Solution Architect - Payment Services - Edinburgh - Hybrid (2 days a week in office)
Job Description Summary
Are you an experienced Solution Architect looking for an amazing career opportunity to help shape the future of New Payments Architecture, using cutting edge technology, cloud hosting, SaaS services and building a new greenfield payments platform, helping us navigate the regulatory landscape and define our products of the future? Then read on
Our Team
In the Payments Services Platform, our mission is to provide compliant and efficient payments capabilities for the Group and drive innovation to enable customers to move money confidently, quickly and securely. We sit within Business & Commercial Banking and play a critical role in providing services across the whole Group.
As a Payments Services colleague, we'll provide you with continuous training and development opportunities and regular career development conversations to help you fulfil your career potential, whatever your aspirations might be.
We promote an inclusive, diverse, and nurturing culture - it's one of the many things our colleagues love about working with us. As part of this we encourage colleagues to be flexible in their ways of working, so you can balance your personal commitments with the needs of the business.
We'd also like to reassure applicants that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
So, are you looking for a rewarding, exciting and stretching role in which you can contribute to our purpose of helping Britain prosper and make a difference to customers, businesses, and communities?
If so, apply today and join our inclusive, purpose-led team that celebrates diversity!
About the role
We're looking for Solution Architect to join our New Payments Architecture (NPA) Lab.
NPA is a regulatory initiative that will change UK payments as we know them. Working closely with industry, the NPA team is replacing the complexity of the existing payments landscape with a new, more efficient infrastructure that will benefit from enhanced security and resilience.
This multi-million-pound initiative has a new partnership with a leading FinTech company and is looking for talented individuals who are interested in working with new and exciting technologies, such as Cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS).
As an experienced Solution Architect in the Payments Services Platform, you'll deliver business value by delivering reliable, scalable, and working software to production. You'll ensure platforms and services are built consistently with industry best practice and standards. You'll be responsible for the domain application stack, understanding application integration and E2E flow, and be comfortable communicating this at all levels, from the business design down to root-cause analysis with engineers/developers.
What we're looking for:
Strong Software Architecture background and knowledge of agile development practices with a history of technical leadership Experience across the entire software development life cycle from inception, through build to production You appreciate and acknowledge the impact of system design decisions on scalability, resilience, and supportability Experience of API design and architecture patterns, messaging technologies (Kafka, MQ) Exposure to modern application frameworks (Spring boot Java etc) Exposure to Open Banking architecture framework We'd welcome the following desirable skills and experience:
Knowledge of delivery of microservices to production Exposure to Systems Thinking Exposure to Docker and container orchestration tools e.g., Kubernetes Knowledge in one or more of the following: API Economy; Big Data; Cloud/Open Source; Automation/Robotics; Blockchain An understanding of any of the following Payments areas: UK Domestic Payments (Cheques, Faster Payments, BACS); International Payments (SWIFT/SEPA); Trade Legal, Regulatory & Mandatory projects in Payments areas New Payments Architecture What we can offer you:
In addition to a competitive salary we currently offer a great competitive package that includes a 4% flexible benefit (take a cash-sum / paid with salary), discretionary bonus, up to generous 15% pension contribution, 30 days holidays plus bank holidays, private medical as well as access to a range of share schemes and financial products!
Join us and be part of an inclusive, values-led culture that celebrates diversity, equal opportunity and provides opportunities for flexible working.
Together we'll make it possible. Are you interested in joining us? Apply today; we'd love to hear from you