Solution Architect – Tesco Insurance and Money Services
Location: Edinburgh, Glasgow or Newcastle – Hybrid
Salary: £72,200 – £86,640
Office Attendance: Hybrid; 2 days per week in office
Closing Date: 23rd December 2025
Overview
We deal in the personal – from pet insurance to home insurance, motor insurance, and travel money – always working with heart. We provide end‑to‑end solution design leadership across change initiatives, ensuring that technology solutions are secure, compliant, scalable and cost‑effective while aligning to enterprise architecture standards and business outcomes.
Responsibilities
Operating within SAFe Agile, you’ll translate business epics and features into coherent solution architectures, manage solution intent, govern non‑functional requirements (NFRs) and support incremental delivery through PI Planning and enabler work. You’ll partner with Product, Engineering, Cyber, Data and Compliance to deliver resilient, customer‑centric change that meets FCA/PRA, UK GDPR and operational resilience expectations.
Qualifications
* Big picture thinking – understands how all the parts of a system fit together, and designs solutions that work across the business.
* Strong communication – can explain complex technical ideas in simple terms to both technical teams and business stakeholders.
* Collaboration & leadership – works closely with product managers, engineers and other teams to guide decisions and keep projects on track.
* Agile & SAFe experience – comfortable working in Agile environments, especially within the SAFe framework.
* Problem solving – quickly identifies challenges and finds practical, secure, and scalable solutions that meet business needs.
* Cloud knowledge – designs systems using cloud platforms (like Microsoft Azure), ensuring they are secure, cost‑effective and reliable.
* Security & compliance awareness – designs systems that protect customer data and meet UK financial regulations.
* Focus on quality & performance – ensures systems are fast, reliable, and easy to maintain, with clear plans for monitoring, support, and future growth.
What’s in it for you?
* Colleague pension scheme.
* Private healthcare and virtual GP service 365 days a year.
* Performance‑related annual bonus.
* Generous holiday allowance of 7.2 weeks, with the opportunity to buy more.
* Colleague Clubcard with increasing discounts.
* Family‑oriented initiatives including enhanced maternity leave pay, shared parental leave policy and paid paternity leave.
* Learning opportunities and award‑winning training.
* Buy‑as‑you‑earn, Save‑as‑you‑earn share schemes and green car leasing.
Everyone’s welcome
We want all colleagues to always feel welcome and be themselves. We’re committed to building a more inclusive workplace and celebrating everything that makes colleagues unique, and value the richness and diversity this brings to our business.
Additional information
We also know the importance of balancing work with life’s other commitments. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need; we’re committed to exploring part‑time and flexible working opportunities at every level of the organisation.
Interviews
Commencing January 2026.
Why Tesco Insurance and Money Services?
Our purpose is to serve our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day. Joining us means getting bags of choice, plenty of development, and a place where everyone’s welcome.
How to apply
Click “Apply” to learn more about what a career at Tesco Insurance and Money Services looks like!
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