Staff CX Software Engineer

Digitalassetcorp; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Digital Asset is seeking a Staff CX Software Engineer to provide technical leadership in Canton Network solutions. You will engage with clients on architectures, drive complex cross-functional initiatives, and serve as the Canton Network and DA Products expert.

You will also help customize Helm charts to streamline Kubernetes onboarding and boost performance. Ideal candidates have deep full‑stack delivery experience, strong financial services domain knowledge, and a consultative mindset to

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering delivering complex systems.
• Deep knowledge of full-cycle delivery, cloud architecture, and data modeling.
• Familiarity with Canton Network product and Canton OS source code.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on Canton Network architectures and integration.
• Lead planning of complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Act as Canton Network and DA Product expert.
• Lead client onboarding using helm charts for Kubernetes.
• Mentor CX staff and ensure delivery excellence.

Skills

8+ years exp

Full-cycle delivery

Canton OS knowledge

Engineering standards

Consultative mindset

Financial services domain

Fast-paced env

Curious & adaptable

Tools

Helm charts

Kubernetes

Canton Network tooling

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 Staff CX Software Engineer is a role for people that come with prior experience and exposure to distributed computing, Canton Network and our product, including topology and performance considerations. These individuals will stand in front of a client to provide sound advice, and to provide a technical leadership role for the team when working with clients on client solutions. They are comfortable with facing off to executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provides direction to clients on physical and logical architectures for Canton Network solutions and integration


• Gives direction on Canton Network topology concerns.


• Coordinates and leads planning of complex, cross-functional initiatives


• Serves as the expert in Canton Network and DA Products


• Leverages proficiency in multiple other languages.


• Estimates highly complex solutions and systematically decompose complex technical problems to arrive at a solution


• Defines strategy for a performance test plan: proactively reasons about, identifies, and remediates performance issues in solutions using Canton Network and DA Product components; and prioritizes salient performance concerns of a system


• Leverages a level of expertise in a subset of Canton Network and DA Products


• Acts as a subject matter expert for other CX staff


• Works with and customizes helm charts to enable a client easy onboarding to k8s

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including a history of successfully delivering complex systems or integrations.


• Technical Breadth: Comprehensive understanding of full-cycle technical delivery, from system design and API strategies to cloud architecture and data modeling


• Has working knowledge of our product and Canton OS source code


• Delivery Excellence: Ability to establish engineering standards, design reusable components, and unblock delivery teams across multiple workstreams


• Consultative Mindset: Experience in a consulting or client-facing role; able to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical roadmaps


• 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

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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