Senior Solutions Architect

Skills

About the Role

You will drive adoption of Chainlink products across capital markets by engaging with institutional stakeholders, gathering requirements, scoping projects, and designing implementable solutions. You will evangelize technology during pre/post sales engagements, build and deliver Proofs of Concept and prototypes, respond to RFIs/RFPs/DDQs, and collaborate with internal product and engineering teams to inform product direction and deliver integrations.

Requirements

• Technical pre/post sales experience with major capital markets institutions
• Strong knowledge of blockchain technology, including DeFi, tokenization, digital assets, and digital identity
• Hands-on experience with middleware, integration architecture patterns, web services, and APIs
• Proven ability to build and deliver Proofs of Concept and prototype integrations
• Experience responding to RFIs, RFPs, and Due Diligence Questionnaires covering functional, technical, security, and compliance dimensions
• Experience with networking protocols, private IP environments, cloud infrastructure, and SSL/TLS security measures
• Knowledge of capital markets concepts and financial instruments including corporate actions, PMS, OMS, exchanges, FMIs, and clearing houses
• Experience with permissioned and public blockchains, 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 at regulated financial institutions or central banks
• Experience as a technical author or published contributor to white papers, reference architectures, or standards
• Familiarity with one or more programming languages: Solidity, Golang, Rust, JavaScript, Java, Python, C/C++
• Certifications in AWS, Azure, GCP (Solutions Architect level or above), TOGAF, or similar are a plus

Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of Chainlink products within capital markets
• Establish and maintain relationships with institutional stakeholders
• Provide technical expertise and guidance through sales and implementation
• Gather requirements and scope projects
• Design innovative technical solutions tailored to customer needs
• Build and deliver Proofs of Concept and prototype integrations
• Respond to RFIs, RFPs, and Due Diligence Questionnaires
• Collaborate with product and engineering to inform product enhancements
• Maintain a library of reference architectures and solution accelerators