Payments Solution Architect

eTeam Workforce Limited; Northampton; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global recruitment specialist seeks a Payments Solution Architect to lead the design of banking solutions in Northampton. The successful candidate will leverage extensive knowledge of current account journeys and payments systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and operational alignment. This role offers a competitive pay rate of £465 per day, requiring both technical expertise and strong stakeholder management capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience with current account journeys, loans, and account switching.
• Proficiency in designing scalable and secure banking solutions.
• Ability to evaluate and integrate vendor products for banking solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead design for loans and payments architecture.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align solutions with requirements.
• Produce design artifacts for architectural governance.

Skills

Cards and Payments domain knowledge

Technical architecture

Stakeholder management

Business acumen

Cloud architecture

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

JIRA

Tableau

Confluence

Job description

We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.

Role Title: Payments Solution Architect

Location: Knutsford/Northampton

Duration: 30/09/2026

Days on site: 2-3

£465 per day Inside IR35 status

Role Description

A Client core banking solution architect with experience in Current account journeys including loans, account switching and is experienced with managing responsibilities for designing, developing, and implementing technology solutions for complex core banking & current account business problems, ensuring that systems are scalable, resilient, and secure. Solution Architect with domain expertise & experience in designing the solutions involving various payments/core/cards systems. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders across business and technology, owning the delivery of architecture for core banking programs, and guiding integration strategies-often balancing cloud adoption, automation, and compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Need associate with prior exp in Cards and Payments domain knowledge. of cards issuance and authorization journey
• Leading design and technical architecture for loans, savings/current accounts, current account switching & payments along with operational platforms with focus on scalability, resiliency, security, and regulatory compliance
• Collaborating with project managers, product owners, and business analysts to align solutions with business requirements and risk controls for current accounts
• Managing architectural governance: producing design artefacts for privacy, records management, and risk
• Advising business and product teams, supporting technical delivery and innovation in the banking landscape
• Evaluating and integrating vendor products, supporting systems strategy, and automating operational processes to reduce manual intervention Essential expertise:
• Broad knowledge of the current account & core banking landscape, payment schemes, and architecture paradigms (cloud, APls, DevOps, security.
• Experience with workforce planning tools, reporting platforms (Excel, PowerPoint, JIRA, Tableau, Confluence), and project delivery best practices
• Strong stakeholder management, business acumen, and ability to influence strategy across multiple teams and business functions .
• Purpose: Drive consistent, innovative solutions that meet both strategic and operational goals for Client current account & core banking functions.

Looking forward for your response.