Solutions Architect

Episode Six; City Of London; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in the UK is seeking a Solutions Architect for their Global Delivery team. The ideal candidate will have 10 years of experience in customer-facing roles, solution architecture, and the payments industry. Responsibilities include leading technical pre-sales exercises and managing proposals. This position requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work autonomously. The company promotes a people-first mentality and offers professional development from day one.

Benefits

Professional development from day 1

Inclusive work environment

Work from where you need

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in customer facing roles, solution architecture, and payments industry.
• Ability to engage with business or technical stakeholders.
• Ability to articulate ideas and solutions clearly in writing and visually.
• Strong willingness to learn and develop skills daily.
• Knowledge of payment concepts and regulatory landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical pre-sales exercises with customers.
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations.
• Lead design of creative solutions from conception to delivery.
• Support technical proposals and project specifications.
• Work with development teams to deliver client solutions.
• Ensure proposals meet client business requirements.
• Articulate and manage technical risks.

Skills

Customer facing roles

Solution architecture

Technical design

Payments industry knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Working with APIs

Technical understanding

Self-motivated

Team player

Domain expertise in Java applications

Job description

How do you want to pay? It’s a question you’ve answered on-screen or in-person thousands of times, but your choices have always been limited. Imagine the flexibility to pay however you want – credit, debit, multiple currencies, frequent flyer miles, loyalty points, or digital payments - all on the same card or digital wallet. Sound impossible? Episode Six makes the seemingly impossible happen every day.

We’re a global provider of API-based payment processing and wallet management infrastructure. We’re 100% cloud-native, hyper-configurable, and a “Top 10 Place to Work in Fintech.” And we’re changing how people think about payments.

Today, we’re powering payments for one of the world’s largest banks and airlines and numerous innovative fintechs. E6 is headquartered in Austin with offices in Tokyo, Singapore, Brisbane, and London. We provide technology for clients in 24 countries on four continents. Since 2018 when we launched with HSBC, we have grown more than 10x.

Interested in redefining what’s possible in payments? Join Episode Six today.

What we’re hiring for:

We are a growing fintech organization looking to add a Solutions Architect for our Global Delivery team! This role will be for our delivery team based remotely in the UK.

What you’ll be responsible for in this role:

• Lead technical pre-sales exercises with customers
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations
• Lead design of creative solutions from conception to delivery, shaping our clients’ thinking
• Support sales in answering RFI/RFP/RFQ (technical focus) and other customer proposals
• Crafting well defined description of operations/statement of works, partitioning solutions, supporting definition of project specifications, requirements and any development needs
• Working with development teams and project managers to deliver client solutions as per the agreed scope
• Providing solutions assurance, ensuring our proposals meet our client’s business requirements and align with our technology strategy & standards
• Articulating and managing technical risks
• Supporting Episode Six’s goals and objectives such as those related to sales, productivity, profitability and industry penetration
• Assisting in developing strategies and materials in support of the Episode Six’s overall solution architecture practice, business development and sales effort
• Contributing to our roadmap, shaping our future solutions
• Providing subject matter expertise to our clients and colleagues
• Traveling as required, mostly in UK region

What experiences and skills are necessary to be successful in this role:

• 10 years of experience in: customer facing roles, solution architecture & technical design, and payments industry with a focus on cards products such as credit, debit, prepaid etc.
• Excellent communication skills (English) – ability to engage across a broad range of stakeholders at an appropriate level, business or technical
• Ability to articulate ideas/solutions clearly, visually and written
• Experience working with APIs
• Strong technical understanding, capability and willingness to learn and develop skills on a daily basis
• Very driven and self-motivated, able to work autonomously
• A team player with a ‘can-do’, entrepreneurial attitude that thrives in an agile, ever-changing world
• Knowledge of payment concepts and global payments landscape; preference to the local regulatory landscape in the US region
• Application architecture/domain expertise in Java based applications and cloud/on-premise infrastructure

What makes a successful E6er?

• We appreciate the unique backgrounds, skill sets, experiences, and contributions each E6er brings. With a strong culture of respect for all, we foster an inclusive and supportive environment for every E6er to excel and grow.
• We take immense pride in everything we do, no matter how big or small. We work hard, we work smart, and we sweat the details. We are humble enough to know that we do not know it all. We are excited to come to work every day, knowing we will be learning, improving, innovating, and making an impact.
• A people first mentality. Professional development from day 1, a 360 focus on your wellbeing, and the ability to work where you need to, we’re here to support you.

Episode Six is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other legally protected characteristics.

Episode Six is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities who may require assistance during the application or interview process. Please reach out to E6’s Talent Acquisition Team [e-mail] if you need any support.