Principal Architect - Digital Platforms

Invesco Ltd.; South Oxfordshire; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company healthcare

Annual leave

Hybrid working

Pension provisions

Income protection

Health and wellness benefits

Volunteering days

Enhanced parental leave

Life insurance

Job summary

Invesco Ltd. is seeking a Principal Architect to define and lead cloud architecture across Digital Platforms, spanning web, servicing, and internal tools. You will shape end-to-end designs in AWS, integrate AEM and Fastly-based edge delivery, and drive standards across multiple teams.

You will mentor engineers, partner with Cloud and DevSecOps functions, and translate business roadmaps into scalable, secure solutions. A strong communicator with stakeholder influence is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a computing-related field.
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale cloud solutions in AWS.
• Experience with web platforms, APIs, and integration landscapes.
• Ability to influence across teams without direct authority.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps practices, CI/CD and IaC.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead cloud architecture strategy for Digital Platforms across web, servicing, and internal tools.
• Lead architecture and delivery of complex AWS-based solutions for applications, integrations and infrastructure.
• Design end-to-end architectures including AEM and edge/CDN delivery (e.g., Fastly).
• Establish cloud standards, reference architectures, and reusable patterns.
• Enforce non-functional requirements: security, performance, scalability, resilience, cost.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Web platforms

API-first design

Security/compliance

DevSecOps

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline

Tools

AWS

AEM

Fastly

CI/CD

Job description

As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you’re looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.

Job Description

We have an outstanding benefits package which includes:

• Company-provided healthcare
• A competitive annual leave allowance
• Flexible working options, including hybrid working arrangements
• Generous pension provisions
• Income protection
• Health and wellness benefits
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave
• Life insurance

Your Role:

The Digital Platforms team is responsible for delivering and operating the firm’s digital ecosystem across web, client servicing, and internal tools. The team owns the end-to-end platform architecture spanning experience platforms, applications, integrations, and cloud infrastructure.

The Principal Architect is a senior individual contributor responsible for defining and leading cloud architecture across Digital Platforms. This role combines hands‑on solution design with domain-level architectural leadership, ensuring consistent, scalable, and secure solutions across web, servicing, and tools.

The role works closely with the firm’s central Cloud and DevSecOps teams, who manage the AWS platform and pipelines, to ensure alignment and effective implementation of cloud patterns. Acting as a technical authority, the role influences architectural decisions across teams and delivers high‑impact, complex initiatives aligned to enterprise strategy.

What you will be doing:

• Own and define the cloud architecture strategy for Digital Platforms across web, servicing, and internal tools, aligned to enterprise cloud direction
• Lead the architecture and delivery of complex AWS-based solutions, covering applications, integrations, and infrastructure
• Design end-to-end architectures integrating AEM, edge/CDN platforms (e.g., Fastly), APIs, and backend cloud services
• Establish and govern cloud standards, reference architectures, and reusable patterns across Digital Platforms
• Define and enforce non-functional requirements including security, performance, scalability, resilience, and cost optimisation
• Partner with central Cloud and DevSecOps teams to align on AWS platform capabilities, pipelines, security controls, and operating models
• Translate business requirements and product roadmaps into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions
• Provide architectural oversight and assurance across multiple teams, ensuring adherence to standards and design principles
• Mentor architects and senior engineers, contributing to the development of architectural capability and best practices across the domain.

What you will bring:

• Extensive experience in technology with strong focus on cloud architecture and engineering
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale cloud solutions in AWS
• Experience working across digital platforms, including web ecosystems and application integration landscapes
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a Principal-level individual contributor, influencing across teams without direct authority
• Experience working within centralised cloud platform and DevSecOps operating models
• Deep expertise in AWS services including compute, networking, storage, IAM, and cloud-native architectures
• Understanding of modern architecture patterns (microservices, API-first, event-driven, distributed systems)
• Knowledge of web platform architectures, including AEM and edge delivery through CDNs such as Fastly
• Understanding of DevOps practices including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and automation
• Grasp of security, compliance, and data protection considerations in cloud environments
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
• Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect) desirable
• Problem-solving skills with the ability to operate independently on complex challenges
• Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical concepts into clear business outcomes
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across distributed teams
• Recognised technical leader and trusted advisor within their domain
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across product, engineering, and platform teams

Disability Confident Scheme :

Applicants who opt in to the Disability Confident Scheme and meet the ‘minimum criteria’ for the role will be offered an interview. We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process for all candidates who make an application. By opting-in to this scheme, applicants will be disclosing that they have a disability solely for the purpose of the Disability Confident Scheme.

The Disability Confident Scheme only guarantees an interview – it does not automatically mean that applicants interviewed will gain employment with Invesco at that time.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Workplace Model

Pursuant to Invesco’s Workplace Policy, employees are expected to comply with the firm’s most current workplace model, which as of October 1, 2025, includes spending at least four full days each week working in the role’s advertised office. This reflects our belief that spending time together in the office helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more easily, and support each other’s growth and development.

We promote a working environment that welcomes everyone and creates inclusive teams, celebrates difference and encourages everyone to be themselves at work.

Our commitment to the community and environmental, social and governance investing:
We partner with charitable organisations globally to make an impact in the communities where we live and work. Our people are encouraged to support the charities they feel most passionate about. We are also committed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. We serve our clients in this space as a trusted partner both on specific responsible investment product strategies as well as part of our commitment to deliver a superior investment experience.

Recruitment Agencies:
Invesco has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. Invesco will not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact hiring managers directly.

Regulatory:
This position may fall in-scope of one or multiple regimes/directives.