Solution Architect Internal Services

eFinancialCareers; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

eFinancialCareers is seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of AI-enabled products, platforms and digital services in a permanent onsite role. You will partner with business leaders, product teams and engineers to design secure, scalable solutions and to drive architectural strategy across transformation programmes.

You will own architecture from discovery through to engineering delivery, providing technical leadership and governance across multiple

Qualifications

• Own end-to-end architecture for AI-enabled products and platforms.
• Translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Lead technical governance and security across delivery lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end architecture for AI-enabled products, platforms and digital services.
• Translate business objectives and customer needs into practical, scalable technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the delivery lifecycle, supporting engineering teams from design through implementation.
• Guide architectural decision-making with focus on security, scalability and resilience.
• Design responsible AI solutions with governance, security and performance considerations.
• Collaborate with enterprise, engineering, security and data teams to define standards and practices.
• Develop reference architectures and blueprints for future projects.
• Stay current with AI technologies, cloud platforms and modern architecture practices.
• Support client engagements, proposals, RFPs and solution workshops.
• Mentor architects and delivery teams to build architecture capability.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Enterprise Architecture

AI Solutions

Generative AI

Large Language Models

RAG

Cloud Architecture

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

APIs

Security Architecture

Technical Leadership

Platform Engineering

Microservices

Job description

£90,000 - £120,000 GBP

Onsite WORKING

Location: Manchester, Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom

Type: Permanent

We're looking for an experienced Senior Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of innovative AI-enabled products, platforms and digital services.

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of AI, cloud and enterprise technology, partnering with business leaders, product teams and engineers to design secure, scalable and resilient solutions that deliver real business value.

You’ll take ownership of architecture from early discovery and solution design through to engineering delivery, deployment and live operation, while influencing technical strategy across multiple transformation programmes.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own the end-to-end architecture for AI-enabled products, platforms and digital services.
• Translate business objectives and customer needs into practical, scalable technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the delivery lifecycle, supporting engineering teams from design through implementation.
• Guide architectural decision-making, balancing technical trade-offs, security, scalability and operational resilience.
• Design responsible AI solutions with a focus on governance, security, privacy, and performance.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Security, Data and Platform teams to define reusable standards and architectural best practices.
• Develop reference architectures, reusable patterns and technical blueprints to improve future delivery.
• Stay current with emerging AI technologies, cloud platforms and modern architecture practices.
• Support client engagements, technical proposals, RFPs and solution workshops.
• Mentor Solution Architects and technical delivery teams, helping to build architecture capability across the organisation.

What We’re Looking For

• Significant experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale technology solutions from discovery through to production.
• Strong Solution Architecture experience across complex digital transformation programmes.
• Excellent understanding of cloud-native architecture, ideally within Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience designing AI-enabled solutions, including Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents and orchestration frameworks.
• Strong understanding of APIs, system integration, identity, security, DevSecOps, observability and resilient platform design.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and influencing technical direction.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to both business and technical audiences.
• Experience contributing to bids, proposals, technical solution design and client presentations.
• Passion for emerging technologies and building scalable, production-ready AI solutions.

Key Skills

• Solution Architecture
• Enterprise Architecture
• AI Solutions
• Generative AI
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• AI Agents
• Agentic AI
• Cloud Architecture
• Azure
• AWS
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Cloud‑Native Development
• API Design
• Systems Integration
• DevSecOps
• Identity & Access Management
• Security Architecture
• Technical Leadership
• Digital Transformation
• Platform Engineering
• Microservices
• Distributed Systems
• Solution Design
• Architecture Governance
• Technical Strategy
• Engineering Leadership
• Stakeholder Management
• Pre‑sales
• RFP/RFI Support
• Mentoring & Coaching