Lead Architect, Digital Assets & DeFi Platform

MLabs Ltd; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

MLabs Ltd on behalf of a leading European financial institution seeks a Lead Architect – Digital Assets to bridge traditional capital markets with DeFi. You will own end-to-end architecture for tokenised issuance, trading, settlement, and collateral management platforms, guiding a zero-to-one build with security, resilience, and regulatory alignment.

You will craft cross-chain topologies, on-chain compliance models, and custody solutions, while collaborating with product, legal, and regulatory

Qualifications

• Seven years of solution architecture experience, including at least three years on DLT/blockchain in high-value, 24/7 financial systems.
• Deep fluency with EVM and permissioned chains (Canton, Besu).
• Hands-on experience with regulated security token standards and on-chain compliance models.
• Strong capital markets knowledge to design system integrations.
• Ability to evaluate and integrate AI tooling into the development lifecycle with proper risk controls.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder management across technical, business, legal, and regulatory domains.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering; cloud/blockchain certifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture for digital asset solutions, integrating DLT with trading, clearing, settlement, custody, and CSD.
• Design cross-chain topology combining permissioned chains for institutions with public chains for DeFi distribution.
• Define on-chain compliance frameworks and token standards, KYC wallets, and real-time AML considerations.
• Architect custody models around MPC solutions, including BYOC support for institutional clients.
• Establish secure-by-design standards, threat modelling, and security architecture prior to security lead onboarding.
• Govern AI-assisted software delivery with coding assistants, scaffolding, and AI-driven test suites within risk guardrails.
• Collaborate with product, legal, regulatory, clearing, CSD, and client groups to align with MiFIR, MiCA, and DLT Pilot Regime.
• Guide team evolution from build to production, remaining hands-on during critical incidents.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Cloud or blockchain certifications (advantage)

Tools

EVM

Hyperledger Besu

Canton Network

ERC-3643 / T-REX

Job description

MLabs Ltd on behalf of a leading European financial institution seeks a Lead Architect – Digital Assets to bridge traditional capital markets with DeFi. You will own end-to-end architecture for tokenised issuance, trading, settlement, and collateral management platforms, guiding a zero-to-one build with security, resilience, and regulatory alignment.

You will craft cross-chain topologies, on-chain compliance models, and custody solutions, while collaborating with product, legal, and regulatory