Solution Architect

VIQU IT; Remote; GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization is seeking a Solutions Architect to lead the design of a greenfield system due to growth. The ideal candidate has experience with high volume transactional systems, microservices architecture, and case management tools. Responsibilities include leading solution design, producing documentation for diverse audiences, and ensuring governance and security. This remote role offers an annual salary of £75,000 and requires excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits

Referral bonus up to £1,000

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Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Solutions Architect focusing on high volume transactional systems.
• Experience with case management or workflow automation tools.
• Ability to design microservices architecture and manage API integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution design across core software systems.
• Produce high-quality documentation for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ensure architectural governance and security across all projects.

Skills

Experience with high volume transactional systems

Experience with case management or workflow automation tools

Strong background with cloud microservices architecture

Deep understanding of API design

Excellent stakeholder management

Strong problem-solving skills

Tools

Pega case management tools

Job description

Solution Architect (Software) £75,000 per annum Remote

VIQU have partnered with a leading financial services organisation who are seeking a Solutions Architect to lead the design of a greenfield system due to their ongoing company growth. This individual must have experience designing high volume transactional systems (payment networks, IoT, banking, energy systems etc.), designing microservices architecture, have strong experience with case management or workflow automation tools, system integrations and be able to produce high quality documentation.

Key Requirements of the Solutions Architect

• Proven experience as a Solutions Architect, ideally focusing on high volume transactional systems, and system integrations.
• Experience with either case management or workflow automation tools.
• Strong background with cloud microservices architecture.
• Deep understanding of API design, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Must be able to pivot across varied contexts & multitask effectively
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience of working with C suite executives to align business goals to technical ones.
• Strong problem-solving and organisational skills, able to work under pressure and overcome challenges.
• Experience with Pega case management tools would be a nice to have.

Job Duties of the Solution Architect

• Lead solution design across core software systems.
• Work closely with senior (Head of to C-suite) to shape the technical direction of the platform.
• Produce high-quality documentation that serves both technical and non-technical audiences
• Architect and document integrations using APIs, microservices, and event-driven patterns (Kafka).
• Ensure architectural governance, scalability, and security across all projects.
• Champion modern software design practices within Agile delivery teams.

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