Cloud Solution Architect, Capital Markets & Exchanges

Google LLC; Zürich; On-site; CHF 136,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud seeks a Solution Architect for Capital Markets and Exchanges to design and implement scalable, low-latency trading and post-trade solutions. You will shape architectures across clearing, settlement, custody, and market data, collaborating with clients to translate business needs into actionable PRDs and demos.

You will lead architecture reviews, contribute to a high-maturity DevOps culture, and develop POC/MVP code using Google Cloud technologies, with opportunities to influence

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of Capital Markets and Exchanges experience designing and architecting solutions for issuance, clearing, trading, settlement, custody, reference, and market data.
• 4 years of experience in software or data engineering with one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, or Java), including experience with design patterns, testing frameworks, and API contract design.
• Experience in Financial Services, including experience with the regulatory and operational rigors of clearing, settlement, or custody.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect solutions such as scalable position-keeping services, hybrid financial instruments handling, low latency and stream solutions for trading exchanges.
• Evaluate and integrate solutions with modern data foundations, including Relational Databases, Data Lake Houses, and real-time streaming architectures, ensuring data pipelines are optimized for AI retrieval, agentic workflows, and real-time financial insights.
• Partner with client leads to create Product Requirement Documents (PRDs), clearly defining Critical User Journeys (CUJs) and success metrics.
• Create clear technical guides to ensure a seamless hand-off from Point of Contact to engineering teams.
• Build reusable Proof-of-Concept and MVP code, documentation, presentations demonstrating reworld solutions using Google Cloud Platform.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Design patterns

Testing frameworks

API design

Capital Markets experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

BigQuery

Vertex AI

Dataflow

Pub/Sub

Job description

Google Cloud seeks a Solution Architect for Capital Markets and Exchanges to design and implement scalable, low-latency trading and post-trade solutions. You will shape architectures across clearing, settlement, custody, and market data, collaborating with clients to translate business needs into actionable PRDs and demos.

You will lead architecture reviews, contribute to a high-maturity DevOps culture, and develop POC/MVP code using Google Cloud technologies, with opportunities to influence