Senior Java Architect – Payments Platform Leader

Energy Jobline ZR; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking an experienced Senior Java Architect - Payments in London. You will provide technical leadership across backend engineering, architecture, and delivery for large-scale cross-border payments platforms.

The role focuses on cloud-native microservices, event-driven design, and AI-assisted engineering practices, working with offshore teams and senior stakeholders to shape modern banking platforms.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Java Architect, Engineering Architect, or Lead Backend Architect.
• Extensive experience in Banking, Payments, Financial Services, or regulated environments.
• Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and enterprise-scale backend development.
• Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience designing event-driven solutions using Kafka or similar messaging technologies.
• Strong understanding of API-first architecture, REST services, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience working with cloud platforms and containerised environments.
• Exposure to AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven experience leading distributed engineering teams and driving large-scale delivery programmes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Lead Architect to design and deliver enterprise-grade banking and payments platforms.
• Lead offshore Java engineering teams and provide technical direction across backend workstreams.
• Contribute to architecture governance, design reviews, technical decision-making, roadmap planning, and risk management.
• Design scalable, secure, and resilient microservices-based architectures using Java and modern engineering practices.
• Architect payment solutions supporting real-time payments, cross-border transactions, settlement, reconciliation, and regulatory requirements.
• Design integration patterns across enterprise systems, third-party providers, and banking platforms.
• Drive iterative delivery, stakeholder engagement, demonstrations, and technical progress reporting.
• Collaborate with Business, Integration, Data, and DevOps Architects to define and refine solution designs.
• Champion engineering excellence, coding standards, performance, and platform reliability.
• Promote AI-assisted software delivery using tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar technologies.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

API design

Event-driven

Cloud platforms

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Stakeholder management

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking an experienced Senior Java Architect - Payments in London. You will provide technical leadership across backend engineering, architecture, and delivery for large-scale cross-border payments platforms.

The role focuses on cloud-native microservices, event-driven design, and AI-assisted engineering practices, working with offshore teams and senior stakeholders to shape modern banking platforms.