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Lead Solution Architect
£80,000 - 100,000
George Square, Glasgow
£80,000 - 100,000
Requirements
Must:
- Proven experience as a Lead or Senior Solution Architect within banking or financial services
- Strong background designing and securing RESTful APIs (OpenAPI/Swagger)
- Ability to navigate legacy systems alongside modern cloud-native architectures
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex technical decisions into business outcomes
- Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, MQ, or similar) highly desirable
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking capabilities
Responsibilities
- Leading solution architecture across complex banking platforms, with a strong focus on APIs, security, and cloud adoption
- Designing and delivering scalable, secure solution architectures aligned to enterprise standards
- Leading API strategy and design, including RESTful services, OpenAPI standards, and integration patterns
- Defining workload placement strategies across cloud and on-prem environments
- Advising senior stakeholders and influencing technology strategy at VP level
- Leading multi-year initiatives and guiding teams through complex architectural change
- Coaching and developing less experienced architects and engineers
Description
We are a major global financial institution currently undergoing significant technology and architecture transformation. Our organization is modernizing its core platforms, strengthening its API ecosystem, and investing heavily in secure cloud solutions. This role offers a competitive VP-level salary, generous annual bonus scheme, excellent pension contributions, a hybrid working model, and a strong focus on wellbeing and work-life balance, along with clear pathways for VP and leadership progression.
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