Staff Software Engineer (m/f/d)

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, we'd 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.
• 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.