Chainlink Labs
Principal Solutions Architect, Partnerships - Banking & Capital Markets
Similar Jobs
About Us
Chainlink Labs is one of the primary contributing developers of Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance. The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), payments, stablecoins, and more. Many of the world’s largest financial services institutions have also adopted Chainlink’s standards and infrastructure, including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, ANZ, Aave, GMX, Lido, and many others.
Chainlink Labs is a world-class team of over 600 developers, researchers, and capital markets experts, and has ranked among Fortune's Best Workplaces in Technology, Fortune's Best Medium Workplace, and the Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces. Learn more at chain.link or chainlinklabs.com.
About The Role
As a principal solutions architect for our Capital Markets Partnerships segment, you will play a critical role in bridging the gap between our platform and the unique needs of our up and down-stream partners to create scalable adoption of the Chainlink platform across the banking and capital markets industry. You will serve as a domain technical expert, working closely with partners (e.g., tokenization platforms, custodians, ISVs), sales, product, and marketing teams to identify and execute how to embed and integrate our technology into partner technology stacks in regulatory compliant ways. This is a highly strategic and consultative role that requires both business acumen and technical fluency to articulate how our technology can provide value to the partner, using repeatable solutions frameworks to scale our penetration across various partner segments.
Your Impact
Establish yourself as a catalyst for Chainlink adoption by identifying and developing high-impact use cases, shaping product direction, and elevating the company’s presence within the banking and capital markets industry.
Own discovery sessions with a broad set of partners across a range of prioritized partner segments
Serve as a critical feedback loop to Product, Engineering, and R&D teams, translating partner needs and integration insights into actionable product requirements and enhancements.
Identify and prioritize high-impact, repeatable partner integration frameworks
Requirements
Technical pre/postsales technology experience, working with major institutions within capital markets
Proven track record of engaging with senior stakeholders to define and deliver strategic technology solutions.
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 and effectively
Preferred Requirements
Experience designing, building and integrating software solutions through a channel partnership sales motion
Experience in any of the following: Solidity, Golang, Rust, JS, Java, Python, C/C++
Experience of networking protocols, private IP environments, cloud infrastructure, and the implementation of SSL/TLS security measures
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.
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
Chainlink Labs is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, or ordinances. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us via this form.
Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates and Applicants
Information collected and processed as part of your Chainlink Labs Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to our Privacy Policy. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required.
