Senior Software Engineer (DAML/ Canton skill)

About the role

Equilend’s 1Source platform presents the opportunity to implement new technologies that can allow the Securities Lending industry to completely reimagine how platforms work and share information, and how true single-source data can be experienced.

We are now seeking a Senior Developer to join us in the Bangalore office on our Ledger team, a key component in the delivery of the firm’s Distributed Ledger Technology strategy. In this team we are working on a cutting-edge greenfield development to represent Securities Lending contracts and their lifecycle events.

In this role you will be designing and developing our on-ledger Smart Contracts in DAML and off-ledger supporting components to shape the future of the Securities Lending industry, this project is still at its early phases and the successful candidate will get the opportunity to shape the future of Securities Lending in Web3. If this sounds interesting, then please read on!

What you’ll do 

• Designing and developing our core Smart Contracts in DAML for our Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)


• Developing off-ledger supporting components in Java and Python leveraging microservice containers in AWS & Kubernetes.


• Deliver complex enterprise solutions with high code standards including unit testing and e2e testing


• Participate in Agile software development projects and tasks include coding, testing, debugging, documentation, peer-review, deploying, monitoring, and support


• Participate in task identification, work effort estimates, and work schedules for development and maintenance activities


• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of developers, project managers, product managers, quality assurance, management and operations

What we’re looking for 

• 3+ years of commercial experience with recent development experience building Smart Contracts in a distributed ledger environment


• Commercial experience developing smart contracts in DAML


• Experience working with either Canton 2.x or 3.x architecture


• Experience developing Java and/or Python leveraging microservice architectures


• Leveraged AI (Claude, Cursor etc.) tooling within the development lifecycle


• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate with stakeholders from across the business (such as Project Managers, Product Owners, Quality Assurance and DevOps)


• Excellent problem solving abilities with the ability to break down complex problems into workable solutions


• Experience in an agile and modern development environment

Why EquiLend?

• Be recognised for your contribution through a discretionary annual cash bonus, linked to individual and company performance.


• Work flexibly with up to 100 remote working days per year.


• Take time to recharge with 32 days of paid leave per year, comprising paid, casual, and sick leave, plus public holidays.


• Access comprehensive health insurance for you and your dependents from your first day.


• Receive personal accident insurance from the start of your employment.


• Connect with colleagues at an annual company-sponsored team retreat, hosted at a new location each year.


• If relocating from more than 40 miles away, receive hotel accommodation and travel ticket reimbursement. 

About Equilend
Equilend sits at the centre of the securities finance industry. Since 2001, we've built the infrastructure that financial institutions rely on to trade, manage, report and analyse their securities finance activities. We connect 145+ firms across 30+ markets, with around $230 billion in notional traded every day on our platform.

We work with banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, asset managers, custodians and more across North America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific, bringing greater efficiency, transparency and automation to the securities finance lifecycle. If you join us, you'll be building technology that runs at real scale for some of the world's biggest financial institutions.

We are proud to be Great Place to Work Certified™ in the U.S., UK, Ireland, and India, and were named Trading System of the Year, Americas Data Provider of the Year, and Asian Data Provider of the Year at the Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence Awards 2026.

Diversity & Inclusion
The best ideas come from teams who bring different perspectives, backgrounds and ways of thinking. We build that into how we hire, develop, and support our people.

We work to ensure our teams reflect the global markets and clients we serve, creating an environment where everyone can do their best work.

If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process please let us know and we will work with you to make it happen.

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