System Architect - Group Technology (London)

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TP ICAP

London, United Kingdom

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12.07.2025

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Role Overview

The System Architect is responsible for defining and delivering the shared technical and architectural vision for the delivered as part of the Agile Release Train (ART).

The technology includes systems (applications, processes and information), shared infrastructure services, shared application services, and their effective integration across Global Broking Rates and FX. The System Architect is working to align Feature teams to this vision and ensure the systems under development support the evolving business need and enables fast reliable implementation of value.

As a core role steering the wider team alongside the Release Train Engineer (RTE) & Product Managers, the System Architect collaborates with the Feature teams to design and develop the architecture and create the Architecture Runway in line with Enterprise standards, patterns and roadmaps.

Role Responsibilities

Define Architecture vision – The System Architect’s primary responsibility is defining the architecture vision and communicating it clearly to the ART. Consulting with product management to translate vision into ART backlog Epics for effective implementation.

Align Architecture with the business, priorities and the vision – The System Architect defines, evolves, and maintains the architectural runway ensuring the delivery of business value. Collaborating with Product to design a solution which is technically feasible with architectural enablers. Ensure alignment with the Enterprise Architectural vision and ensure the ART’s system is in line with it, as well as ensuring its contribution to the wider TP ICAP Architecture capability.

Support DevOps – The System Architect supports with the design of a continuous delivery pipeline and DevOps practices, participating in the release governance process by assessing technology impacts for specific releases. Responsible for maintaining architecture and system tools, documentation, and other technical assets.

Fostering Built-in Quality – Promote system design that creates built-in quality, reusability and manage Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) for the wider team. As the System Architect you define NFRs and provide guidance for their timely and effective implementation to avoid NFRs building up and impacting the system.

Evolve System Design with teams – System Architects establish sustainable interactions with sub-teams to gather feedback on architecture design and the realities of implementation to validate or evolve architectural ideas.

Experience / Competences

Experience

Bachelor's degree in computer science, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience

Extensive experience in technical architecture and one of the following IT solution development disciplines: application development (front-end web applications and/or back-end), middleware, infrastructure engineering

Good understanding of emerging technology trends and evolving business and operating models

Experience working with large cross-functional teams

Experience working in Agile environments with an understanding of Agile delivery frameworks and the Product lifecycle

Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments

Experience of designing and delivering modern architecture and display a sound understanding of architectural and design principles

Preferred: Knowledge of Interest Rates Derivatives / Fixed Income / FX products

Preferred: Experience of Inter-Dealer Broking

Preferred: Experience in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Core Skills

Strong technical leadership skills

Ability to set and deliver on outcome-focused goals, using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) as a goal setting metric

Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation

Excellent analytical and technical skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Excellent planning and organizational skills

Leading and working with domain SMEs to drive design

Ability to advise on technology issues at all levels, identify and advocate ways to improve effectiveness in solution design and implementation

Own, define and review non-functional requirements

Develop and communicate the solution architecture across multiple applications to deliver agreed business outcomes

Enable teams in their application design in line with the solution architecture

Identify, assess and implement new and emerging technologies, products, services, methods and techniques to improve the solution

Ability to work with on-shore and off-shore stakeholders and developers

Assist with ensuring third parties adhere to TP ICAP technical architecture and design principles

Technical Skills

Significant enterprise systems development hands-on experience (C#, Java, C++ or similar OO stack) and web app technologies

Cloud technologies: IaaS, PaaS, containerisation, cloud security, public cloud platforms such as AWS (preferred), Azure, GCP

SOA (Service Orientated Architecture) expertise

Understanding of software testing frameworks/strategies

API and system integration: REST, GraphQL, message middleware, data integration

Full stack security posture: IDS, code vulnerability detection, code security, authentication and authorisation

DevOps: Continuous Integration and/or Continuous Delivery, tooling such as Git repos, code pipelines, IaC (Infrastructure as Code)

Understanding of software code management (code coverage security hotspots, maintainability of code), application and automated testing, Git repo branching strategies