Lead Solutions Architect – Wealth Management

3761 Barclays - BX - UK; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Principal Engineer – Solution Design & Architecture to provide senior technical leadership across Wealth Management engineering teams. You will translate business requirements into scalable, secure solutions and collaborate with Architects, Engineering Directors, Product and Delivery teams to ensure architectural alignment and technical excellence.

The role focuses on leading complex solution designs, governance, and fostering engineering best practices across multiple

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Principal Engineer, Lead Engineer or Architect.
• Strong background in solution design and software engineering across complex enterprise platforms.
• Proven ability to design scalable, secure, resilient distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of complex technology solutions across Wealth Management platforms.
• Act as primary interface between Engineering and Architecture for alignment and governance.
• Drive consistency of engineering approaches, technology selections and patterns.
• Mentor senior engineers and engineering leads in solution design and architectural thinking.
• Champion engineering practices across design, development, testing and operations.

Skills

Solution design

Software engineering

Cloud platforms

DevSecOps

APIs

Microservices

Architectural patterns

Stakeholder management

Job description

Barclays is seeking a Principal Engineer – Solution Design & Architecture to provide senior technical leadership across Wealth Management engineering teams. You will translate business requirements into scalable, secure solutions and collaborate with Architects, Engineering Directors, Product and Delivery teams to ensure architectural alignment and technical excellence.

The role focuses on leading complex solution designs, governance, and fostering engineering best practices across multiple