Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Integration Architect role in London involves leading the integration of real-time Ledger, Payments, and FX systems within a large banking platform. The position requires deep integration expertise, a cloud-native mindset, and strong communication skills to mentor teams and drive the use of AI tools for development efficiency. The role is hybrid, requiring four days in the office, and is a fixed-term contract for one year.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and own target-state integration architecture aligned with enterprise standards
- Lead end-to-end integration delivery across multiple systems and teams
- Design event-driven, API-first, cloud-native solutions (NATS, REST, async messaging)
- Create architecture artefacts (blueprints, APIs, ADRs)
- Act as integration authority across platforms and stakeholders
- Mentor teams on integration patterns, API governance, and best practices
- Drive use of AI tools to improve development efficiency
Key Skills:
- 15+ years in tech, 5+ years in integration architecture
- Proven delivery in large-scale financial/fintech systems
- Strong hands-on + stakeholder management capability
- Experience leading multi-team integrations
- Deep integration expertise + cloud-native mindset
- Familiar with AI-assisted development tools
- NATS experience is a plus (Kafka/Pulsar accepted)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role - Integration Architect – London, UK FTC - 1 Year Hybrid - 4 days office
Mandatory Hands-on Integration Architect for Project Compass, driving real-time Ledger (RTL), Payments, and FX systems integration within a large banking platform.
Deep integration expertise + cloud-native mindset
Strong communicator and technical leader
Familiar with AI-assisted development tools
NATS experience is a plus (Kafka/Pulsar accepted)
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and own target-state integration architecture aligned with enterprise standards
- Lead end-to-end integration delivery across multiple systems and teams
- Design event-driven, API-first, cloud-native solutions (NATS, REST, async messaging)
- Create architecture artefacts (blueprints, APIs, ADRs)
- Act as integration authority across platforms and stakeholders
- Mentor teams on integration patterns, API governance, and best practices
- Drive use of AI tools to improve development efficiency
Tech Stack Integration:
- Event-driven architecture, NATS (or Kafka/Pulsar), messaging patterns
- Backend: Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST/gRPC
- Cloud: AWS (EKS/ECS, SQS/SNS, API Gateway, Terraform)
- API: OpenAPI/AsyncAPI, versioning, governance
- Frontend: React/TypeScript (working knowledge)
Domain Expertise (any of these)
- Real-Time Ledger (accounting, event sourcing)
- Payments (SWIFT, ISO 20022, settlement)
- FX (trade lifecycle, rates, positions)
- Risk/Limit Management
- Client onboarding (KYC, account setup)
Experience Required
- 15+ years in tech, 5+ years in integration architecture
- Proven delivery in large-scale financial/fintech systems
- Strong hands-on + stakeholder management capability
- Experience leading multi-team integrations