Chief Systems Architect

12 hours ago


Vernon, Canada KCS Capital Full time

Overview About KCS Capital KCS Capital is designing Canada’s first non-retail, institutional-grade Real World Asset (RWA) exchange infrastructure, in collaboration with regulated banking partners. Our focus is on compliant, verifiable, bank-ready systems for asset tokenization, issuance, custody workflows, settlement, and reporting. This is not a retail crypto platform. It is core financial infrastructure. The Role We are seeking a senior Chief Systems Architect to define and guide the end-to-end technical architecture of our institutional RWA exchange stack. This role begins as fractional/advisory and is equity-aligned, with the opportunity to expand as the platform matures. You will work closely with founders, banking partners, and early engineers to translate vision into a credible, secure, and scalable system architecture suitable for regulated financial institutions. Responsibilities Design the target-state architecture for an institutional RWA exchange, including identity, compliance, asset verification, issuance, custody integration, settlement, reconciliation, and reporting Define system boundaries, component interactions, data flows, and control points Advise on build vs buy decisions for core infrastructure (custody, KYC/AML, ledger, messaging, monitoring) Establish security-by-design principles, auditability, and operational controls aligned with bank expectations Develop a practical technical roadmap with clear milestones (0–90 days and 6–12 months) Support bank-facing discussions with clear explanations of architecture, controls, and risk posture Provide architectural guidance for early engineering hires and vendors as needed Qualifications & Experience 10–25 years of experience in systems, enterprise, or principal architecture roles Background in financial services, banking, capital markets, payments, or clearing/settlement systems Strong understanding of ledgers, reconciliation, transaction lifecycles, and operational controls Experience designing systems in regulated environments (auditability, vendor governance, security) Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to executives and non-technical stakeholders Experience with digital assets, tokenization, or distributed ledger systems is a plus, but not required Engagement Structure Fractional / advisory to start Equity-aligned compensation structure Flexible engagement with clear ownership over architecture and roadmap What Success Looks Like A clear, credible architecture that banks can trust A defined technical roadmap that supports partnerships and fundraising A system design that balances compliance, scalability, and long-term flexibility How to Apply Please include: A brief summary of relevant architecture experience Examples of complex financial or regulated systems you have worked on Your availability for a fractional/advisory engagement #J-18808-Ljbffr



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