Standards Architect

Affinidi(1 month ago)

HybridFull TimeSenior$162,580 - $217,959 (estimated)Office of the CTO

About this role

The Standards Architect will lead Affinidi’s engagement with global standards bodies and shape open standards across decentralized identity and AI agent data exchange. Reporting to the CTO in the Office of the CTO, the role ensures Affinidi’s products are interoperable, secure, privacy-preserving, and aligned with emerging specifications. The position involves representing the company in consortia, authoring specifications and implementation guides, and translating standards into engineering-ready artifacts and product strategy. It also requires evangelising the company’s approach to partners, developers, and external communities.

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Required Skills

Standards Engagement
Roadmap Development
Agent Identity
Data Exchange
Interoperability
Cryptographic Protocols
Secure Messaging
DIDs
Verifiable Credentials
Trust Frameworks

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About Affinidi

affinidi.com

Affinidi is a privacy-first trust infrastructure company that helps organizations build interoperable digital identity and verifiable credential systems using open standards. It offers developer tools, APIs, SDKs and managed services to issue, present, and verify decentralized identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable credentials, enabling secure, privacy-preserving data exchange. The platform supports compliance and cross-organization ecosystems—serving enterprises, governments and developers who need portable, interoperable identity and credential flows. Affinidi emphasizes user control of data and standards-based interoperability (e.g., W3C Verifiable Credentials and DIDs).