Application Architect

Summary: The Application Architect role involves defining and leading the architecture of customer-facing digital products, particularly in mobile and online banking platforms. The position requires an experienced professional to create scalable and secure solutions that align with Barclays' long-term technology strategy. The role emphasizes collaboration with product and business teams to translate requirements into effective solutions. Candidates must be eligible for BPSS and have a strong background in distributed systems and cloud technologies.

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

Key Skills:

• 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

Salary (Rate): £350 per day

City: Knutsford

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

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