Overview
Tech Lead, Developer Experience & Platform Engineering (80-100%) role at Sygnum Bank. Join to apply for the Tech Lead, Developer Experience & Platform Engineering (80-100%) role at Sygnum Bank.
Sygnum is a global digital asset banking group, founded on Swiss and Singapore heritage. We empower professional and institutional investors, banks, corporates and DLT foundations to invest in digital assets with complete trust. Our team enables this through our institutional-grade security, expert personal service and portfolio of regulated digital asset banking, asset management, tokenisation and B2B services. In Switzerland, Sygnum holds a banking licence and has CMS and Major Payment Institution Licences in Singapore. The group is also regulated in the established global financial hubs of Abu Dhabi and Luxembourg. We believe that the future has heritage. Our crypto-native team of banking, investment and digital asset technology professionals are building a trusted gateway between the traditional and digital asset economies that we call Future Finance.
To learn more about how Sygnum’s mission and values are shaping this digital asset ecosystem, please visit sygnum.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.
Values
A key pillar of our success are the Sygnum values that define and unite us as a team. We proudly call them our SYGN values:
* S stands for Seeking and seizing opportunities and taking personal ownership for delivering results for our clients;
* Y represents saying Yes to integrity and fairness; Sygnumers display confidence without attitude;
* G reminds us to Grow and win together; we support each other and challenge ourselves to reach new heights;
* N is Nose for value; we focus on what matters most to our clients, partners and team.
Sygnum promotes diversity and equal opportunity in onboarding, development, and promotion of team members.
About the role
As a Tech Lead on our Platform team, you’ll transform how engineers across multiple product teams experience their daily work – from local development to production deployment. You combine technical leadership with people enablement to make engineering faster, safer, and more joyful. You lead a small team of SRE and Backend engineers and treat the platform as a product—balancing roadmap execution, developer experience, and operational resilience. This role requires two distinct but complementary hats: the technical one focuses on building and architecting developer-friendly platforms and tools; the leadership one ensures successful adoption, team growth, and organizational alignment.
With the technical hat, you will:
* Own the internal platform roadmap and backlog—aligning priorities with strategic goals, developer feedback, and long-term sustainability.
* Drive the design and delivery of internal platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling.
* Create shared libraries, frameworks, and developer tools (SDKs, CLIs) that standardize development while improving productivity.
* Embed secure-by-default, observable, and compliant practices into platform design while leveraging AI and automation to reduce cognitive load.
* Communicate changes clearly via changelogs, documentation, and internal demos.
* Act as the technical decision-maker for platform architecture, tooling standards, and lifecycle policies.
With the leadership hat, you will:
* Lead and grow a small team of SRE and Backend engineers—running 1:1s, supporting onboarding, goal setting, and performance feedback.
* Foster platform adoption across engineering teams through training, documentation, and developer engagement.
* Lead the backend guild and promote consistent standards across teams.
* Partner with Tech Leads, Engineering Managers, and architects to align platform direction with organizational needs.
* Champion a culture of ownership, psychological safety, and continuous improvement.
* Track and report on platform impact metrics such as adoption rates, developer satisfaction (NPS), and operational stability.
* Experience leading platform or developer productivity initiatives across teams.
* Strong background in Java (Quarkus) or NodeJS (NestJS), with Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitLab CI/CD.
* Understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS), microservices, and developer tooling.
* Experience implementing lifecycle strategies (versioning, migration, deprecation).
* Proven ability to document, communicate, and drive adoption of platform tools and standards.
You're a great fit if you:
* Enjoy building platforms and internal tools that empower engineers.
* Thrive on end-to-end ownership—architecture, implementation, and operations.
* Balance technical strategy with mentorship and team delivery.
* Care deeply about quality, developer experience, and security.
* Are passionate about eliminating friction and accelerating feature delivery across engineering teams.
What success looks like:
* Developers rely on your tools and templates to deliver faster and safer.
* Platform services are stable, observable, and secure-by-default.
* Your team is engaged, growing, and delivering high-quality solutions.
* Engineers seek your guidance and feedback loops drive continuous platform improvement.
* AI tooling and automation measurably reduce developer toil.
* Your platform work enables secure, scalable, and maintainable systems across the organization.
* Team-first mindset. The team above its individuals.
* Our people always first. Everything starts there.
* We deliver frequently, with high quality and security. We strive for it.
* We celebrate success and learn from failures. The key to a healthy balance.
* We are pragmatic and seek simplicity. KISS everywhere.
* We have a positive impact. We deliver results.
Our Offer
Joining Sygnum means being part of a dynamic, global team that is building a trusted gateway between the traditional and digital asset economies. You will experience our fast-paced, collaborative work environment with meritocracy and open communication, and participate in milestones and celebrations as part of our journey to shape Future Finance. Sygnum offers a comprehensive package of benefits for all team members:
* Attractive market salaries with an entrepreneurial incentive scheme
* Flexible/Work-at-home policies
* Professional development via mentoring and buddy programs
* One-month fully paid sabbatical after five years of continuous employment
If you are passionate about blockchain’s potential and this profile fits, please send us your CV today!
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* Financial Services and Banking
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