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Staff Engineer (mfd)
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12 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
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16 August 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
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 multi-asset index provider focusses on tailor-made 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 ever-evolving global financial landscape.
Job Overview
Do you think in systems and lead by doing At Solactive we are looking for a Staff Engineer to drive the technical direction and architectural evolution of our Index Setup platform building scalable maintainable and secure solutions. If you thrive on leading complex initiatives and shaping engineering excellence wed love to hear from you.
Your Tasks
- Own the technical direction and architectural evolution of the domain delivering scalable maintainable and secure solutions for index management and future platform capabilities.
- Lead complex initiatives end-to-end: clarify ambiguous requirements shape solution approaches and drive implementation across backend frontend data and infrastructure.
- Raise engineering standards through hands-on leadership including code and design reviews coaching and a strong focus on simplicity quality and maintainability.
- Partner with product business stakeholders and engineering teams to identify core problems challenge assumptions and deliver solutions aligned with the platform vision.
- Drive system design across distributed services APIs integrations data models and cloud infrastructure ensuring scalability reliability and operational readiness.
- Improve engineering effectiveness by refining processes reducing friction strengthening ownership and enabling better trade-offs between speed quality and risk.
- Mentor engineers and support their growth in technical depth ownership and end-to-end delivery.
Your Profile
- Strong hands-on software engineering background (7 years) with deep expertise in Java and Spring-based backend development in distributed systems.
- Experience with React / TypeScript frontend development in product teams owning full-stack delivery.
- Strong system design skills including service decomposition API design integration patterns data modeling scalability reliability and operational concerns in cloud-native environments.
- Ability to lead ambiguous business-heavy problem spaces: identify real requirements and root problems structure chaos and translate needs into pragmatic technical solutions.
- Proven track record of simplifying complex systems and delivering maintainable end-to-end solutions with high business impact.
- Strong experience with modern engineering practices: code reviews design reviews CI/CD testing strategy observability incident response and production ownership.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills with the ability to influence engineers product managers and business stakeholders without formal authority.
- Product mindset and delivery orientation: balances technical quality with business value and drives initiatives to completion.
Our Offer
- Global Team: Join our motivated international team at Solactive.
- Modern Culture: Enjoy our modern flat hierarchy and startup-like culture.
- Responsibility & Connections: Take over responsibility from day one and build relationships in- and outside of the company.
- Vacation: Enjoy 30 annual vacation days plus extra time off for Christmas Eve and New Year.
- Competitive Compensation: Receive a competitive compensation package.
- Special Benefits: Job ticket access to Corporate Benefits modern office space with ergonomic set-up employee lounge and free beverages and fruits.
- Community & Networking: Engage in our various networking events.
- Professional Development: Grow both personally and professionally through our diverse training offers.
- 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.
Your Application
Interested Dont 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. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
For further information please visit: 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.
For further information please visit: 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!
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Staff IC
About Company
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 m ... View more
