Java Developer (London)
Overview
AND Digital requires additional Enterprise Architecture (EA) capacity to support the stand-up and early operation of a maturing Architecture Function. Our client is undergoing significant transformation, with 21 major programmes operating concurrently. We currently require additional architectural breadth, governance discipline, and enterprise-level decision‑making capability necessary to underpin safe, scalable and coherent change initiatives.
This role provides end‑to‑end architectural leadership across business, application, data and technology domains. The EA will lead design authority activities, develop target architectures, identify cross‑programme dependencies, establish architectural principles, shape AND Digital’s long‑term technology strategy, and ensure programme‑level design coherence.
Skillset Requirements
The following skillsets are essential:
* Enterprise Architecture (business, application, data, technology)
* Architecture governance, design decision facilitation, and ARB operation
* Technology strategy definition and roadmap creation
* Architectural modelling, documentation, and standards creation
* Cloud (AWS/Azure) and modern digital platform architecture
* Integration, API‑led design, and event‑driven architectures
* Data and information architecture, supporting regulatory and business requirements
Experience in the following domains is highly desirable:
* Financial Services architecture
* Large‑scale transformation delivery
* Operating model design and capability maturity assessments
* Customer, product, finance and risk domain knowledge
Key Responsibilities
* Operating and maturing AND Digital’s Architecture Review Board (ARB)
* Leading development of the As‑Is and To‑Be architecture
* Producing a strategic enterprise roadmap aligned to transformation objectives
* Rapidly assessing design questions and providing authoritative recommendations
* Coaching newly hired architects to uplift capability
* Documenting enterprise‑level decisions and architecture standards
Delivery Model
New team members will join the AND Digital Architecture Function to:
* Provide immediate architectural leadership across priority programmes
* Produce the enterprise architecture baseline and target state
* Support prioritisation and decision‑making in partnership with the iPMO
* Deliver structured design artefacts and governance models
* Build internal architectural capability through coaching and knowledge transfer
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