Solutions Architect - Capital Markets FinTech £130-160k | London (1 day per week onsite)

Solutions Architect – Capital Markets FinTech £130–160k | London (1 day per week onsite)

About the Role:

A rapidly scaling Capital Markets FinTech is seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to define and drive the technical direction of their enterprise-grade platform. You’ll work closely with engineering squads, shaping architecture, improving standards, and ensuring the platform meets the demands of mission-critical financial services clients.

Responsibilities:

• Own architectural vision and technical roadmap
• Lead solution design across distributed systems and cloud environments
• Guide internal and external engineering teams (c.20-30 developers)
• Drive engineering standards, code quality, and delivery best practices
• Support scalability, resilience, and performance design
• Engage with clients on solution design and technical presentations

Required Skills:

• 8+ years in senior technical architectural/ leadership roles
• Strong background in FinTech or Financial Services
• Strong software development experience across multiple languages (Java preferred)
• Expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architecture
• Deep experience with AWS/ GCP
• Strong communicator able to influence technical direction
• Leadership qualities to manage and mentor teams
• Hands-on mindset - able to review code and validate technical decisions

Key characteristics

• You think in systems, trade-offs, and pragmatic delivery
• You raise engineering standards without being a blocker
• You thrive in complex, high-availability fintech environments

London – 1 day per week onsite

No visa sponsorship available