Staff Software Engineer, Crypto Custody Platform

P2P; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm in London is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of a high-security crypto custody platform. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of software development experience, particularly in Java, and will play a key role in mentoring junior engineers and driving technical excellence in a collaborative environment. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonuses and equity

Health benefits

Retirement support

Employee giving match

Mobile phone stipend

R&R days

Generous vacation policy

Parental leave policies

Catered lunches

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on software development and architecture experience on large scale distributed backend systems.
• The last 5+ years in Java with Spring framework.
• 4+ years experience working as a tech lead and mentoring other specialists.

Responsibilities

• Lead the build and scale of a high-security crypto-custody platform.
• Work with wider technical teams on design, deployment and continuous improvement of backend applications.
• Provide technical guidance to your team and own delivery of features.

Skills

Hands-on software development

Large scale distributed systems

Java with Spring Framework

Cloud applications on AWS or Azure

Agile development

Mentoring

Education

BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

A financial technology firm in London is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of a high-security crypto custody platform. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of software development experience, particularly in Java, and will play a key role in mentoring junior engineers and driving technical excellence in a collaborative environment. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered.