Job Description
Application Architect
Location: Knutsford (2-3 days onsite)
Contract Duration: Until 30 September 2026
No sponsorship offered.
CONTRACTOR MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR BPSS
The Role
Our client is seeking an experienced Application Architect to define and lead the architecture of customer-facing digital products, including mobile and online banking platforms. You'll play a key role in shaping scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions aligned to Barclays' long-term technology strategy.
Key Responsibilities
* Design and deliver end-to-end architecture for modern digital applications
* Define technology stacks, platforms, and integration patterns
* Contribute to and influence the technology roadmap within your domain
* Ensure adherence to architecture, security, and governance standards
* Produce architecture artefacts and participate in governance forums
* Partner with product and business teams to translate requirements into solutions
* Provide technical leadership, mentoring teams and promoting best practices
Required Skills & Experience
* Proven experience architecting distributed systems (microservices, REST APIs, cloud-native solutions)
* Strong hands-on expertise with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including migration strategies
* Solid software engineering background (eg Java, Python) with Agile delivery experience
* Financial services domain experience, ideally within payments, cards, or digital channels
* Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
* Strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to balance business and technical trade-offs