About this role
Salary: £55,000 - 60,000 per year
Requirements: Experience as an Application Architect or Solution Architect with a strong platform backgroundAbility to act as a design authority for application and platform architectureExperience assessing and approving applications, platforms, and system changes against agreed standardsExperience supporting build vs buy decisions and vendor evaluationsStrong understanding of integration patterns, data flows, and interoperability standardsAbility to design scalable, well-governed architectures for AI and digital innovation initiativesExperience identifying and managing architectural risks and technical debtAbility to collaborate with delivery teams, product owners, security, and compliance stakeholdersExperience maintaining architecture documentation such as capability maps, system relationship diagrams, and data flow models Responsibilities: Act as design authority for application architecture across the organisationAssess and approve proposed applications, platforms, and system changes against agreed standardsProvide architectural input into build vs buy decisions and vendor evaluationsDefine and maintain integration patterns, data flows, and interoperability standardsEnsure the application estate is secure, well-integrated, and aligned with the broader technology strategy and governance frameworkShape and enable our AI and digital innovation programme by designing scalable, well-governed architecturesSupport Labs initiatives by enabling safe experimentation without creating complexity or technical debtIdentify and manage architectural risks and technical debt across the application estateCollaborate closely with delivery teams, product owners, and security and compliance stakeholdersOwn our application landscape documentation, including capability maps, system relationship diagrams, and data flow models Technologies: AIArchitectFlowSupportSecurity More:
We are a leading financial organisation with a growing technology function, and this is a high-impact permanent remote role within our AI and digital transformation programme. We are looking for someone who enjoys owning the architectural landscape, influencing build vs buy decisions, and enabling innovation at scale without introducing unnecessary risk or technical debt. This is an exciting opportunity to shape architecture at a pivotal point in our digital journey.
last updated 29 week of 2026