Solutions Architect - Payments

Leeds Building Society; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Leeds is seeking a Solutions Architect focused on UK payments for a 12-month contract. You'll define and design the payments technical roadmap within a hybrid working model. The ideal candidate will have experience architecting solutions for UK payments and a broad understanding of technology stacks, frameworks, and cloud technology. Join a purpose-focused culture with excellent benefits including annual bonuses and a 26-day holiday policy.

Benefits

Annual bonus of up to 12%

Matched pension contributions up to 10%

26 days holiday, plus bank holidays

Colleague Mortgage and Saver products

Electric vehicle / Cycle to Work scheme

2 days' volunteering per year

Qualifications

• Experience in UK payments systems like Faster payments, payment cards, Direct Debit, CHAPS, BACS is essential.

Responsibilities

• Help define, design and deliver the payments technical roadmap.
• Define the architecture for the orchestration and processing of payments.

Skills

Experience of architecting solutions for UK payments

Understanding of technology stacks, frameworks, design patterns

Experience with architecture frameworks (ideally TOGAF)

Designing resilient, secure scalable solutions

Experience using cloud technology (ideally Azure)

Job description

How you'll help us live our purpose

12 Months Fixed Term Contract

We've been helping our members save for their future and buy their own home since 1875. Join us and you'll play a big role in helping us to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation.

It's a purpose that drives everything we do. And you can play your part too as our Solutions Architect for Payments domain within our Core Banking Programme – the largest transformation in the Society's 150 year history.

How you'll make a difference

We are currently looking to recruit a Payments focused Solution Architect on a 12-month fixed term contract basis to be part of our Core Banking replacement programme as we move towards a more modern SaaS based cloud native banking ecosystem.

Working with the Payments Product Owner, your role will be to help define, design and deliver the payments technical roadmap in support of our significant transformation programme. Utilising your end to end UK payments experience you will help with defining the architecture for the orchestration and processing of our inbound and outbound payments.

What will you bring to the role?

• Experience of architecting solutions for UK payments (i.e Faster payments, payment cards, Direct Debit, CHAPS, BACS) is essential.

• A broad technological understanding of technology stacks, frameworks, design patterns and architectural strategies
• Experience of architecture frameworks (ideally TOGAF)
• Experience in designing resilient, secure scalable solutions incorporating multiple applications and data sources.
• Experience using cloud technology (ideally Azure)

And in return, you'll get the best from us:

• Annual bonus of up to 12%
• Matched pension contributions up to 10%

• 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays and holiday purchase scheme

• Colleague Mortgage and Saver products

• Electric vehicle / Cycle to Work scheme

• 2 days' volunteering per year

We'll give you a place to belong with the support to learn, develop and shape a meaningful career.

Why choose us?

Our business is centred around our people. Our colleagues are at the heart of everything we do, as shown by our Inclusive Employers Gold accreditation in 2023. We're committed to equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.

You'll be joining a truly purpose-focused culture which helped us win the Leading with Purpose award at the 2023Business Culture Awards. This recognises how we've embedded our purpose with our colleagues, and the actions we've taken to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation.

Closing Date: 7th October 2025

Why wait? Apply now

We'd love to hear from you. But don't wait around - we may close the advert early and we'd hate for you to miss out.

We're devoted to creating a culture and workplace that is representative of the communities we serve. If you'd like to work with us but are unsure if you meet the full criteria for a role, please contact the recruiter so we can find out more about your skills and experience. We're committed to supporting you to be at your best - to discuss any reasonable adjustments we could make, please contact us on [e-mail].

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