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Head of Banking Software Architecture
£45,000 - 70,000
The Close, Cathedrals
£45,000 - 70,000
Requirements
Must:
- Extensive experience working with core banking platforms (SBS/SOPRA)
- Strong background in banking architecture, solution architecture, or core banking engineering (typically 10+ years)
- Proven ability to influence, challenge, and manage both internal stakeholders and third-party suppliers
- Deep understanding of retail banking products, processes, and industry standards
- Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale core banking implementations and integrations
- Strong knowledge of modern digital banking and FinTech environments
- Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures and cloud-native integration (AWS preferred)
- Experience owning delivery across full lifecycle (build, test, release)
- Background in legacy system transformation or migration programmes
- Relevant certifications in cloud, architecture, or banking platforms (desirable)
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic oversight and direction for the core banking platform
- Act as the internal subject matter expert, aligning business requirements with platform capabilities
- Review and challenge decisions relating to core banking systems and associated technologies
- Deliver architectural guidance across core banking components and integrations
- Critically evaluate proposals from third-party partners and system integrators
- Ensure robust technical and commercial scrutiny of deliverables
- Support configuration and optimisation of the core banking engine
- Provide expertise across key retail banking products
- Ensure platform capabilities are fully leveraged to meet business needs
- Lead cloud-native, digital, and AI-driven integration strategies
- Champion event-driven architecture and modern integration patterns (AWS-aligned)
- Support large-scale transformation initiatives, including legacy system migration
- Oversee end-to-end architecture across build, test, and release cycles
- Collaborate with architecture, programme, and delivery stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes
Description
We are a leading financial services organisation seeking a Head of Banking Software Architecture for a critical leadership role. This position offers a highly competitive day rate and is located in Central London for a 6-month contract. You will be pivotal in bridging knowledge gaps and providing strategic and technical direction within a complex banking environment. We offer an opportunity to shape the future of our core banking platform, with significant autonomy and influence while collaborating with senior architecture and delivery professionals on large-scale digital and cloud transformation initiatives.
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