Chief Systems Architect (RWA Exchange Infrastructure)

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.

Key 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

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