Software Engineer - Java - CF Benchmark

About the role

BUILDING THE FUTURE OF OPEN FINANCE

Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.

THE TEAM

CF Benchmarks is the leading regulated cryptocurrency index provider, authorized as a registered benchmark administrator under the UK Benchmarks Regulation. Its indices are integrated into six of the eleven spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US and power 99% of the regulated crypto derivatives market, with over $40 billion in assets referencing its benchmarks.

We are looking for a Java Developer to join the CF Benchmarks Index Team. You will be responsible for implementing new financial benchmarks and for ensuring the smooth running of the CF Benchmarks platform.

You should be diligent with a keen attention to detail and a track record of seeing tasks/projects through to conclusion. The ideal candidate should have experience working as a developer within fintech for at least 3 years.

To learn more about CF Benchmarks, please click here https://www.cfbenchmarks.com/about/crypto-facilities

THE OPPORTUNITY

- Build benchmark calculation systems based on new and innovative methodologies

- Work closely with the product team to develop new features supporting business requirements in an end to end manner

- Broadly contribute in the areas of data analysis, core infrastructure, core backend, business logic implementations and more

- Support a 24/7 real-time distributed system as part of a wider team

- Help ensuring all systems have suitable coverage with tests, metrics and alarms

- Help provide world class pricing and data services to the crypto and financial world

- Be part of one of the fastest growing crypto companies in the world

WHAT YOU BRING

- Experience in software development, with a focus on backend development

- Possess a solid foundation of Java applications

- Ability to develop iteratively for a high throughput, real time system

- Highly capable of writing maintainable, simple, efficient and dependable code

- Understanding of modern development processes such as CI/CD, Git

- Strong mathematical and reasoning skills

- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

- Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work independently and as part of a team

NICE TO HAVES

- Experience working with benchmarks or pricing models, or broader financial knowledge

- Experience working with cryptocurrency or blockchain technology

- Experience working with SQL and data analytics skills

- Familiarity with common middlewares such as RPC, protobuf, message queues, Redis