Technology Growth Hacker

Euroclear; Town of Belgium (WI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive salary

International environment

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Euroclear is seeking a Technology Growth Hacker to evaluate innovative technologies and run PoCs early in development. You will partner with IT and business teams to identify opportunities and design solutions that drive growth and competitiveness.

You will lead PoCs from ideation through to delivery, ensuring alignment with EU regulatory considerations and the company’s strategic goals, while communicating outcomes to executives and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing cloud‑native solutions with scalable, secure architectures.
• Strong knowledge of container platforms and microservices design.
• Define cloud landing zones, identity models, networks and security boundaries.
• Design robust API ecosystems with contracts, versioning and governance.
• Experience with hybrid cloud integration and standardized mediation layers.
• Understand data platforms, data engineering patterns and lifecycle management.
• Security‑by‑design principles across identity, encryption and network boundaries.
• Own end‑to‑end solution architecture with cross‑functional leadership.
• Lead cross‑functional teams and align stakeholders across engineering, product and security.
• Explain complex topics to executives and run architecture reviews.

Responsibilities

• Research and evaluate modern technologies and ideas.
• Act as a technology partner for business exploring new opportunities.
• Drive opportunities from ideation to PoC and product delivery support.
• Present opportunities and assess risks, focusing on competitive elements.
• Collaborate with IT, business, clients and Fintech to validate ideas.
• Design and execute PoCs aligned to strategic goals.
• Identify blockers and navigate ambiguous environments.
• Produce architecture roadmaps, patterns and documentation.

Skills

Cloud-native design

Kubernetes/OpenShift

APIs and governance

DevOps & CI/CD

Data platform basics

Security by design

Stakeholder collaboration

Technical storytelling

POC management

English communication

Tools

Azure

AKS

OpenShift

IaC (Terraform/ARM)

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

The Group Digital Capabilities (GDC) Division ensures Euroclear’s competitiveness by delivering reliable and sustainable IT solutions for the financial securities markets.

Emerging technologies such as Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), cloud computing, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and API coupled with strategic trends could be game changers forthe financialindustry and beyond. Euroclear seeks to seize opportunities created by these modern technologies and strategic trends to develop products, services and capabilities addressing market inefficiencies and strengthen Euroclear’s unique position as a neutral financial market infrastructure.

The Innovation tribe within IT is the delivery arm of these game changing digital capabilities, across business lines and entities. To support its growth and ambitions, we are reinforcing the team with a Technology Growth Hacker.

Summary

The Technology Growth Hacker is responsible for evaluating the feasibility of modern technologies and ideas and conducting proof-of-concept (PoC) projects in the preliminary stages of development for different business cases. This role leverages technical expertise and creativity to develop innovative solutions that enhance organizational growth and competitiveness.

In this role, you will work closely withrelevant IT teams as well as business teams, clients, and Fintechto identify and explore emerging technologies and innovative ideas that have the potential to drive business value. You will be responsible for designing and executing PoC projects to validate these ideas, ensuring they align with the strategic goals of the organization. Your work will involve collaborating with stakeholders to gather requirements,establishing the solutions, and do small developments to deliver successful outcomes. You will also be responsible for market watch to hunt opportunities outside the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Research and evaluate modern technologies and ideas.
• Function as a technology partner for business when exploring potential new business opportunities.
• Drive new opportunities from a technical perspective, from the initial ideation, PoC stage, through to supporting the product delivery.
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of the current regulatory environment vis a vis other initiatives going on in different geographies primarily in the EU.
• Be able to evangelise and present the opportunities created by the “to be” adopted technology for Euroclear, as well as being able to understand and demonstrate the risks that it brings, with special focus on competitive elements.
• Identify and remove blockers and always find the path forward in challenging situations.
• Operate successfully in ambiguous environments.
• Collaborate and communicate with relevant stakeholders.
• Report progress and share outcomes.

Must Have

• Deep experience designing cloud‑native solutions (Azure preferred), including scalable, secure and cost‑efficient architectures.
• Strong knowledge of container platforms (Kubernetes/AKS, OpenShift) and microservices design.
• Ability to define cloud landing zones, identity models, network architecture, and security boundaries.
• Ability to design robust API ecosystems, interface contracts, versioning, and governance.
• Experience with hybrid integration (cloud on‑prem SaaS) using standardized patterns and mediation layers.
• Good understanding of data platforms, data engineering patterns, and data lifecycle management.
• Ability to design secure data flows and govern data domains, quality, and access models.
• Solid command of security‑by‑design principles, including identity, encryption, network segmentation, and threat modeling.
• Ability to embed compliance, auditability, and operational resilience into technical design decisions.
• Proven ability to own end‑to‑end solution architecture, balancing functional and non‑functional requirements.
• Skilled at leading cross‑functional teams, influencing stakeholders, and driving alignment across engineering, product, and security.
• Comfortable producing architectural decisions, roadmaps, patterns, and technical documentation.
• Good grounding in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, IaC , and automated testing principles.
• Ability to guide engineering teams toward scalable, maintainable, modern engineering approaches.
• Familiarity with modernization, migration strategies, and refactoring legacy systems into cloud‑ready architectures.
• Able to explain complex technical topics in simple terms to executives, business teams, and engineers.
• Confident facilitating technical workshops, discovery sessions, and architecture reviews.
• Strong decision‑making skills with a pragmatic, value‑driven mindset
• Exposure to Agile and understanding new emerging technologies such as DLT, AI, quantum computing, and more in professional business environments.
• Experience with incubation and PoC projects
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• High motivation to work in a team and take over responsibility.
• Good English skills in speaking and writing.
• Experience in developing web applications.
• Project management experience is a plus.

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

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About 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

About the Team

The Group Digital Capabilities (GDC) division contributes to Euroclear’s competitiveness by delivering reliable and sustainable IT solutions for the financial securities markets. Our teams deliver new IT solutions and improve existing applications for both our internal and external clients. We deploy changes into the production environment in a controlled and structured way that does not compromise production stability and we ensure applicative production support.