VP of Solutions Engineering

Dfns • Full-time • Paris • €160k - €240k / year • 3w ago

Join a stellar team of leaders and experts in blockchain technology, cryptography, infrastructure, and security to build the backbone of blockchain wallet infrastructure for the next financial era. We’re hiring a VP of Solutions Engineering to help financial institutions and enterprises adopt our platform with confidence and ease. This high-impact role is both strategic and hands-on: you’ll design integrations for complex legacy systems, guide clients through deployment, and offer end-to-end technical support. You’ll pair deep technical expertise with strong client-facing skills, serving as an advisor to CTOs, architects, and engineering teams at banks, fintechs, and enterprises. You’ll design tailored solutions, deliver technical proposals, and drive adoption via troubleshooting, clear docs, and tight collaboration with engineering, security, and product. You’ll sit at the intersection of engineering and customer success, equally comfortable whiteboarding ideas, writing code examples, and jumping on late calls to help a customer.

Preferred Experience

Responsibilities

Guide financial institutions through safe and seamless onboarding to our platform.
Architect secure, scalable deployment pathways that fit into legacy and modern systems.
Provide hands-on support: troubleshoot, fix, and build solutions alongside client teams.
Collaborate with sales to design technical proposals, demos, and RFP responses.
Maintain and improve technical docs and developer guides to industry standards.
Gather client feedback, analyze competitors, and turn insights into product tweaks.
Represent Dfns at conferences, workshops, and meetings as a technical thought leader.

Requirements

10+ years in solutions engineering, forward-deployed engineering, or enterprise integration, with leadership experience.
Proven track record helping financial institutions deploy mission-critical systems.
Proficient in TypeScript (or similar languages) with strong API experience (REST).
Deep knowledge of cloud-native systems (AWS essential; GCP/IBM/Thales a plus), microservices, and serverless architectures.
Skilled in troubleshooting technical issues and delivering under pressure.
Strong understanding of enterprise security compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS)
Excellent communicator, able to bridge technical and business threads with clients.
Excellent doc and demo skills; able to clarify matters for tech and non-tech teams.
Knowledge of blockchain, digital assets, and financial workflows strongly preferred.
Certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect) a plus; multilingual fluency also valued.

Recruitment Process

Process

Intro call with Co-CEO (30 min).
Personality and cognitive tests (45 min)
Coding test in a language of your choice.
Focus interviews with the hiring panel (180 min).
- Code review
- Architecture review
- Sales fundamentals
- Culture check fit
Final interview with management (30 min).
Reference calls and background checks.

Terms

Title: VP of Solutions Engineering
Salary: €160,000-240,000 per year (full-time).
Equity: 100-200 stock options vested over 4 years.
Benefits: Healthcare, pension plan, and travel expenses.
Location: European Union (remote-first, office optional).
Equipment: MacBook Pro + essentials.

Additional Information

Contract Type:Full-Time
Location:Paris
Experience:> 10 years
Possible full remote
Salary:between 160000€ and 240000€ / year

About

Dfns is the leading Wallets-as-a-Service (WaaS) platform, helping fintechs, institutions, and enterprises simplify digital asset management and securely onboard users onchain.

Its API-first wallet platform unifies transaction management, workflow governance, key deployment, and third-party integrations into one secure operating system for blockchains. Built on advanced security and cryptography, Dfns is trusted by over 200 financial institutions and applications—including ABN AMRO, Broadridge, Fidelity, Zodia Custody, Banca Sella, Stripe, Moonpay, Circle, IBM, Deblock, and Gemini—and secures over $3 billion in monthly transactions.

Founded in 2020, Dfns has raised $30 million from global investors such as White Star Capital, Motive Partners, Bpifrance, Coinbase, Wintermute, and Susquehanna. Originally incubated by Techstars and Station F in Paris, Dfns now operates globally with teams across the US, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.