Solutions Architect
Blockstream7 months ago
Zürich, SwitzerlandSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver end-to-end blockchain and digital asset solutions for banking, custody, payments, and treasury management use cases.
- Architect secure, scalable platforms integrating blockchain infrastructure with core banking and financial systems.
- Define technical architecture covering API design, data flows, event-driven systems, and integration patterns.
- Make platform-level decisions regarding cloud, hybrid, and on-premise deployment models, consensus mechanisms, and security protocols.
- Evaluate and select blockchain platforms, protocols, and tools based on client requirements and feasibility.
- Ensure solutions meet cryptographic security standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
- Collaborate with delivery teams, developers, and DevOps engineers to make architectures buildable, testable, and operable.
- Create and maintain architecture diagrams, system specifications, and integration guides.
- Identify and escalate architectural risks, technical dependencies, and performance bottlenecks.
- Mentor junior architects and developers on architectural patterns, blockchain best practices, and secure coding principles.
Requirements
- 5–10 years of experience in solution architecture, platform engineering, or enterprise system implementation.
- Strong understanding of blockchain technology, distributed systems, and cryptographic principles.
- Experience designing multi-system platforms in regulated financial services environments.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and modern deployment practices.
- Deep expertise in API-based architectures, microservices, and event-driven systems.
- Strong knowledge of security protocols, encryption, authentication, and authorization mechanisms.
- Understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and business stakeholders and collaborate across teams and geographies.
- High-quality, high-touch customer engagement throughout all phases of delivery.
- Swiss German, German, and English are required; French and/or Italian is a plus.
- Preferred experience with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hyperledger, smart contracts, DApp architecture, digital asset custody, tokenization, crypto payments, DeFi, stablecoins, Layer-2 scaling solutions, and digital asset regulatory frameworks.
- Preferred experience integrating blockchain with core banking, payments, or treasury management systems.
- Programming proficiency in Python, Go, Rust, Java, or Solidity is preferred.
- Blockchain certifications and experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration are preferred.
Benefits
- The role is based in Switzerland, with a focus on Zurich, Zug, and Lugano.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Blockstream
Blockstream builds Bitcoin infrastructure and software, including the Liquid sidechain for asset issuance and settlement, the Core Lightning implementation, the Green wallet, and the Jade hardware wallet. It sells enterprise software and consulting to financial institutions and exchanges, and also operates mining and hosting services. Founded in 2014 by Adam Back, it is privately held.