical execution of feature sets, conducting thorough code reviews, and implementing architectural best practices for a team
• Experienced working directly with business stakeholders to clarify ambiguous requirements and explain technical concepts in plain language
• Strong financial services domain knowledge and experience
• Thrives in a fast-moving environment with multiple competing priorities
• Curious, pragmatic and adaptable, and able to learn quickly in complex environments

The range below may vary if based outside the New York tri-state area (New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut). Base salaries are determined during our interview process, during which we assess the candidate's experience, skills, and capabilities against internal peers and the scope and responsibilities of the position.

US Pay Transparency

$180,000 - $220,000 USD

At Digital Asset, we are committed to compensation structures that reward impact consistently across our global teams. We support our people at every stage of life with comprehensive, family-forward benefits and flexible working models designed to help you do your best work.

Benefits We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the well-being of our team members. Health and insurance benefits vary by region to ensure local relevance and compliance, and may include medical, dental, and vision coverage.

Equal Opportunity Employer Digital Asset is an equal opportunity employer committed. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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