Senior Software Engineer (m / f / d)

Company Description

Since its foundation in 2007, Solactive AG has evolved into one of the world’s most important and fastest-growing index providers. From our headquarters in Frankfurt, we power global investment products across ETFs, structured products, and mandates. Our reputation is built on innovation, speed, flexibility, and strong partnerships.

Job Overview

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will take the lead in designing and building scalable, robust systems within our growing data platform that provide high quality financial data for our organisation. You will design modern data products, drive the migration from legacy systems to cloud-native, 12-factor apps and integrate advanced technologies such as GraphQL, Kubernetes and Argo workflows into our stack.

In this role, you will work closely with product owners, data engineers and business teams to turn complex challenges into impactful solutions. Your work and knowledge will inspire our talented engineering team as we set new benchmarks for the reliability, performance and scalability of our data products. This is your chance to make a lasting impact in the FinTech space while working on innovative and ground-breaking projects.

Your Tasks

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will :

• Lead Development : Architect and build resilient, scalable, and secure data service in our data platform (Backend and Frontend), focusing on financial data pipelines, ETL / ELT processes, and data products
• Technical Leader ship : Guide and mentor engineers, ensuring best practices in software design, architecture, testing, and deployment are followed
• Strategic Thinking : Collaborate with stakeholders to define the technical strategy and roadmap, especially for migrating legacy services to an modern architecture
• Cross-functional Collaboration : Partner with data engineers, business teams, and product owners to design solutions that meet cross-departmental needs
• Optimizatio n : Identify and address bottlenecks in data flow, performance, and scalability, ensuring robust operations
• Data Governance : Contribute to building standardized zones with verified data and ensure high data quality for both automated and manual inputs
• Innovation : Drive the adoption of GraphQL, Kubernetes (K8s), and modern CI / CD practices to enhance our tech stack.

Your Profile

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Our Offer

Your Application

Interested? Don’t miss your chance and directly apply online by clicking the “Apply now” button on our website and filling in the application form. Please make sure to also upload your CV, a cover letter is not compulsory. Your contact person is Roopali Sahoo ( careers@solactive.com ). We are looking forward to hearing from you!

For further information, please visit :   www.solactive.com / career /

To all recruitment agencies :  We do not accept unsolicited CVs / Candidate Profiles. Please do not forward any CVs / Candidate Profiles to any Solactive employee in any location. Any requests for cooperation have to be addressed directly to HR. Any costs associated with unsolicited CVs / Candidate Profiles are not being covered by Solactive.

About us

Solactive AG is a FinTech company operating globally and growing at a fast pace, headquartered in Frankfurt. Since 2007, we develop tailor-made and multi-asset class index solutions for ETFs and other index-linked investment products for the leading global investment banks and asset managers as our clients. Flexibility, efficiency and providing the highest quality are at the heart and soul of our business philosophy. We are now hiring!