Block chain Expert Architect
San Leandro, California, United States of America
Contract
3 weeks ago
Key skills
Smart ContractsBlockchainLeadership
About this role
Architecture Resource SOW
Requirements:
Requirements:
- An Engineer 5, who will be part of the Architecture group in DTI, is a senior technical leader who combines deep domain expertise with strong strategic thinking to define, guide, and evolve enterprise and platform architectures.
- This role requires the ability to design scalable, secure, and resilient solutions across complex, multi-system environments while influencing technology direction beyond a single product or team.
- In this role, the Engineer 5 maintains awareness of emerging blockchain and Web3-inspired patterns and ecosystems as inputs into architectural decision-making, while ensuring all solutions remain grounded in regulated, enterprise-grade design principles, strong governance, and operational rigor appropriate for a large financial institution.
- A successful Engineer 5 demonstrates mastery of architectural patterns, cloud and modern engineering practices, and non-functional requirements such as performance, resiliency, and security.
- They are a trusted advisor to senior leadership, able to translate business strategy into technical direction, lead cross-functional alignment, mentor other architects and engineers, and drive long-term architectural consistency and innovation across the organization.
Responsibilities Include:
- Provide architectural leadership for blockchain-enabled initiatives, including tokenized deposits, digital assets, and distributed settlement use cases, ensuring solutions align with bank-grade security, resiliency, and regulatory expectations.
- Design hybrid architectures that integrate distributed ledger platforms with core banking systems, payment platforms, data stores, and event-driven microservices.
- Define appropriate on-chain vs off-chain responsibilities, including smart contracts, orchestration services, API layers, and operational controls.
- Evaluate and guide the usage of permissioned distributed ledger technologies, identity and access models, privacy architectures, and governance structures suitable for regulated environments.
- Familiarity with smart contract concepts as deterministic business rule enforcement, not as workflow orchestration.
- Experience working across payments, liquidity, settlements, or financial market infrastructures in large-scale enterprises.
- Establish architectural guardrails and best practices for emerging digital asset and blockchain capabilities, avoiding vendor lock-in and ensuring long-term interoperability and maintainability.
- Provide thought leadership to engineering teams and stakeholders on where blockchain adds business value versus where traditional platforms remain more appropriate.