Principal Software Engineer Tech Lead

Company Description

Since its creation in 2007 in the financial city of Frankfurt am Main Solactive AG has grown to one of the key players in the indexing space. The German multiasset index provider focusses on tailormade indices offering to its clients a faster service with greater flexibility and at a reasonable cost. Solactive AG and its subsidiaries have become one of the fastest growing index providers over the past few years and support the leading investment banks and asset managers across the globe. We have gained global recognition for our role in the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) industry where we rank among the top providers worldwide for underlying indices. We also excel in diverse areas such as Structured Products and investment mandates showcasing the wide range of our capabilities. The impact and value we bring to the market is palpable but also in the reputation we have proudly built by being close to our customers solidifying Solactive AG as a trusted and reliable ally in the everevolving global financial landscape.

Job Overview

Our Indexing Platform teams own build and extend the services that form the backbone of Solactives core business managing the setup calculation and maintenance of tens of thousands of indexes for our clients. In this role youll leverage your extensive experience to drive the technical evolution of our indexing platform through prototyping spearheading and driving key initiatives as well as technical architecture and mentoring colleagues. Youll tackle significant challenges such as ensuring high availability robustness low latency high throughput and scalability. Overall this central role offers an exceptional opportunity to showcase technical excellence business acumen and strong collaboration skills.

Your Tasks

Develop reusable and scalable services within our platform to enhance our indexing business offerings data integration and workflow automation for business teams.
Lead architectural and engineering excellence within your team ensuring our commitment to quality and innovation is maintained.
Collaborate with multiple teams across the company on crossfunctional initiatives that shape the technical direction of our products.
Mentor your team members sharing your knowledge and expertise to help them grow their skills and their impact and advance their careers.
Work closely with product owners and business teams taking pride in seeing the immediate impact of your work on our business and customers.

Your Profile

You bring 10 years of engineering experience with a strong focus on Java over the past 5 years. Your deep expertise in Java environments will be pivotal in driving our projects forward.
You are proficient in both synchronous and asynchronous communication technologies including REST RabbitMQ Kafka and others. Your expertise in these areas is essential for building robust scalable services.
You have a solid background in relational database technologies ideally with experience in JPA Hibernate SQL/MySQL/MariaDB and performance optimization.
You possess sharp analytical abilities and a creative problemsolving mindset. Your ability to tackle challenges creatively is crucial for advancing our technological solutions.

Our Offer

Global Team: Join our motivated international team at Solactive.
FinTech Excellence: Experience the cuttingedge world of FinTech at Solactive.
Modern Culture: Thrive in our modern flat hierarchy and startuplike culture.
Responsibility & Connections: Take on responsibility from day one and build valuable relationships both inside and outside the company.
Vacation: Enjoy 30 days of annual vacation plus additional time off for Christmas Eve and New Years Eve.
Competitive Compensation: Receive a competitive compensation package.
Special Benefits: Benefit from a job ticket Corporate Benefits program modern office space with an ergonomic setup employee lounge and complimentary beverages and fruits.
Community & Networking: Participate in our various networking events tech talks and business talks
Professional Development: Grow both personally and professionally through our diverse training offerings.
Flexibility: Embrace a flexible work culture with the freedom to choose your work hours including a hybrid work model all within a diverse and dynamic environment.