Technical Architect

Technical Architect

London, UK

Employment Type: Permanent (FTE)
Salary: £100,000 gross per annum

Job description

About the Role

We are undertaking a significant transformation of the Bank and are reimagining how we build a genuinely modern, intelligent banking platform for the future. This transformation spans Payment or an experienced Technical Architect who has successfully led large-scale banking transformations and can bridge the gap between strategic vision and practical execution. We are not seeking someone who governs architecture from the sidelines. We need a hands-on architectural leader who can shape the future direction of the Bank, challenge traditional thinking, and work closely with engineering and transformation teams to deliver tangible outcomes.

A key aspect of this role is helping to define how emerging technologies, including AI, agentic architectures, intelligent orchestration, and automation, can be leveraged to create the next generation of banking capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Architecture Leadership

• Define and own the Bank's end-to-end technical architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Establish architectural principles, standards, and target-state technology architectures across business and technology domains.
• Align technology investments with strategic business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Lead the design and delivery of large-scale technology transformation programmes.
• Drive architectural decisions across banking platforms, Payments, FX, Treasury, Data, Cloud, and AI.
• Design scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performance technology solutions.
• Work closely with engineering, product, data, cloud, and transformation teams to translate architectural vision into practical implementation.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to leverage AI, intelligent orchestration, and automation.
• Ensure architecture aligns with technology risk, security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Influence and collaborate with executive-level stakeholders and technical leadership teams.

Required Experience

• Proven experience as a Technical Architect within banking or financial services.
• Demonstrated success delivering large-scale technology transformation programmes.
• Deep domain expertise in one or more of the following:
  • Banking platforms
  • Payments
  • FX and Treasury systems
  • High-volume transaction processing environments
• Strong understanding of both Legacy and modern technology estates.
• Significant experience designing and implementing:
  • Event-driven architectures
  • Distributed systems
  • Cloud-native solutions
  • API ecosystems
• Experience working within highly regulated environments.
• Track record of influencing and partnering with executive-level stakeholders.