Platform Architect: Secure, Scalable Finance Infrastructure

Blockstream, Inc; Menlo Park (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Blockstream is seeking a Platform Architect to define and evolve the architectural foundation of its core platforms. This role oversees end-to-end system design, ensuring scalability, security, and developer efficiency across Blockstream’s infrastructure and product ecosystem.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, product, and leadership to design distributed systems for high-value financial use cases while upholding Bitcoin’s decentralization principles and trust minimization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and operating large-scale platforms or infrastructure systems.
• 6-8 years of backend development with security boundaries, APIs, data models, and distributed services at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and technical vision for Blockstream’s platform and shared services.
• Design scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant distributed systems supporting Bitcoin, Layer-2, and enterprise products.
• Define platform standards for APIs, data models, service boundaries, and infrastructure patterns.
• Partner with engineering teams to guide implementation, review designs, and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Collaborate with Security and Infrastructure teams to ensure defense-in-depth, key management, and operational resilience.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies while balancing innovation with operational maturity.
• Ensure platform designs support regulatory, enterprise, and institutional requirements without compromising decentralization principles.
• Document architectural decisions, tradeoffs, and long-term technical roadmaps.
• Mentor senior engineers and help raise the overall architectural rigor across teams.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Security boundaries

API design

Communication skills

Remote collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Job description

Blockstream is seeking a Platform Architect to define and evolve the architectural foundation of its core platforms. This role oversees end-to-end system design, ensuring scalability, security, and developer efficiency across Blockstream’s infrastructure and product ecosystem.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, product, and leadership to design distributed systems for high-value financial use cases while upholding Bitcoin’s decentralization principles and trust minimization.