Platform Engineer / SRE

About Crypto Finance

Crypto Finance Group, part of Deutsche Börse Group, provides professional digital asset solutions to institutional clients. The GroupcomprisesCrypto Finance AG, regulated by FINMA in Switzerland, offering trading, custody, and wallet services, as well as Crypto Finance (Deutschland) GmbH, regulated by BaFin in Germany, offering trading and custody services. As of 25 January 2025, Crypto Finance secured aMiCARlicense for the European market as one of the first providers in the EU. Crypto Finance AG is a SIX-approved crypto custodian for ETP issuers.

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About therole

From our office in the Prime Tower, Zurich, we build cloud-native systems that enable institutional clients to access, trade, and manage digital assets securely and efficiently.

We arecurrentlylooking for aSRE & Platform Engineerfocused on application reliability, platform enablement, and the engineering experience of our internal teams. You will ensure that the backend services powering our Trading, Custody, Settlement, Staking, and Pledging platforms run reliably,scalably, and efficiently.

Our systems run on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), orchestrated with Kubernetes, and are composed of ~25 microservices designed for high availability and multi-region capability.

This role is a blend of:

• Application-level SRE: reliability, performance, observability

• Platform engineering: improving the platform used by internal development teams

• Tooling: building internal tools that make engineering faster, safer, and more productive

If you enjoy solving reliability challenges, simplifying developer workflows, and designing cloud-native systems that scale,this role is the perfect fit.

Responsibilities

Application Reliability & Operations

• Ensure reliability, performance, and thecorrect behavior of ~25 microservices in production

• Investigate and resolve application-level issues, from rollout problems to distributed system quirks

• Define,monitor, and improve SLIs, SLOs, and operational health indicators

• Lead incident response and post-mortems with a blameless culture

Platform Engineering

• Improve our application platform onGCP + Kubernetes, focusing on developer experience and reliability

• Supporthigh availabilityandmulti-regiondeployments

• Work on service templates, automation, and platform-wide improvements that help all teams ship faster and more safely

• Collaborate with Backend and Security teams to design systems for reliability from the start

Internal Tooling

• Build andmaintaininternal tools that simplify workflows for engineering teams
  (examples: CLI tools, deployment helpers, scaffolding generators, debugging aids, automated checks)

• Improve local development workflows and service onboarding

• Reduce friction across CI/CD, testing, and deployment processes

CI/CD &GitOps

• Operate and improve ourGitOpspipelines withArgoCD

• Design safer deployment strategies (progressive rollouts, canary, blue/green)

• Ensure reliable and repeatable delivery processes

Observability

• Improve observability across logging, metrics, and tracing

• Reduce alert noise and improve actionable insights

• Build dashboards and tooling that help teams understand system healthat a glance

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• 3-5 years in SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, or application-focused operations

• Strong understanding of distributed systems and modern backend architectures

• Hands-on experience operating microservices inGCPandKubernetes

• Comfortable with cloud-native patterns (e.g., Autoscaling, RBAC, Helm/Kustomize)

• Strong understanding of reliability concepts (SLI/SLO/SLA, error budgets, resilience patterns)

• Experience with observability stacks (metrics, logs, tracing)

• Experience withArgoCDor otherGitOpstooling

• Familiarity with REST, WebSocket, FIX; SWIFT is a plus

• Experience buildinginternal toolsor automation for engineering teams

• Ability to debug complex issues across multiple services

• Interest in digital assetsand/or blockchain technologies

• Strong senseof operational quality, security, and reliability

• Professionalproficiencyin English (German is a plus)

• Eligibility to work in Switzerland (Swiss permit or EU/EFTA citizenship)

• Influence the reliability and scalability of systems used by financial institutions worldwide

• A modern, cloud-native engineering environment (GCP, Kubernetes,ArgoCD, microservices)

• A role that mixes SRE, platform engineering, and internal tooling

• Close collaboration with development teams, high autonomy, and real impact

• A supportive culture focused on learning, ownership, and continuous improvement

• Regular knowledge-sharing sessions and opportunities for professional growth

• A modern workspace inPrime Tower, Zurich

Ourculture

At the heart of our company, we prioritize:

• Innovation and Continuous Learning

• Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing

• Entrepreneurial Spirit and Flat Hierarchies

• Values such as Excellence, Delivery, Ownership, Passion, and Unity

Please note:

We do not accept CVs from recruiting or staffing agencies.

Due to the Swiss labor legislation, we can only accept applicants who have the right to work in Switzerland (are in possession of a Swiss work permit or are EU/EFTA citizens). All other applications will not be considered.

If this is the position for you, and you have a Swiss work permit and/or EU citizenship, please sendusyour complete application, incl. cover letter, CV, and references.

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