About Sygnum

Sygnum is a global digital asset banking group, founded on Swiss and Singapore heritage. We empower professional and institutional investors, banks, corporates and DLT foundations to invest in digital assets with complete trust. Our team enables this through our institutional-grade security, expert personal service and portfolio of regulated digital asset banking, asset management, tokenisation and B2B services.
In Switzerland, Sygnum holds a banking licence and has CMS and Major Payment Institution Licences in Singapore. The group is also regulated in the established global financial hubs of Abu Dhabi and Luxembourg.


We believe that the future has heritage. Our crypto-native team of banking, investment and digital asset technology professionals are building a trusted gateway between the traditional and digital asset economies that we call Future Finance. To learn more about how Sygnum’s mission and values are shaping this digital asset ecosystem, please visit sygnum.com and follow us on Linked In and X.

Our values

A key pillar of our success are the Sygnum values that define and unite us a team. We proudly call them our SYGN values:

• S stands for the importance we hold in Seeking and seizing opportunities, and the way we take personal ownership for delivering results for our clients;

• Y represents the way we say Yes to maintaining the highest level of integrity and fairness in everything we do. Sygnumers always display confidence without attitude;

• G reminds us to always Grow and win together. We only succeed by supporting each other and challenging ourselves, and our team-mates, to reach for new heights;

• N is here for Nose for value because we are always looking to focus on what matters most to our clients, partners and team.

Sygnum has one of the most diverse teams in the industry. Diversity plays a central role in keeping our work culture open, our teams productive and energised, and our solutions at the forefront of the industry. In the spirit of our SYGN value to “grow and win together”, we fully embrace an equal opportunity mindset in the way we onboard, develop and promote our team members.

About the role


Sygnum’s diverse and talented team of banking, investment and DLT experts is shaping the development of a trusted digital asset ecosystem.
As a member of the Enterprise Architecture team, you will work closely with your other team members to define, establish and enforce best architectural practices across the Sygnum enterprise IT landscape, including close interactions with various domain stakeholders, SRE and IT Security to set the standards for our IT products, infrastructure and security.


You will be involved in various projects, from inception to completion, and will work closely with both the business and the technology teams to design and oversee the implementation of the proposed architecture. Furthermore, you will oversee various strategic and cross-cutting projects, and will be responsible for proposing, prototyping and designing these solutions.
You’ll be joining an amazing team working on the future of finance!


Tasks:

• Together with your Enterprise Architecture team members, you are responsible for setting up the vision across Sygnum’s entire technology stack.

• You will act as the lead architect for cloud related infrastructure architecture (AWS and Azure), including networking, security and best practices.

• You lead and manage the solution architecture for multiple domains and support the teams with any architectural support they may need.

• You will be the go-to person for various topics within the domains you oversee, as well as any strategic enterprise projects that you are responsible for.

• You will be involved in all aspects of the projects you are assigned to. From inception of an idea, proposing a technical architecture, overseeing the cloud architecture design, and supporting the teams to bring the solution into fruition.

• You don’t work alone. Together with the architecture team, as well as the domain technology teams, you will take responsibility for critical projects and lead them to success.

• You can see the bigger picture, and you are able to clearly formulate your vision to both technical and business stakeholders.

Our ideal candidate

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) with 7+ years of experience in an engineering / architecture / technical management role.

• Proven experience in the design and development of technology strategies.

• In depth knowledge in one of more of the following topics: Asynchronous architecture, Streaming, Monitoring and Tracing, Data Architecture, Authentication and Cloud Architecture.

• Relevant and practical experience with AWS cloud architecture, especially in the areas of network architecture, storage, security and AI. Azure knowledge is an advantage

• Sound understanding of architectural patterns, modern tech stack and security.

• Exceptionally organized and experienced in communicating across teams, geographies, and functions.

• Managing day-to-day interactions with business users, as well as technology teams.

• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting with the ability to exercise mature judgement

• Strong desire to keep learning.

Our Offer


Joining Sygnum means being part of a dynamic, global team that is building a trusted gateway between the traditional and digital asset economies. Working at Sygnum, you will experience our fast-paced, exciting work environment that embraces meritocracy and collaboration and open communication. Alongside our ambitious long-term mission, we also come together for reaching important milestones and annual crypto-industry anniversaries like Bitcoin Pizza Day, and regularly celebrate together at themed company events as part of our journey to shape Future Finance.


Sygnum offers a comprehensive package of benefits for all team members. They include:

• Attractive combination of market salaries and entrepreneurial incentive scheme

• 25 days annual vacation

• Flexible / Work at home policies

• Professional development via Mentoring and Buddy programs

• One-month fully paid sabbatical for every five years of continuous employment

If you are passionate about the potential of blockchain to share Future Finance and your profile is a good fit for this position, please send us your CV today!