About Sygnum

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 Linked In and X.

Our values

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.


About the role


Our CISO team’s mission is to be in the vanguard of digital banking security, fostering a safe and prosperous financial future for our stakeholders while setting pioneering new industry standards for security and trust in the digital age.

• Strategic Impact: Collaborate as a vital member of Sygnum's global CISO team to ensure Sygnum applications are secure.
• Penetration Testing: Conduct internal penetration testing on company projects and assets. Create detailed reports about your findings with detailed remediations for affected teams. Retest previous findings to ensure correct remediation has been put in place.
• Expert Advisory: Research, evaluate, document, and discuss findings both with IT teams and management. Be involved in designing fixes and improving security protocols. Help translate technical risks into non-technical, business-focused language.
• Secure Development: Participate in secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) activities, conduct security code reviews, and collaborate with development teams to ensure secure coding practices
• Tools & Automation: develop expertise in existing penetration testing tools and the creation of new internal tools aimed at automating security testing.
• Continuous Learning: Stay updated with the latest security trends, vulnerabilities, and technology developments through continuous education and professional development.
• Incident Management: support response to security incidents as required.
• Leadership Development: Mentor junior members of the team.

Our ideal candidate


You are an experienced Penetration Tester, passionate about securing digital environments. Your expertise includes web application testing, cloud security, and Active Directory penetration testing. Skilled in translating technical risks for business audiences, you bring a proactive and analytical approach. With 2-5 years of hands-on experience, you thrive in dynamic, collaborative settings and are eager to learn. Familiarity with digital assets, Web3, and blockchain technologies is a plus.

• Educational Background: A technical university degree or equivalent experience, along with recognized certifications (OSCP, GWAPT, CEH, GPEN, Pen Test+, etc.).
• Professional Experience: 2-5 years of experience as Penetration Tester.
• Penetration Testing Expertise: (in order of priority):
  • Web Application Penetration Testing.
  • Infrastructure testing for cloud environments.
  • Penetration testing on Active Directory environments.
  • Source code security assessment (desirable).
• Security Frameworks and Standards: Familiarity with industry standards and frameworks such as OWASP, NIST, ISO 27001, etc.
• Communication Skills: proven English language communication skills able to write detailed reports about test findings and remediations for affected teams and able to verbally discuss those findings with IT teams and management.
• Cloud Security: experience of security solutions and information security in cloud environments.
• Emerging Technologies: Understanding of digital assets, web3, cloud computing and blockchain technologies.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with high adaptability in a fast-changing environment.

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. 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
• 25 days annual vacation
• 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!