Chief Systems Architect (RWA Exchange Infrastructure)

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

Engagement Structure

What Success Looks Like

How to Apply

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