Senior Technical Architect: AI & Platform Strategy

Fastmarkets; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fastmarkets is seeking a Technical Architect to own the solution architecture for Product Engineering, setting design standards and guiding scalable, secure software delivery. You will align with the Head of AI Enablement, Head of Data Platform, and Cloud Architect to drive AI-enabled PDLC practices across Product Engineering, Data & AI, and Cloud Engineering.

This highly cross-functional role shapes the specialist career path for engineers, balancing hands-on credibility with strategic

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering, including architecture/senior technical leadership.
• Experience as a solution/technical architect setting direction across multiple teams.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, microservices, API design and cloud-native patterns (Azure).

Responsibilities

• Own solution architecture and technical strategy across Product Engineering squads.
• Provide technical direction on major projects to ensure scalable, resilient, and secure solutions.
• Lead cross‑org governance and architecture decisions with stakeholders across Data/AI and Cloud Engineering.
• Champion AI-enabled PDLC and establish specialist career paths for deep technical experts.

Skills

Solution architecture

Technical leadership

AI/GenAI experience

Cloud architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Microsoft Azure

API design

Microservices

Job description

Fastmarkets is seeking a Technical Architect to own the solution architecture for Product Engineering, setting design standards and guiding scalable, secure software delivery. You will align with the Head of AI Enablement, Head of Data Platform, and Cloud Architect to drive AI-enabled PDLC practices across Product Engineering, Data & AI, and Cloud Engineering.

This highly cross-functional role shapes the specialist career path for engineers, balancing hands-on credibility with strategic