FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to work for our client within the financial services sector. This is initially a 12-month contract with the potential to extend and become permanent and will be a hybrid role based in Leeds or Bristol.
Our client is looking for a passionate and experienced Solutions Architect to join the Segments and Propositions Platform to help run and evolve one of the group’s most valued platforms. You’ll be a key contributor to the stability, performance, and scalability of services, supporting the organisations digital transformation and long-term technology vision.
Responsibilities
1. Lead the solution architecture for products that deliver customer value while meeting quality, resilience, financial, and technical goals
2. Define and align solution architecture plans with product roadmaps, ensuring technical feasibility, managing technical debt, while guiding teams through structured delivery aligning with business outcomes
3. Engage in solution reviews to ensure standard compliance while identifying and addressing risks in solution architecture, using architectural or agile methods
4. Research and recommend new technologies and tools to support innovative solution design and delivery
5. Ensure solutions are resilient, secure, and scalable, meeting non-functional requirements, aligning with enterprise architecture and technology strategy
6. Evaluate solution options while designing, using appropriate architectural building blocks for modern architectures
7. Work with stakeholders, across the organisation, communicating clearly with both technical and non-technical team members
8. Deliver solutions using agile practices, collaborating with feature teams and promoting iterative development for continuous customer value
9. Align with architectural standards and best practices, developing local standards as needed, while documenting technical debt or agreed non-compliance
10. Maintain and improve technical skills by guiding engineering teams on architectural solutions while staying updated on industry trends and best practices
11. Contribute to financial and technical planning, supporting product owners as well as platform leads