Technical & Solution Architect (Distributed Ledger / Regulated Financial Services)

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential fintech organization operating in regulated financial services. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on distributed ledger technology and post-trade infrastructure. You'll contribute as a senior engineer while progressively taking ownership of system-level architecture, solution design, and technical direction.

This position is ideal for someone looking to transition from senior engineer to architect, work on real financial market infrastructure problems, and shape a product at an early stage within a small, high-calibre team.

Responsibilities

Architecture & System Design:

• Design scalable, secure distributed systems in regulated environments
• Define and evolve system architecture, APIs, and integration patterns
• Apply appropriate software design patterns and architectural principles
• Contribute to smart contract and ledger design decisions
• Ensure auditability, resilience, and operational robustness

Distributed Ledger & Digital Assets:

• Work with distributed ledger technologies and smart contracts
• Design models for tokenised assets, natively digital assets, and atomic settlement
• Implement DvP and RvP mechanisms
• Address central bank digital currency integration concepts
• Evaluate trade-offs between on-chain and off-chain components

Financial Services Context:

• Translate regulatory and market structure requirements into technical design
• Understand settlement models and post-trade infrastructure
• Work within business frameworks such as CSDR and GDPR

Engineering & Implementation:

• Contribute production-quality code in Java, JavaScript, Solidity, and SQL
• Review code and guide best practices
• Improve CI/CD, testing strategies, and observability

Communication & Influence:

• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to engineers, product management, and clients
• Tailor messaging to different audiences
• Use structured thinking to amplify the impact of technology solutions
• Contribute to technical documentation and client materials

What We're Looking For

Technical Skills:

• Strong experience designing and building software products
• Solid understanding of distributed systems principles
• Experience with distributed ledgers and blockchain platforms
• Familiarity with tokenisation and digital asset concepts
• Strong API design experience (REST, event-driven architectures)
• Working knowledge of Java, JavaScript, Solidity, and SQL

Financial Services Knowledge (or strong motivation to learn):

• Understanding of post-trade processes
• Familiarity with CSDR, central securities depositories, DvP and RvP models, atomic settlement
• Appreciation of regulatory constraints in financial infrastructure

Communication & Leadership Potential:

• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to adjust technical depth depending on audience
• Structured and persuasive thinking
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity
• Ambition to grow into a Technical & Solution Architect role
• Ownership mindset and startup resilience

How We Work With You

Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our talent team will review your application and conduct an initial screening. If your profile is a strong match, we will submit you to our client for consideration. Please do not attempt to contact the client directly, as all communication should flow through our recruitment process.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process based on experience and qualifications.

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