Staff Software Engineer, Custody

Ripple; City of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology company in London is looking for 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 with significant expertise in Java and cloud technologies. This role offers competitive salary, bonuses, and equity, along with a supportive and collaborative work culture.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonuses

Equity

Wellness reimbursement

Generous vacation policy

Catered lunches

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on software development and architecture experience.
• 5+ years of experience in Java with Spring Framework.
• 4+ years as a tech lead mentoring other specialists.
• Experience in building transactional systems in payments, banking, or e-commerce.

Responsibilities

• Lead the build of a high-security crypto-custody platform.
• Work on design and improvement of backend applications.
• Provide technical guidance and own feature delivery.
• Implement best practices for architecture, coding, testing, and deployment.

Skills

Software development

Java (with Spring Framework)

Cloud applications (AWS or Azure)

Docker

Kubernetes

Agile development

Education

BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or similar

Job description

Please note this is for London, UK. You only need toapply to one location if there are multiple listed for the job.

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At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.

The work:

The Staff Software Engineer will help lead and build the next generation of crypto custody platform that enable banks to secure their funds and build an Internet of Value. Ripple’s distributed financial technology outperforms today’s banking infrastructure by driving down costs, growing processing speeds and delivering end-to-end transparency into payment fees, timing and delivery!

What you'll do:

• Lead the build and scale of a high-security crypto-custody platform, expanding to AML/Travel Rule compliance, staking, tokenization and fully automated transaction workflows across supported chains.
• Work with wider technical teams on the design, deployment and continuous improvement of backend applications
• Be a technical domain leader, provide technical guidance to your team and own the delivery of features.
• Participate in raising our standard of engineering excellence by implementing standard methodologies for architecture, coding, testing, and deployment

What you'll bring:

• 8+ years of hands-on software development and architecture experience on large scale distributed backend systems, with the last 5+ years in Java(with spring framework), and 4+ years experience working as a tech lead and mentoring other specialists
• Experience in building transactional systems (preferably in payments / banking / e-commerce domains), backed by an RDBMS.
• Experience building cloud applications on AWS or Azure, and technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience with Agile development of distributed services, with a focus on robust software design, scalability, availability and security
• Eagerness to work openly and collaboratively with a diverse team
• Ability to encourage and drive engineering standard processes
• A positive demeanor and a passion for sharing knowledge
• BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or similar

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

WHO WE ARE:

Do Your Best Work

• The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
• Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
• In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
• Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!

Take Control of Your Finances

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match

Take Care of Yourself

• R&R days so you can rest and recharge
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.