Solutions Architect - Financial services

Job Description

Job Title: Solutions Architect - Financial Services (Principal or Director Level). Location: US Remote

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical leader for assigned strategic financial services accounts, working with Strategic Account Executives on account planning, technical discovery, and solution development.
• Help customers identify high-value applications for quantum computing in financial services workflows and optimization challenges.
• Apply expertise in portfolio optimization, asset allocation, derivatives pricing, quantitative finance, treasury, liquidity, capital optimization, and fraud detection.
• Evaluate financial services challenges that may be suitable for near-term quantum computing approaches.
• Work with customers and internal research teams to define project scopes aligned with technical capabilities, research strengths, and technology roadmaps.
• Maintain a catalogue of industry-relevant quantum computing use cases;
• Support the creation of customer-facing technical materials and proposals.
• Provide market and customer feedback to research leaders to help align research roadmaps with industry needs.
• Stay current with developments in quantum technology, quantum algorithms, financial services, and relevant industry trends.
• Develop expertise in quantum algorithm capabilities, use cases, technical limitations, and technology roadmaps.
• Translate business objectives into practical technical solutions and project plans.
• Manage relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders and communicate complex concepts clearly.
• Partner with sales leaders while maintaining independent technical judgment.
• Manage multiple priorities and stakeholders across strategic customer engagements;
• At the Director level, lead and develop the Solutions Architecture team, including coaching, performance management, and resource allocation.
• At the Director level, establish technical best practices and oversee technical quality, portfolio visibility, and prioritization across the broader Solutions Architecture function.
• At the Director level, continue contributing directly to strategic customer engagements while defining the operating model for the function.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in mathematics, quantitative finance, computer science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience working in quantitative, computational, or advanced analytics programs within the financial services sector.
• Deep experience with optimization, mathematical modeling, solvers, quantitative methods, and computational problem-solving.
• Strong understanding of financial services applications and workflows;
• Strong ability to translate business objectives into technical execution.
• Strong stakeholder management and organizational skills.
• Executive-level communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to influence stakeholders without formal authority.
• For Director-level candidates, experience leading technical teams or managing direct reports in a customer-facing or applied research environment.

Preferred:

• PhD in mathematics, physics, quantitative finance, computer science, or a related STEM field.
• Experience working with or exposure to quantum technologies.
• Significant experience managing customer relationships and delivering technically complex projects.
• Experience working with strategic customers and cross-functional teams;
• Experience developing technical solutions and proposals for enterprise customers.
• Experience leading technical teams and establishing organizational best practices for Director-level positions.

Benefits and Compensation:

• Annual compensation range of $180,000 to $250,000.
• Compensation range includes the bonus target when applicable.
• Actual compensation may vary based on skills, education, professional experience, and other qualifications.
• Incentive eligible.
• Flexible work arrangements;
• Employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.
• Student loan repayment benefit.
• Equity opportunities.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave.
• 12 paid holidays annually.
• Paid parental leave.
• Employee discount programs.
• Opportunity to work on quantum computing applications across financial services and other major industries.

Other Information:

• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis with no stated application deadline.
• The position may be hired at either the Principal or Director level depending on organizational needs and the candidate's experience and leadership scope.
• Quantinuum is a global quantum computing company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, with operations across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and Singapore;
• Quantinuum states that it has more than 800 employees and that more than 70% of its technology team holds Master's or PhD-level qualifications.