Enterprise Architect/Technical Architect

Solution Architecture: Designing enterprise-scale solutions and modernising complex technology platforms.

Java & Microservices: Strong engineering foundations, ideally including Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs and distributed systems.

Event-Driven Architecture: Experience with Kafka, IBM MQ, Solace or similar messaging technologies.

Data & Cloud: Oracle, PL/SQL, data integration, AWS and Snowflake.

Architecture Governance: Design reviews, architecture standards, non-functional requirements, technical debt and build-versus-buy assessments.

Securities Services: Knowledge of custody, post-trade processing, SWIFT messaging and ISO 20022. THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

You’ll have a strong technical background and proven experience delivering architecture solutions within investment banking, capital markets, custody or securities services.

Deep expertise in at least one custody domain, combined with broader knowledge of financial services technology, would be particularly valuable.

This is an excellent opportunity for an architect who can bridge hands-on engineering, strategic solution design and enterprise architecture governance.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the architecture of critical financial services platforms, working across multiple custody domains, including:

• Securities Settlements
• Asset Servicing and Corporate Actions
• Transaction Management
• Tax
• Cash and FX Processing

You’ll work closely with engineering teams, technology leaders and business stakeholders to design scalable, resilient solutions and support the modernisation of complex banking platforms. KEY TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

I’m keen to speak with candidates who bring experience across several of the following areas