Software Engineer - Europe/UK

Responsibilities

• As a Software Engineer at Obsidian, you'll work on challenging projects across diverse domains-fintech, blockchain, AI, data science, and more. You'll collaborate with a fully remote, distributed team of experts to design and build software systems that are robust, scalable, and impactful.
• Your work will involve:
• Designing and developing new applications and systems
• Writing clean, testable, and well-documented code
• Participating in thoughtful code reviews and architecture discussions
• Debugging, optimizing, and improving existing systems
• Contributing to testing, CI/CD, and deployment processes
• Exploring new technologies and applying them to real-world problems

Requirements

• You're not just a coder-you're a craftsperson who takes pride in building elegant, reliable systems. You thrive in a remote environment where initiative and clear communication matter just as much as technical skill. You have:
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Hands-on experience in one or more of the following domains: fintech, blockchain, AI, data science, open-source, enterprise software
• Documented experience in functional programming (strong preference for Haskell and/or Rust a nd/or the Nix Ecosystem)
• A solid grasp of system design and architecture principles
• Experience collaborating on distributed, fully remote teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across time zones
• Contributions to open-source functional programming projects
• Why Join Obsidian Systems?
• A Learning Culture - We have a strong generalist culture, where employees are expected to study and improve themselves in skills that were initially weaker when they joined.
• Global flexibility - work fully remote from anywhere (except U.S. restricted/embargoed countries)
• Impactful work - your contributions won't be lost in layers of management; you'll directly shape products and solutions
• Innovative tech - work at the frontier of functional programming, AI, blockchain, and beyond
• Supportive culture - join a team that values rigor, learning, and collaboration over ego

Benefits

Additional Information

At Obsidian Systems , we're not your typical software consultancy. Since 2014, we've been building unusually high-quality software by combining the best tools from both industry and academia. From functional programming and static analysis to distributed ledger technologies and AI , we stay at the cutting edge-not just for the sake of novelty, but because it helps our clients gain a true strategic edge. We're a team of engineers who value rigor, creativity, and curiosity. If you're passionate about solving hard problems with elegant code, you'll fit right in.

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