Staff CX Software Engineer
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 with prior experience and exposure to distributed computing, the Canton Network, and our product, including topology and performance considerations. These individuals will stand in front of clients to provide sound advice and technical leadership for the team when working on client solutions. They are comfortable engaging with 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 Digital Asset Products
- Leverages proficiency in multiple programming languages
- Estimates highly complex solutions and systematically decomposes 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 Digital Asset Product components; and prioritizes salient performance concerns of a system
- Leverages a level of expertise in a subset of Canton Network and Digital Asset Products
- Acts as a subject matter expert for other CX staff
- Works with and customizes Helm charts to enable easy client onboarding to Kubernetes
Requirements
- 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
- 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; able to learn quickly in complex environments
Pay
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.
$220,000 - $250,000 USD
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.