I am hiring for
Payments Solution Architect
Location: Knutsford / Northampton (Hybrid – 2–3 days onsite)
Job Description
* Lead the design and delivery of scalable, resilient, and secure architecture solutions for
core banking and current account journeys
, including loans, account switching, and payments.
* Provide architectural leadership across
cards and payments systems
, covering card issuance and authorisation journeys.
* Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product owners, project managers, and business analysts to align technical solutions with business requirements and regulatory controls.
* Own architectural governance by producing and reviewing design artefacts covering
security, privacy, risk, and records management
.
* Guide integration strategies across core banking, payments, and cards platforms, balancing
cloud adoption, automation, and compliance
.
* Evaluate vendor solutions, support systems strategy, and drive automation to reduce operational overhead and manual processes.
Key Skills
CoreBanking, Payments, Cards, SolutionArchitecture, Cloud, APIs, DevOps, Security, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, Microservices, Integration, JIRA, Confluence, Tableau, Excel, PowerPoint