Senior API Platform Architect

Lloyds; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Flexible working

Family leave

Private medical benefit

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to orchestrate complex solution architectures across the API Lab portfolio. You will shape roadmaps, align with enterprise strategy, and drive architectural consistency across numerous products and teams.

You will partner with Product Owners and Enterprise architects while championing modern engineering practices and secure, resilient, and scalable API ecosystems. This role offers flexible working and significant impact across the Group.

Qualifications

• Experience influencing senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Proven ability to deliver complex platform and digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of API operating models, governance, and lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Define and own solution architecture across the API Lab portfolio.
• Develop strategic architecture roadmaps aligned with business priorities and enterprise technology strategy.
• Drive architectural consistency across multiple products, teams, and engineering domains.
• Influence platform-wide decisions that impact thousands of developers across the Group.
• Partner with Product Owners and Engineering Leads to align strategy, architecture, and delivery.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Strategic architecture

Stakeholder engagement

API ecosystems

Tools

TOGAF

Domain-Driven Design

Apigee

KONGSRE

Developer Portal

Job description

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to orchestrate complex solution architectures across the API Lab portfolio. You will shape roadmaps, align with enterprise strategy, and drive architectural consistency across numerous products and teams.

You will partner with Product Owners and Enterprise architects while championing modern engineering practices and secure, resilient, and scalable API ecosystems. This role offers flexible working and significant impact across the Group.