Enterprise Solutions Architect - Fintech

Solutions Architect: Enterprise Fintech Platform - Permanent - London (2 days a week) £100 - 120k per annum

A leading, high-growth Fintech company is seeking an experienced, hands-on Solutions Architect to define the technical vision and drive engineering excellence for their mission-critical enterprise platform. They are targeting significant revenue growth over the next four years, and this role is central to scaling their technology and capabilities

Key Focus Areas & Responsibilities

This role requires a blend of technical mastery, leadership, and execution in a high-stakes financial services environment.

• Architectural Leadership: Define and own the technical roadmap, architectural patterns, and standards for a complex, distributed platform.
• Distributed Systems Design: Drive the design of high-scale, resilient, and fault-tolerant cloud-native solutions, including HA/DR strategies.
• Engineering Excellence: Set and maintain engineering standards, manage technical debt proactively, and drive continuous improvement across code quality and delivery.
• Technical Team Management: Lead and mentor technical teams (internal and external), ensuring delivery velocity and consistent quality.
• Client Engagement: Articulate complex technical decisions to both engineers and clients .

Required Technical Mastery

We are looking for an individual with a proven track record of 10+ years in senior technical leadership roles.

• Experience: 10+ years in senior technical leadership roles, with proven track record leading enterprise-grade solution design and delivery.
• Architecture: Deep expertise in distributed systems , microservices , and event-driven architectures .
• High Availability: Mastery of HA/DR patterns , fault tolerance, and resilience engineering for mission-critical systems.
• Cloud Platforms: Strong experience with major public cloud architecture (e.g., AWS/Azure/GCP ), including PaaS, IaaS, and serverless solutions.
• Fintech Domain: Understanding of financial services technology requirements: API design, data security, transaction integrity, and audit trails .
• Pragmatism: Ability to balance intentional architecture with pragmatic delivery, knowing when to build vs. buy.

We seek a leader who earns respect through technical credibility and raises the bar relentlessly. If you build solutions that enable evolution, not rigidity, we encourage you to apply