As a Solutions Architect for Web3 and Digital Assets at Google Cloud, you bridge the gap between traditional financial market infrastructure and digital assets. You will act as the primary technical advisor for driving Web3 and blockchain initiatives, helping the world's leading exchange organizations navigate the shift toward decentralized technology while maintaining the stability and security required by capital markets.
What you'll do
- Propose innovative solutions that challenge traditional assumptions, advising executive leaders on where Web3 and DLT can bring genuine business value to financial processes.
- Translate unclear requirements into concrete technical blueprints, architecting end-to-end solutions for digital asset trading, clearing, and settlement using Google Cloud technology.
- Align diverging views across different business units and funnel new initiatives through commercial frameworks, ensuring stakeholder alignment despite political complexities or organizational inertia.
- Oversee the end-to-end execution of Web3-related projects, defining milestones and statements of work for partner-led delivery while monitoring progress to ensure technical solutions meet Google's high standards for stability and security.
- Represent Google Cloud's perspective on the Web3 space to the industry through blog posts and speaking engagements, showcasing co-innovation with customers.
What you bring
- A bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience designing and deploying cloud-based solutions.
- 5 years of experience in financial services, specifically in capital markets or digital assets.
- Experience with Web3 technology, including blockchain and distributed ledger technology.
- Experience advising executive stakeholders on technical strategy and integration.
Nice to have
- A master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience selling Web3 solutions to traditional finance companies, managing stakeholder concerns and identifying where DLT provides the most commercial value.
- Expertise in advanced Web3 concepts, including smart contracts such as Solidity, zero-knowledge proofs, and consensus mechanisms, including their associated security challenges.
- Knowledge of the exchange business, including high-frequency trading and how decentralized technology integrates with existing financial business models.
- Understanding of European digital asset regulations and sovereign initiatives, such as the digital Euro.
- Excellent communication and influence skills, with an ability to manage complex stakeholder expectations in high-pressure environments.
What we offer
- Salary in Germany: €148,000-€152,000 plus a 20% bonus target plus equity plus benefits.
- Choice of working location: Frankfurt, Munich, or London.
About Google Cloud
Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry. It delivers enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.