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Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
Remote only
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Software Engineer - Crypto based in Switzerland.
This role offers the opportunity to build and evolve the core technology powering large-scale crypto trading and brokerage services.
You will architect and develop exchange, market-making, wallet, funding, and tokenization systems serving millions of users.
The position combines backend engineering, distributed systems, financial technology, and crypto infrastructure.
You will work on high-throughput, low-latency systems where reliability, scalability, and software quality are critical.
You will have significant ownership over technical solutions while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.
The environment is globally distributed, collaborative, and engineering-driven, with strong emphasis on autonomy and continuous improvement.
This is a strong opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges in financial markets and crypto.
Design, build, and maintain exchange and market-making systems supporting crypto trading at scale.
Develop reliable services for crypto wallets, funding, tokenization, and related financial infrastructure.
Architect and implement backend services and web applications using modern engineering practices.
Build systems capable of handling high-throughput, low-latency workloads while maintaining reliability and fault tolerance.
Maintain strong software quality, testing standards, code coverage, and clean, maintainable code.
Participate actively in code reviews and contribute to technical decision-making.
Investigate and resolve production incidents, technical issues, and reported bugs.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical goals and design solutions that meet business requirements.
Take part in on-call responsibilities when required to support time-sensitive engineering initiatives.
4+ years of professional experience in backend software development.
Proven experience building trading systems, exchanges, matching engines, market-making platforms, or other high-throughput, low-latency financial systems.
Hands-on experience developing crypto-related products or infrastructure.
Strong knowledge of financial markets and regulated, fault-tolerant systems.
Professional experience with at least one modern programming language such as Go, C, or C++; strong Go experience is particularly relevant.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience working with messaging queues and message brokers.
Solid SQL and relational database knowledge.
Hands-on experience with Bash, Linux, and Docker.
Strong focus on software quality, reliability, testing, and delivering robust solutions.
Comfortable challenging existing approaches, sharing technical opinions, and taking ownership of engineering decisions.
Experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD, DevOps practices, major cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, microservice architectures, Agile/Scrum, or clean-code principles is a plus.
Kubernetes certifications such as CKA or CKAD are also advantageous.
Competitive salary and stock options.
Health benefits.
One-time USD $500 home-office setup allowance for new hires.
USD $150 monthly stipend provided through a Brex Card.
Remote-friendly working environment with a globally distributed team.
Opportunity to work on large-scale crypto, trading, and financial infrastructure.
High level of autonomy and ownership over technical solutions.
Collaboration with experienced engineers, traders, and financial technology professionals.
Exposure to complex, high-throughput systems serving users and financial institutions globally.