System Architect (Platform focus)

In this role, you will drive the evolution of the Digital Asset Platform, ensuring alignment between strategic vision and day-to-day delivery.

You will work closely with engineering teams, solution architects, product leaders, and external partners, guiding architectural decisions, validating implementations, and continuously improving the platform’s capabilities.

Your mission is to ensure that the platform remains consistent, reusable, secure, and scalable, while enabling innovation and accelerating delivery across multiple initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Define & Own Platform Vision Define and maintain the target architecture and long-term vision for the Digital Asset Platform, ensuring alignment with business strategy and innovation goals.

Drive Platform Evolution Continuously evolve platform capabilities (DLT, APIs, data, integration, security) to meet emerging business needs and technological opportunities.

Architecture Governance & Assurance Ensure that all teams follow the platform architecture principles, standards, and patterns, validating designs and implementations against the defined vision.

Act as Platform Design Authority Review solution designs, challenge inconsistencies, and ensure coherence across initiatives, acting as a trusted technical authority.

Enable Teams & Provide Guidance Support engineering teams and solution architects by providing clear guidance, reusable patterns, and architectural best practices, enabling efficient and aligned delivery.

Standardisation & Reuse Define reference architectures, reusable components, and “golden paths” to reduce fragmentation and accelerate delivery across teams

Platform Integration & Ecosystem Alignment Ensure alignment across platform components (DLT, APIs, cloud, data, security) and integration with internal and external ecosystems.

Security, Compliance & Resilience by Design Ensure the platform adheres to security, compliance, and operational resilience requirements, embedding these principles into architecture decisions.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Influence Partner with product, engineering, GTS, CISO, and external providers to ensure alignment and adoption of platform standards.

Innovation & Technology Watch Stay ahead of industry and technology trends (DLT, tokenization, digital assets), evaluating their impact and integrating relevant innovations into the platform.