Director of Solutions Job at Blockstream (Zurich)

Job Description

Blockstream works with banks, custodians, asset managers, and financial institutions to design and deploy secure, production-grade Bitcoin and Layer-2 platforms in regulated environments. We are seeking a Director of Solutions to act as the senior authority responsible for designing, building, and evolving client solution platforms. This role owns the translation of solution intent into cohesive, scalable, and secure client platforms, spanning multiple products, integrations, and deployment models. This role, together with the Service team ensures that Blockstream’s solutions are not only well-architected, but buildable, extensible, and operationally sound across multiple client platforms.

Job Responsibility

Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team to scale the delivery of financial services solutions
Own the solution platform architecture and build strategy for enterprise and institutional client platforms across banking, custody, payments, and digital asset environments
Lead the execution and lifecycle of client platform builds, translating architectural vision into concrete implementations, deployments, and scaled production platforms
Ensure that solution platforms preserve the security, trust assumptions, and operational guarantees of Blockstream’s Bitcoin-native and Layer-2 infrastructure
Act as the senior authority on how Blockstream products are composed into end-to-end client platforms
Partner closely with: Director, Industry Lead, Financial Services to translate market needs and solution vision into platform designs, Director, Head of Delivery to ensure solutions are buildable, deliverable, and operable at scale
Define and maintain solution blueprints and platform patterns, covering: Core banking and financial system integrations (e.g. Avaloq or equivalent), Custody, treasury, and payments platforms, Blockstream Bitcoin and Layer-2 components, External vendors, market infrastructure, and third-party services
Own platform-level design decisions including: API and integration models, Data flows and event-driven architectures, Deployment models (on-prem, hybrid, cloud)
Guide platform build approaches across DevOps, CI/CD, security, and environment design
Serve as the primary escalation point for solution-level design risks, cross-platform dependencies, and architectural trade-offs
Support deal shaping by validating: Platform scope and complexity, Build assumptions and constraints, Dependencies and sequencing across solutions
Act as a key feedback conduit to Product & Engineering, influencing roadmap decisions based on platform realities and reuse opportunities
Support executive briefings, architecture reviews, and client workshops as the senior platform authority

Requirements

10+ years of experience in solution architecture, platform design, or large-scale system implementation within banking or financial services
Proven success in senior roles such as Head of Solutions, Principal / Lead Solution Architect, Platform Architect, Enterprise Architect
Deep experience designing and building multi-system, multi-platform solutions in regulated environments
Strong understanding of how to compose products, integrations, and services into cohesive client platforms
Hands-on experience with: Cloud platforms (preferably AWS), DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, Containerization and modern deployment models
Strong architectural grounding in: API-first and service-oriented architectures, Event-driven and message-based systems, Data orchestration and consistency models
Demonstrated ability to bridge solution vision, technical architecture, and build execution
Strong grasp of security, resiliency, and compliance requirements in institutional environments
Proven leadership in building and managing high-performing teams, stakeholder management, and decision-making capabilities
Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to operate confidently with: Client executives, Product and Engineering leadership, Delivery and commercial peers
Self-starter with proven ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and geographies, demonstrating high-quality and high-touch customer engagement throughout all phases of delivery
Languages: Swiss German or German and English required
French and/or Italian a plus
Location: Switzerland, with focus on Zurich and Zug

Nice to have

Experience building or scaling Bitcoin or digital asset platforms in institutional environments
Strong understanding of Bitcoin security models and Layer-2 technologies
Exposure to: Core banking platforms, Custody, payments, or capital markets systems, Market infrastructure and vendor ecosystems
Experience standardizing solution platforms for reuse and scale
Background in environments with multiple concurrent client platforms

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