Software Engineer

Join to apply for the Software Engineer role at Digital Asset. 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, a transformation that 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. Mission‑critical workflows in the financial industry are developed using Daml and run on the Canton Network. As a software engineer at Digital Asset you will have the opportunity to have an impact on different parts of the stack depending on your experience and skills. This can range from contributing to the Daml compiler for the SDK, working on the protocol and distributed system for the Canton Ledger, building financial models in Daml and frontends for applications, to deployment templates and governance tooling for the network. Key Responsibilities Contribute to Digital Asset’s Scala/TypeScript/Haskell code bases. Complement the team’s engineering strength with your technical expertise, architecture and design knowledge, and production experience. Participate in planning, analysis and design of the team’s deliveries. Develop, test and operate large-scale, high quality, distributed production systems. Assist other team members by providing code reviews, giving feedback and helping set direction. Follow a collaborative approach that fosters, embraces, and insists upon diverse perspectives—everyone pulls more than their weight, everyone matters and all opinions are valuable. Key Criteria You are a strong, hands‑on software engineer. Experienced polyglot software engineer as demonstrated by either your open‑source libraries or commercial experience. Experience with developing and deploying production systems. 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. Based in Switzerland, in the US (specifically in NY, NJ, or CT), the UK, or Hungary. Consider applying even when you do not match all criteria as we are open to applications from different seniority levels. Additional Information Seniority level: Entry level Employment type: Full‑time Job function: IT Services and IT Consulting Digital Asset is an equal opportunity employer. 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. If and as required by applicable law, all persons hired to work at Digital Asset will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the location for which they have an offer to work and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification documents upon hire. Applicants with disabilities who require accommodation should contact recruiting@digitalasset.com. As part of our commitment to equal opportunity, Digital Asset believes that all employees should receive equal pay for equal work and is committed to this principle in its pay structure. DA also offers family-friendly benefits in addition to flexible work arrangements. #J-18808-Ljbffr