Technical Support Engineer - UK
Job Description 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 — and that transformation 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. Job Requirements
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the well-being of our team members. Health and insurance benefits vary by region to ensure local relevance and compliance, and may include medical, dental, and vision coverage. 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.
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 — and that transformation 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. Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or related discipline (or equivalent technical training and/or work experience)
- Preferred minimum 3 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, SRE, Developer, App Support Engineer or similar technical role, preferably at a fintech, Crypto/Blockchain startup or financial institution, where familiarity with resolving issues in the entire stack was a must
- Technical Skills – Strong understanding and hands on experience in setting up infrastructure and deploying apps securely in cloud environments (Amazon, GCP, Azure) using Kubernetes and Docker
- Experience developing commercial applications using Java, Javascript, Python or Scala. Exposure to developing smart contract distributed apps using Functional programming or the Daml SDK will be a big plus.
- Experience using and administering databases, particularly SQL, PostgreSQL and/or Oracle
- Good understanding of networking protocols/firewalls and cloud computing environments
- Experience in packaging and deploying applications
- Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot technical issues (eg,analyzing problems, testing solutions, and recommending changes)
- Familiarity with configuring and using Operating Systems (Linux/Windows/MacOS)
- Familiarity with connecting and configuring nodes on public blockchain networks and managing distributed apps/ledgers on these networks (Ethereum, Solana, Canton Network)
- Familiarity with connecting and using wallets to mint/burn/transfer/hold crypto tokens
- Experience with deploying and configuring services on Cloud Environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), and using Containerization/Orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with using support third party tools (e.g. Salesforce, Jira, Confluence, Datadog, Jaeger, Github, Grafana, etc..) is a strong plus
- Communication Skills – Ability to effectively interact with clients, colleagues and other stakeholders and use excellent verbal, written and listening skills to explain technical concepts.
- Problem-solving Skills – Able to identify and understand issues across the technology stack and develop solutions to fix them. Ability to research and analyze software problems, identify potential solutions and implement them. Strong attention to detail and ability to be hands-on.
- Customer service skills – Ability to maintain a supportive and calmative approach to answer client questions, solve problems and provide solutions in a pressure situation with clients during production outage situations.
- Continuous Learning – in the use and troubleshooting of DA products and DA developed support tools; in the use and troubleshooting of third-party products and services typically used in conjunction with DA products; and in using third-party tools used at DA
- Ability to work as a self-starter, with high energy, initiative and confidence, in a fast-paced, change-oriented environment
- Experience in working in a Financial Services environment and familiarity with Financial asset types and/or experience gained in the crypto industry is a plus
- Triages complex software products and applications technical and business flow issues and provide assistance to customers, as part of a global team of Support Engineers and SREs
- Prioritizes and resolve incidents and requests raised by external and internal clients
- Documents issue resolutions and FAQs not found in our official products documentation
- Properly escalates unresolved issues to appropriate internal L3/L4 engineering/developer teams
- Participates in the global team’s scheduled 24x7x365 on-call rotation to provide support coverage during non-business hours and weekends.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the well-being of our team members. Health and insurance benefits vary by region to ensure local relevance and compliance, and may include medical, dental, and vision coverage. 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.