Data Engineer (80-100%)

Sygnum

Sygnum

Data Science
Zürich, Switzerland
Posted on Jun 30, 2025
Data Engineer (80-100%)
Switzerland
Zurich
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.
A key pillar of our success are the Sygnum values that define and unite us a team. We proudly call them our SYGN values:
  • S stands for the importance we hold in Seeking and seizing opportunities, and the way we take personal ownership for delivering results for our clients;
  • Y represents the way we say Yes to maintaining the highest level of integrity and fairness in everything we do. Sygnumers always display confidence without attitude;
  • G reminds us to always Grow and win together. We only succeed by supporting each other and challenging ourselves, and our team-mates, to reach for new heights;
  • N is here for Nose for value because we are always looking to focus on what matters most to our clients, partners and team.
Sygnum has one of the most diverse teams in the industry. Diversity plays a central role in keeping our work culture open, our teams productive and energised, and our solutions at the forefront of the industry. In the spirit of our SYGN value to “grow and win together”, we fully embrace an equal opportunity mindset in the way we onboard, develop and promote our team members.
Join our dynamic Data Analytics team and play a key role to drive business insights, operational excellence, data-driven strategic decision-making, and innovation through Data & AI across the group. As a Data Engineer, you will report directly to the Head of Data Analytics, contributing to impactful projects that shape our business. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a newly established central Data Analytics team within the CEO Office, where your work will help power data-driven decisions across the organization.

In this role, you will:
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand business needs, provide data solutions, and handle ad-hoc data requests.
• Ingest, clean, and organize data from multiple sources, including real-time data sources, ensuring accuracy and reliability.
• Perform statistical analyses, identify trends in data, develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and performance tracking measures.
• Create BI solutions, including automated reporting, dashboards, and visualizations for various functions across Sygnum. This includes establishing a state-of-the-art management information system (MIS) that drives data-driven decision-making.
• Develop advanced Data Analytics and AI solutions, such as predictive models, AI and GenAI applications.
• Be a key member of the Data Analytics Hub, and support Sygnum Data Analytics Community in various projects and tasks.
• Have the opportunity to be a key driver for Sygnum’s Data Analytics capabilities. You will work on things that matter. Consequently, your contribution will have a significant impact on Sygnum as a company.
• Work in a dynamic and innovative environment with short decision ways. Our goal as a company is to stand out from aged corporate structures. We work in a fast-paced environment with many exiting changes happening every day.
• Be surrounded by driven people and get exposure to stakeholders across the whole company. At Sygnum we are passionate about what we do. Many of us have deep experience in this nascent industry, and so do our clients. There are plenty of things that you can learn from them. This is inspiring to us – hopefully also to you .
• Work at the forefront of future finance and be exposed to many trends in this space. As Peter Drucker used to say: “The best way to predict the future is to create it”.
  • Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics or a related field.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail and accuracy, data-driven mindset.
  • Interest and ideally first experiences in banking, crypto, and blockchain technologies.
  • Experience in the Azure Technology Stack, Azure Data Services, and Azure Databricks, ideally recognized with certifications.
  • Experience in ETL / ELT pipelines.
  • Extensive experience in Python (ideally including PySpark), any additional programming language is desirable.
  • Experience with DevOps and CICD.
  • Experience in database management and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI).
  • Understanding of machine learning, statistical analysis, AI and GenAI technologies.
  • Ideally interest and first experiences in AI Agent Frameworks (e.g. LangChain).
  • Good communication and teamwork skills.
Joining Sygnum means being part of a dynamic, global team that is building a trusted gateway between the traditional and digital asset economies. Working at Sygnum, you will experience our fast-paced, exciting work environment that embraces meritocracy and collaboration and open communication. Alongside our ambitious long-term mission, we also come together for reaching important milestones and annual crypto-industry anniversaries like Bitcoin Pizza Day, and regularly celebrate together at themed company events as part of our journey to shape Future Finance.

Sygnum offers a comprehensive package of benefits for all team members. They include:

• Attractive combination of market salaries and entrepreneurial incentive scheme
• Flexible/Work at home policies
• Professional development via Mentoring and Buddy programs
• One-month fully paid sabbatical for every five years of continuous employment

If you are passionate about the potential of blockchain to share Future Finance and your profile is a good fit for this position, please send us your CV today!
Full-Time
Partial Home Office