Principal Software Engineer R3

About R3

Job Description

At R3 our vision is a world where value moves freely, and business is done safely. Our mission is to enable an open, trusted, and enduring digital economy. We are a scale up with a startups grit. We encourage a workforce where no idea is too small, and no two days are the same. At R3, you will be a Software Engineer with a product mindset, building platforms for todays world financial system. Youll be part of our multidisciplinary engineering team, where you will build end to end deployable distributed services, and work closely with engineers at all levels, other Principal Engineers, Product managers, Solutions Architects, and Application Engineers. You will be responsible for building large scale distributed systems and architecture for our platform. The platform spans over multiple services/microservices & networks which run on fully container orchestrated environments.You will be playing a key role in building the product that is innovating financial technology products for large economies. We aim to have a fast, agile and automated product engineering philosophy that will provide safe and secure experience to our users. Responsibilities: Over time, you will become a subject matter expert in the Corda platform, able to advise engineers, sales, support and our customers You will design and implement highly complex software, within the Corda ecosystem and will assist other teams in understanding how to best utilise the software you develop Work with industry-leading technologies to build the most robust version of Corda to date As a recognised expert both inside and outside R3, you will help promote the work you have been doing to help the company in delivering the best possible software You will mentor other engineers, enabling them to understand your approach to understanding and solving complex problems You will use well developed and comprehensive judgment to make decisions of high complexity and impact, utilising team opinion and senior leadership where needed but often use autonomy in decision making You will use well honed business analysis skills to interact with product management team(s) to marry technical delivery and client requirements You will use well developed customer focus skills to anticipate internal/external customer requests You will contribute to the technical direction and strategic vision of Corda engineering Skills and Qualifications: Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making abilities Extensive experience in software engineering roles, preferably building a SaaS or Platform product. Expertise in designing scalable, fault-tolerant, and distributed systems Depth of proficiency in Java or Kotlin Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their distributed database solutions Knowledge of networking principles (TCP/IP, HTTP/2, gRPC, DNS, etc.) Experience with distributed database and their scaling solutions for high-volume transaction processing Expertise in RESTful and GraphQL APIs for distributed systems Experience building and designing Microapps/Microservices Experience with Kubernetes & Kubernetes networking. Experience collaborating effectively in a cross-disciplinary team setup interacting directly with many parts of the organisation Nice to haves: Knowledge of IAM (Identity and Access Management) solutions Knowledge of PKI implementations Knowledge of cryptographic solutions Knowledge of Security architecture implementations. Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools like Helm, Terraform or alternative solutions. Experience with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack for tracking distributed systems Blockchain and DLT Knowledge. Financial Systems and CBDC Domain Knowledge R3 is a leading enterprise technology firm specialising in digital solutions for regulated financial markets. Our technology enables financial markets to operate with greater efficiency, transparency and enhanced connectivity. Our focus is on progressing markets and fostering an open, trusted and enduring digital economy. R3ers center around our core values Collaborative, Ownership, Bold and Customer First as a result our flagship DLT platform, Corda, and R3 Digital Markets product suite is trusted by the worlds leading financial market infrastructures (FMIs), exchanges, central banks and commercial banks. If you dont meet all of the above criteria, but you think youd be a great addition to R3, send us your CV/resume. Were always interested in meeting bold, collaborative people who are excited to work with us.,