System Architect (Platform focus)

Euroclear; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Competitive salary

Learning & development opportunities

Global exposure

Job summary

Euroclear is seeking a Digital Asset System Architect (Platform Focus) to define and evolve the Digital Asset Platform, ensuring a coherent, scalable, and secure architecture across initiatives. You will act as a technical authority, guiding engineering teams, product leaders, and partners toward a unified platform vision.

You will shape governance, reduce fragmentation, and embed security-by-design while delivering fast, reliable delivery across multiple initiatives in a hybrid, international

Qualifications

• Deep experience in platform architecture (cloud-native, distributed systems).
• Strong knowledge of DLT and digital asset platforms.
• Proven experience defining and governing architecture standards and roadmaps.
• Strong API-driven and event-driven architecture understanding.
• Experience with Azure, CI/CD, and DevSecOps.
• Security-by-design, identity models, and compliance familiarity.
• Ability to guide multiple teams without direct authority.
• Strong communication and influencing skills across stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define & Own Platform Vision: define target architecture and long-term vision.
• Drive Platform Evolution: evolve platform capabilities (DLT, APIs, data, integration, security).
• Architecture Governance & Assurance: ensure adherence to principles, validate designs.
• Act as Platform Design Authority: review designs for coherence across initiatives.
• Enable Teams & Provide Guidance: offer reusable patterns and best practices.
• Standardisation & Reuse: define reference architectures and golden paths.
• Platform Integration & Ecosystem Alignment: align components and ecosystems.
• Security, Compliance & Resilience by Design: embed security/compliance into decisions.
• Stakeholder Collaboration & Influence: align with product, engineering, GTS, CISO, external providers.
• Innovation & Technology Watch: monitor trends and integrate relevant innovations.

Skills

Platform architecture

DLT / digital assets

Architecture standards & governance

API-driven / event-driven

Azure / cloud

CI/CD / DevSecOps

Security-by-design

Stakeholder influence

Communication

Job description

Digital Asset System Architect (Platform Focus)

[TRIBE Innovation]

The financial industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation driven by Digital Assets, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), and next-generation data platforms. Euroclear is at the forefront of this evolution, building the foundations of a Digital Asset Platform that will power future market infrastructures.

The Innovation Tribe is responsible for delivering these transformative capabilities, shaping how digital assets are issued, managed, and exchanged across ecosystems.

We are looking for a Digital Asset System Architect (Platform Focus) who will define, evolve, and safeguard the vision of the Digital Asset Platform. You will act as the technical authority and guardian of the platform, ensuring that all teams contribute to a coherent, scalable, secure, and future-proof architecture.

This is a high-impact role at the intersection of architecture strategy, platform governance, and innovation, where you will shape the long-term foundation of Euroclear’s digital asset capabilities while enabling teams to deliver efficiently and consistently.

Summary

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.

Must Have

• Deep experience in platform architecture, preferably in cloud-native and distributed systems environments
• Strong knowledge of DLT / digital asset platforms / blockchain ecosystems.
• Proven experience defining and governing architecture standards, patterns, and roadmaps
• Strong understanding of API-driven architectures, event-driven systems, and integration patterns
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred), CI/CD, and DevSecOps practices
• Strong expertise in security-by-design, identity models, and compliance frameworks
• Ability to balance strategic vision with pragmatic delivery constraints
• Proven ability to guide multiple teams without direct authority
• Strong communication and influencing skills across business and technical stakeholders

Nice To Have

• Exposure to AI agents / Agentic AI concepts, including how autonomous agents can orchestrate workflows and service flow
• Familiarity with financial services or market infrastructure

You Are

• A visionary architect who can define a clear target state and inspire teams to align with it
• A guardian of consistency, ensuring coherence and quality across complex initiatives
• A pragmatic decision-maker, able to balance innovation, risk, and delivery speed
• A natural influencer and collaborator, able to align diverse stakeholders without formal authority
• Passionate about digital assets, DLT, and the future of financial market infrastructure
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, evolving environments, shaping direction while delivery is ongoing
• Eager to continuously improve the platform and the way teams build on top of it

Why join us

Embark on your new adventure at Euroclear, and work at the heart of the global capital markets. We connect over 2,000 financial institutions across the globe. As an open and resilient infrastructure, we contribute to the stability of the financial markets. We help clients cut through complexity, lower costs, and mitigate risks of financial transactions. At Euroclear, we have the clear ambition to use our key role to facilitate and accelerate a sustainable global financial system.

What We Offer

• Work closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues from more than 80 different countries.
• Practice your talents in a highly professional international environment.
• Join a learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Ways of working

Find your own optimal balance within our hybrid working model, where you can connect at the office 8 days a month and also benefit from remote working.

Great Place to Work for All

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and strives to be a Great Place to Work for All. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment, regardless of any aspect that makes them unique (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, ...). If you need any specific accommodation due to disability or any other reason, you can let the recruiter know during your application process. Our values guide how we work together and shape our future: Our mission and values - Euroclear