Staff Engineer (m/f/d)
Solactive AG7 months ago
Berlin, GermanyStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own the technical direction and architectural evolution of the Index Setup domain and deliver scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions.
- Lead complex initiatives end-to-end, from clarifying ambiguous requirements and shaping solution approaches through implementation across backend, frontend, data, and infrastructure.
- Drive system design for distributed services, APIs, integrations, data models, scalability, reliability, and cloud infrastructure.
- Raise engineering standards through hands-on leadership, code and design reviews, coaching, and emphasis on simplicity and maintainability.
- Partner with product, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to identify core problems and deliver solutions aligned with the platform vision.
- Improve engineering effectiveness, ownership, delivery processes, and trade-offs between speed, quality, and risk.
- Mentor engineers and support their technical growth, ownership, and end-to-end delivery.
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with deep expertise in Java and Spring-based backend development in distributed systems.
- Experience with React and TypeScript frontend development in product teams responsible for full-stack delivery.
- Strong system design capabilities covering service decomposition, API design, integration patterns, data modeling, scalability, reliability, and operational concerns in cloud-native environments.
- Ability to lead ambiguous, business-heavy problem spaces and translate business needs into pragmatic technical solutions.
- A proven record of simplifying complex systems and delivering maintainable end-to-end solutions with significant business impact.
- Experience with code reviews, design reviews, testing strategy, observability, incident response, and production ownership.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to influence engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders without formal authority.
- A product mindset and delivery orientation, balancing technical quality with business value and driving initiatives to completion.
Benefits
- International team with a modern, flat, startup-like culture.
- 30 annual vacation days plus additional time off for Christmas Eve and New Year.
- Competitive compensation package.
- Job ticket, Corporate Benefits access, ergonomic modern office space, employee lounge, and free beverages and fruits.
- Networking events and diverse training opportunities for professional development.
- Flexible work hours and a hybrid work model.
- Candidates should apply online with a CV; a cover letter is optional.
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About Solactive AG
Solactive AG designs, calculates, and licenses equity, fixed income, and multi-asset indices used by asset managers, ETF issuers, and investment banks for products and mandates. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, the privately held firm calculates over 40,000 indices daily and is an ESMA-registered benchmark administrator supervised by BaFin. Revenue comes from index licensing and bespoke index development and calculation services.