Digital Asset

DABL Engineer

London, United Kingdom

25 July, 2019

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full time

Technologies & frameworks

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Benefits & perks

Unlimited vacation policy
Full healthcare coverage
401(k)
Pension
Parental leave
401k
Equity
Competitive salary
Pto

To sum it up...

Work with DAML, a functional distributed language to build the Digital Asset Big Ledger

Role overview

Opportunity

Our experienced DAML Modelers utilize their deep technical and domain expertise to deliver products that meet our clients’ complex requirements. The DAML Modeler will work within a global Agile environment to design and develop these products. The success of the company and products’ evolution will be based on the DAML Modeler ability to solve market structure and workflow problems with pragmatic and efficient code.

Key Responsibilities

Design creative solutions, products, and methods that drive our product strategy and scope
Collect and define requirements based on a dynamic assessment of functional and non-functional capabilities
Develop formal models of business processes and propose innovative improvements to them through pragmatic and efficient code
Contribute to the evolution of DAML

Key Criteria

A deep understanding of financial markets and processes; The candidate must understand the strategy of markets as well as its mechanics; Knowing the underlying motivation and impetus for market behaviors will enable the candidate to formulate stronger approaches and solutions
DAML Modelers are often asked to be a ‘one person show’ and must be capable of taking an abstract idea and turning it into a strategic, pragmatic solution in code and/or well specified requirements
Excellent computer science fundamentals; Command of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns with ability to fluently translate them into working, elegant code.
A careful blend of creativity and pragmatism; Digital Asset is part of a community bootstrapping a technology and demand for the technology while simultaneously on tight delivery timelines
Committed to sustainable, tested development, and quality as evidenced by pursuit of design excellence and use of leading automated testing tools and methodologies
Demonstrated experience successfully collaborating with others in a dynamic, fast-paced, pressured environment
Ability to effectively summarize and present findings to senior level executives within DA and at clients
Financial engineering experience as a “quant,” “strat,” or algo trading developer
Excellent communications skills, comfortable presenting complex concepts in front of a packed room of clients
Skilled in leading and working within an Agile environment, including participation in daily scrum meetings, backlog management, sprint definition, and retrospectives, preferably within a global team

Location

London is the capital of the United Kingdom, situated in the South East of the island. The world's largest financial centre, London is also often referred to the culture capital of the world. The city is well-known for its heritage, including Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Kew Gardens, Westminster Abbey, and the historic settlement of Greenwich. London Underground is the oldest urban railway network in the world.

Technology workers in London earn 60pc more than the city average, with the figure even higher for foreign born workers, who earned 28pc more than their British counterparts in tech jobs. London can be considered as a center for professional relocation. Furthermore, there are over 100 of Europe's 500 largest companies' headquarters in London.

The city is famous for unpredictable weather. For instance, it could be cold, warm and rainy in one day and it’s often the topic of conversation across the city.

Did you know...

2.5M people, one third of Londoners, are foreign born
40% of Greater London is green space

Digital Asset

50-249
New York, NY, US

Digital Asset helps companies design, create, and run the next generation of business applications. We combine deep industry expertise with software development tools and an ecosystem of technology partners to help our clients solve complex business challenges. At the core of Digital Asset’s offering is DAML, an intuitive smart-contract programming language used to digitize multi-party agreements and automate transactions in a precise and secure manner. We enable the world’s largest companies to harness the power of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) to streamline operations and make value transfer efficient and secure. The result: technology that provides a platform for innovation today and well into the future.