Strategic Technical Architect Lead – Internal Products

Aboutus Ft; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus scheme

25 days paid leave

Life Insurance

Training budget

Job summary

Financial Times is seeking a Principal Technical Architect for Internal Products to provide architectural leadership across our portfolio of enterprise platforms and internally developed applications. You will shape the technology strategy, establish reusable patterns, and ensure alignment with broader FT technology direction.

You will lead and mentor senior technologists, collaborate with product, engineering and business stakeholders, and drive adoption of sustainable, secure, scalable

Qualifications

• Experience in a senior technical or enterprise architecture role.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into pragmatic architectures.
• Excellent communication and influence across teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural leadership across Internal Products and major programmes.
• Define architectural principles, standards and roadmaps.
• Lead two senior technical leaders and mentor engineers.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and stakeholders to align architecture.

Job description

Financial Times is seeking a Principal Technical Architect for Internal Products to provide architectural leadership across our portfolio of enterprise platforms and internally developed applications. You will shape the technology strategy, establish reusable patterns, and ensure alignment with broader FT technology direction.

You will lead and mentor senior technologists, collaborate with product, engineering and business stakeholders, and drive adoption of sustainable, secure, scalable