Senior Solutions Architect, Banking and Capital Markets

About the role

This role focuses on integrating Chainlink's oracle platform into the capital markets sector. The Senior Solutions Architect will engage with major financial institutions, providing technical expertise and guidance to drive product adoption. Responsibilities include gathering requirements, scoping projects, and designing solutions that leverage Chainlink products to address specific industry challenges.

A key aspect of this position is contributing to the Chainlink capital markets product strategy. The architect will provide insights, market feedback, and technical expertise to influence the product suite's direction. Collaboration with internal technical teams is essential to ensure product enhancements and new features meet capital market requirements.

Success in this role means establishing strong relationships with stakeholders, delivering innovative solutions, and maintaining a deep understanding of capital market trends and technologies. The architect will position Chainlink products effectively, ensuring they address the evolving needs of the financial industry.

The salary range for this position is between $125,000 and $273,000 USD.

Skills that matter here

• Blockchain: The role requires strong knowledge of blockchain technology and its associated areas, including DeFi and tokenization.
• DeFi: Understanding decentralized finance is crucial for designing solutions that leverage Chainlink's platform for institutional use cases.
• Markets: The architect must comprehend capital markets concepts, financial instruments, and trading processes to effectively position Chainlink products.
• Python: Experience with Python is beneficial for building proofs of concept and prototype integrations.
• Rust: Familiarity with Rust is a preferred skill, indicating potential involvement in advanced technical implementations or understanding system architecture.
• Solidity: Experience with Solidity is preferred, suggesting involvement with smart contract development or understanding their integration.

Who this role suits

• Someone with a background in technical pre/post-sales within capital markets.
• An individual who can independently build and deliver proofs of concept and respond to technical proposals.
• A professional who understands middleware, integration architecture, web services, and APIs.
• A person capable of maintaining a comprehensive understanding of capital market trends and emerging technologies.

From the employer

Your Impact

• Drive the successful adoption of Chainlink products in the capital markets industry by establishing strong relationships with key stakeholders, including major financial institutions, and providing technical expertise and guidance throughout the sales and implementation process.
• Lead and actively participate in gathering requirements, scoping projects, and designing innovative solutions that leverage Chainlink products to address specific use cases and challenges within the capital markets industry.
• Contribute significantly to the development of the Chainlink capital markets product strategy by providing valuable insights, market feedback, and technical expertise, thereby influencing the direction and roadmap of the product suite.
• Collaborate closely with internal technical teams, including developers and engineers, to provide feedback and guidance on product enhancements, bug fixes, and new feature development, ensuring that the capital markets requirements are effectively addressed.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the capital markets industry, including market trends, challenges, and emerging technologies, to effectively position and promote Chainlink products.

Requirements

• Technical pre/postsales technology experience, working with major institutions within capital markets.
• Experience with, and strong knowledge of blockchain technology and associated areas (e.g. DeFi, tokenisation / digital assets, digital identity, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with middleware, integration architecture patterns, web services technologies, and APIs.
• Experience building and delivering Proofs of Concept (PoCs) and responding to functional and technical elements of proposals independently.
• Respond independently and effectively to RFIs, RFPs, and Due Diligence Questionnaires (DDQs) — covering functional, technical, security, and compliance dimensions.
• Build and deliver bespoke Proofs of Concept (PoCs) and prototype integrations that demonstrate viability within the customer's existing technology stack.
• Contribute to and maintain a library of reference architectures, solution accelerators, and technical decision guides for use across the solutions team.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in any of the following: Solidity, Golang, Rust, JS, Java, Python, C/C++.
• Experience in networking protocols, private IP environments, cloud infrastructure, and the implementation of SSL/TLS security measures.
• Knowledge of capital markets concepts, financial instruments and trading processes, including Corporate actions, PMS, OMS, Exchanges, FMIs, Clearing houses, etc.
• Experience with permissioned blockchain and public blockchains with familiarity with decentralised oracle design, data feed mechanisms, proof-of-reserve systems, or cross-chain messaging protocols.
• Prior involvement in Digital Assets design, tokenised collateral programs, or digital securities issuance platforms at a regulated financial institution or central bank.
• Experience as a technical author — published white papers, reference architectures, or standards contributions in blockchain, fintech, or capital markets.
• Certifications in AWS / Azure / GCP (Solutions Architect level or above), TOGAF, etc.