Senior Solution Architect / Senior Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist.

In this role, you will:

• Define end-to-end solution architecture for Payment Post Processing, with a clear view of target state and evolutionary delivery.
• Create high-quality architecture documentation including options, trade-offs, and recommendations that stand up to scrutiny.
• Design cloud-native solutions on GCP and On-Prem to handle high-volume payment data and events.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure designs are practical, secure, resilient and operable.
• Shape integration patterns across payment systems and downstream consumers, using APIs and event-driven approaches where appropriate.
• Influence architecture direction through collaboration with other architects and technology leaders.
• Embed non-functional requirements (performance, availability, observability, security, compliance) into solution designs.
• Promote re-use, standards and good practice across teams to accelerate delivery and reduce risk.

To be successful, you will:

• Have proven experience as a Solution Architect on large-scale, complex technology programmes (payments experience strongly preferred).
• Possess deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform, including BigQuery, Spanner, Pub/Sub, Dataflow (and related services).
• Have a strong understanding of modern data platform and distributed system design, including streaming vs batch trade-offs.
• Have solid knowledge of payment systems and messaging standards (e.g., ISO 20022; SWIFT/SEPA/CAMT/PAIN/PACS exposure is an advantage).
• Possess excellent communication skills, with the ability to present clearly, write crisply, and tailor messages to different audiences.
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder management: able to align and influence senior leaders using evidence-based recommendations.
• Be comfortable working through ambiguity, balancing strategic future-state intent with delivery reality.