About CF Benchmarks & Payward
Payward — the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services, and CF Benchmarks — builds globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms to advance an open, global financial system.
CF Benchmarks is the leading regulated cryptocurrency index provider, authorized as a registered benchmark administrator under the UK Benchmarks Regulation. Its indices are integrated into six of the eleven spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US and power 99% of the regulated crypto derivatives market, with over $40 billion in assets referencing its benchmarks.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Java Developer to join the CF Benchmarks Index Team. You will be responsible for implementing new financial benchmarks and ensuring the smooth running of the CF Benchmarks platform.
- Build benchmark calculation systems based on new and innovative methodologies
- Work closely with the product team to develop new features supporting business requirements end-to-end
- Broadly contribute across data analysis, core infrastructure, core backend, and business logic implementations
- Support a 24/7 real-time distributed system as part of a wider team
- Ensure all systems have comprehensive coverage with tests, metrics, and alarms
- Help provide world-class pricing and data services to the crypto and financial ecosystem
What You Bring
- At least 3 years of software development experience within fintech, with a focus on backend development
- Solid foundation in Java application development
- Ability to develop iteratively for a high-throughput, real-time system
- Strong ability to write maintainable, simple, efficient, and dependable code
- Understanding of modern development processes such as CI/CD and Git
- Strong mathematical and reasoning skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work both independently and collaboratively
Nice to Haves
- Experience working with benchmarks, pricing models, or general financial systems
- Experience working with cryptocurrency or blockchain technology
- Experience with SQL and data analytics
- Familiarity with common middleware such as RPC, Protobuf, message queues, and Redis
Timezone overlap
UTC-6–-3
Open to
LATAM
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