Staff Software Engineer, Ledger - CH

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.

Job requirements

• Staff software engineer as demonstrated by providing technical leadership for complex production systems or open-source software.

• Experienced polyglot software engineer as demonstrated by either your open-source libraries or commercial experience.

• Experience with developing and deploying production systems.

• Experience with distributed systems, blockchains, security protocols, and/or cryptography.

• Strong oral and written communication skills, ideally experienced writing technical documentation.

• Master’s degree or PhD in computer science or a related discipline; or equivalent demonstrable experience.

• Experience with Scala is a plus but not required.

• Based in Switzerland or in the US (specifically in NY, NJ, or CT).

Job responsibilities