Senior Solutions Architect, Cloud Payments

J.P. Morgan; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is seeking a Lead Architect to join their Commercial Investment Banking Payments team in Bournemouth. The role involves defining technical strategies, developing high-quality software architecture solutions, and collaborating across teams. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in software engineering, deep knowledge of payment systems, and substantial experience in cloud-native technologies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied experience in software engineering.
• Hands-on practical experience in system design and application development.
• Proficient in software development life cycle and operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Engages technical teams to propose approaches to meet stakeholder needs.
• Defines technical target state and drives strategy achievement.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors for architectural design.

Skills

Software engineering concepts

System design

Programming languages

Automation

Agile methodologies

Cloud technologies

Payment systems knowledge

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

CI/CD tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

A leading global financial services firm is seeking a Lead Architect to join their Commercial Investment Banking Payments team in Bournemouth. The role involves defining technical strategies, developing high-quality software architecture solutions, and collaborating across teams. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in software engineering, deep knowledge of payment systems, and substantial experience in cloud-native technologies.