IT Enterprise Architect Full Time

Founded in 2013, Bitcoin Suisse is the Swiss crypto-finance and technology pioneer and market leader. Bitcoin Suisse has helped to shape the crypto and blockchain ecosystem in Switzerland and has been a driving force in the development of the ‘Crypto Valley’ and ‘Crypto Nation Switzerland’. Bitcoin Suisse offers prime brokerage, trading, custody, lending, staking and other crypto-financial services for private and institutional clients and has built a team of more than 300 highly qualified experts at its locations in Zug, Copenhagen, Liechtenstein and Bratislava.

This position is available in Zug, Copenhagen or Bratislava.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• You will play a central role in the evolution of our technology stack. Working in close collaboration with CTO, Solutions architects, infrastructure and business stakeholders.
• Consult and advice both technical teams and business stakeholders on architecture and solutions
• Maintain and evolve the company wide architectural landscape and roadmap.
• Helping projects to bridge the gap between baseline and target architecture, by giving input to small steps that achieve the target architecture
• Work with business stakeholders to analyze, clarify and document objectives, enabling viable technical solutions
• Work with compliance and regulatory requirements, to make sure that we can meet audit demands
• Own the governance around architectural decision

What do we expect?

• You have a strong technical background within software development and good understanding of IT Infrastructure.
• We consider it an advantage if you are able to manage complex communication and negotiations from different perspectives and interests.
• Regardless of your background the right drive and passion for creating strong solutions and relation with the business stakeholders is at the heart of what we are looking for.
• 10+ years of experience as a lead developer or software architect (required)
• Entrepreneurial mindset and enthusiasm
• You live and breathe all aspects of software development, are enthusiastic about IT trends and always want to feel the pulse of the latest technologies
• B.Sc./M.Sc. in Computer Science, a comparable degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience
• Good understanding of Design Patterns, SOLID code and principles
• Strong interest and, ideally, experience with crypto currencies / blockchain / cryptography and DeFi.
• You are able to work both in a team and independently and engage with your colleagues, including knowledge sharing.
• You explain complex issues in a simple way and are motivated by developing others
• Experience building enterprise architecture roadmaps
• Experience designing, integrating, and managing complex solutions
• Deep knowledge in application design and development with Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka
• Excellent organizational and communication abilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

Are you looking for an exciting and challenging job in a dynamic and international environment where you will play a very important role in the success of the company? And is the opportunity to work with leading organizations within the space of Crypto Finance as well as the opportunity to shape your role and tasks driven by your interests appealing to you?

Note that for this position only direct applications will be considered and with a valid working permit for Switzerland.