VP Solution Architect - Front-Office Markets AI

Barclays; Whippany (NJ); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental & vision plans

401(k)

Job summary

Barclays in Whippany, NJ seeks a Solution Architect - VP to design and implement scalable front-office and Markets technology solutions. You will influence how Sales teams serve clients, accelerate onboarding, and leverage data and AI to drive smarter decisions.

The role covers architecture across Java microservices, REST APIs, event-driven design, cloud platforms, and CI/CD with emphasis on security and performance. Strong leadership and governance experience are valued.

Qualifications

• Experience designing front-office or Markets technology solutions across Sales workflows, onboarding, trading enablement, and post-trade handoffs.
• Workflow design knowledge across lifecycle states, approvals, maker-checker, audits, SLAs, monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop solutions as products that can evolve to meet business requirements.
• Plan workloads and leverage cloud capabilities like elasticity, serverless, and containerisation.
• Incorporate security principles and align with resiliency and performance expectations.
• Balance risks and controls to deliver business and technology value.
• Provide architecture inputs for governance processes including privacy and security.

Skills

Front-office/Markets solutions

Workflow design

Java microservices

REST APIs

Cloud/container platforms

CI/CD

Observability

Tools

Camunda

Kafka

Job description

Barclays in Whippany, NJ seeks a Solution Architect - VP to design and implement scalable front-office and Markets technology solutions. You will influence how Sales teams serve clients, accelerate onboarding, and leverage data and AI to drive smarter decisions.

The role covers architecture across Java microservices, REST APIs, event-driven design, cloud platforms, and CI/CD with emphasis on security and performance. Strong leadership and governance experience are valued.