Senior Solutions Architect, Banking and Capital Markets

About Chainlink

Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance (DeFi). The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, lending, payments, stablecoins, and more. Since inventing decentralized oracle networks, Chainlink has enabled tens of trillions in transaction value and now secures the vast majority of DeFi.

Many of the world's largest financial services institutions have also adopted Chainlink's standards and infrastructure, including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, S&P Dow Jones Indices, FTSE Russell, WisdomTree, ANZ, and top protocols such as Aave, Lido, GMX and many others. Chainlink leverages a novel fee model where offchain and onchain revenue from enterprise adoption is converted to LINK tokens and stored in a strategic Chainlink Reserve. Learn more at chain.link.

About The Role

As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will play a crucial role in driving the adoption of Chainlink products across the capital markets industry as we continue to expand our presence there.

You will work closely with Sales and Marketing teams to evangelise Chainlink technology across the finance industry and work directly with technical teams at major institutions to gather requirements, scope projects and deliver innovative solutions that address the complex needs of their stakeholders. You will also work directly with internal teams such as Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering and Legal and make a significant contribution to the ongoing development of the Chainlink capital markets product strategy.

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 or payment
• 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.

All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).

We carefully review all applications and aim to provide a response to every candidate within two weeks after the job posting closes. The closing date is listed on the job advert, so we encourage you to take the time to thoughtfully prepare your application. We want to fully consider your experience and skills, and you will hear from us regarding the status of your application shortly after the closing date.

Compensation Range: $125K - $273K