At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead solution architecture in complex environments and shape innovative solutions across multiple parties.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking company at the forefront of Open Banking.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with a focus on collaboration and innovation in a regulated environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the evolving world of finance with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Strong experience in solution architecture and exceptional stakeholder management skills.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Qualifications and Experience
- Strong experience leading solution architecture in complex, multi-domain environments
- Deep understanding of enterprise integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems
- Strong data architecture capability, including external data exchange, data modelling, and ecosystem data considerations
Industry & Ecosystem Thinking
- Experience working across organisational boundaries, ideally within regulated or consortium-led environments
- Ability to shape solutions where ownership, control, and architecture are distributed across multiple parties
Stakeholder & Influence
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills across internal and external audiences
- Proven ability to influence at senior levels and represent organisational positions in complex forums
Delivery & Product Alignment
- Strong collaboration with Product Owners and delivery teams in shaping roadmaps and architecture runways
- Experience working in agile, product-led environments with a focus on outcomes and customer value
- Ability to create clear, concise, and executive-ready architecture artefacts and presentations
- Strong communication skills, able to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Relevant Technology & Architecture Experience
- Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and tokenisation approaches for asset representation and transaction flow
- Smart data contracts / programmable workflows within multi‑party ecosystem
- Event-driven architecture and asynchronous integration patterns for real‑time data exchange
- API‑first and ecosystem integration approach
- Enterprise and domain data modelling, including canonical models and data standardisation
- Data sharing frameworks and secure external data exchange pattern
- Cloud‑native and distributed systems architecture
- Identity, consent, and trust frameworks across organisational boundaries
We think you need these skills to ace Solution Architect (Open Banking expereience) in Leeds
Solution Architecture
Enterprise Integration Patterns
APIs
Event-Driven Architectures
Distributed Systems
Data Architecture
Data Modelling
