About us
At GBST, we’re inspiring wealth innovation for wealth management and advice organisations globally. Our commitment to excellence, track record of continued and successful delivery, hard work and product excellence has earned us the trust and partnership of many of the world’s leading financial services organisations.
We’ve invested heavily in transforming our technology stack to bring a truly immersive and digital experience to the front and back-office.
The opportunity for U
We’re looking for a Technical Consultant to play a pivotal role in delivering high‑quality, fit‑for‑purpose solutions across one major client engagement or a portfolio of client projects within our UK Technical Consultancy team.
In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of shaping and delivering technical solutions that integrate GBST’s wealth management platform into our clients’ operating environments. Working with cloud‑based, microservices‑driven technology, you’ll partner closely with clients and internal teams to design, validate, and deliver robust architectures that support business outcomes and long‑term scalability. You’ll act as a trusted technical advisor to our clients, providing leadership across solution design, integration architecture, and delivery, while contributing to the continuous improvement of GBST products and practices.
This is a challenging and rewarding opportunity for someone who enjoys combining deep technical expertise with client engagement, problem‑solving, and strategic thinking to help drive the future of wealth technology.
What U will do:
Provide technical leadership across one major client engagement or multiple client projects, ensuring consistent, high‑quality solution design and delivery.
Help define end‑to‑end solution and integration architectures, aligning client requirements with GBST’s enterprise and product architecture.
Work closely with clients, Business Analysts, Project Managers, and Technical Architects to understand requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
Secure stakeholder agreement on solution designs, presenting options and recommendations where appropriate.
Deliver expert consultancy on GBST products, helping clients understand how platform capabilities can best support their business and technical objectives.
Identify gaps between client requirements and existing product capabilities, recommending solutions, enhancements, or architectural approaches.
Promote best practices and contribute to consistent, high‑quality technical delivery across the team.
U will be someone with:
Extensive experience across the full software development lifecycle, including strong familiarity with Agile methodologies and iterative delivery practices.
Proven experience architecting multi‑tier, complex web applications and leading end‑to‑end technical solution design across multiple cross‑functional teams.
Demonstrated capability in designing resilient, high‑performance single‑page applications using HTML5 and modern JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS, EmberJS, or ReactJS.
Significant hands‑on experience delivering mission‑critical, highly resilient systems, with a focus on robustness, scalability, and operational stability.
Deep technical expertise in designing and implementing systems using OOAD, SOA, Java, J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, SOAP/RESTful web services (XML/JSON), Spring Security, Spring Boot, and AMQP/RabbitMQ.
Strong understanding of SaaS solution design and operational considerations within an AWS environment, including scalability, security, multi‑tenancy, observability, and integration with cloud‑native services.
Working knowledge of application servers such as JBoss and WebSphere.
Broad understanding of enterprise systems and integration patterns, with exposure to large‑scale, distributed solution environments.
Proficiency in ANSI SQL, including the ability to design and optimise stored procedures using SQL Server.
Experience with modern development and DevOps toolchains, including Maven, Git, Bitbucket, and Bamboo.
Awareness of web application security principles and best practices, with the ability to apply them in solution design and implementation.
Strong awareness of emerging industry trends, technologies, and architectural practices, with the ability to incorporate relevant innovations into solution thinking.
Excellent logical reasoning and analytical problem‑solving skills, with the ability to diagnose complex technical issues effectively.
GBST & U benefits:
Private Health Insurance including Dental and Optical Cover
Non-contributory Pension Scheme
Salary Sacrifice –Car Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Additional Pension
Flexible working arrangements
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
LinkedIn Learning
GBST U-Day - an extra day of leave per year
Discounted private health insurance
If you’re looking for a role where you can be a part of exciting innovation, we want to hear from you! Apply now or connect now if you would like to hear more about our career opportunities in the future
We are currently managing recruitment internally and do not require support from external agencies.
