4 days ago
United Arab Emirates (city not specified)Staff+
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement a secure, scalable, and compliant digital asset ecosystem from the ground up.
- Design custody solutions incorporating wallets, HSMs, cryptographic key management, and tokenization capabilities.
- Lead stablecoin issuance, lifecycle management, transaction processing, and secure smart-contract governance.
- Integrate digital asset services with core banking, payments, mobile banking, exchanges, and third-party ecosystems.
- Establish cybersecurity, risk-control, operational governance, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, incident response, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Define highly available, resilient, cloud-native infrastructure and establish CI/CD and DevSecOps practices.
- Ensure compliance with CBUAE regulations, AML/KYC requirements, and applicable international digital asset standards.
- Manage solution delivery from requirements gathering through production support, including monitoring, dashboards, automation, and operational playbooks.
- Evaluate and manage vendors, blockchain providers, custodians, and strategic partners.
- Apply TOGAF and enterprise architecture principles and lead cross-functional stakeholder engagement.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, IT, engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of architecture or platform engineering experience in banking, fintech, or digital assets.
- Experience with custody platforms, wallets, tokenization, and stablecoin ecosystems.
- Strong knowledge of blockchain, cryptography, cloud platforms, and cybersecurity.
- Expertise in API management, enterprise integration, and digital banking ecosystems.
- Experience with UAE digital asset regulations and knowledge of tokenized deposits, CBDCs, stablecoins, and blockchain interoperability.
- Professional certifications in cloud, security, architecture, or blockchain technologies are preferred.
- Cloud Architect certification from a public cloud provider such as AWS or Azure is preferred.
- Certification in virtualization or related technology is preferred.
