Technical Architect
Posted 2 days ago by MRJ Recruitment
£750 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Technical Architect role focuses on leading a payments transformation initiative for a global leader, requiring a hands-on approach with a strong engineering background and deep expertise in payments. The architect will define the architecture for a scalable payments ecosystem, influencing key decisions related to authorisation, capture, settlement, and reconciliation. This position demands collaboration with engineering and product teams to create effective solutions in a dynamic environment. The role is hybrid, requiring 2 days on-site in London.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and define the end-to-end target architecture across services, APIs, and operational components.
- Lead early discovery—evaluating options, assessing risks, and shaping decisions at pace.
- Design resilient, secure systems for payment flows covering banking, card schemes, and service provider integrations.
- Set standards for engineering quality: API design, observability, reliability, and deployment.
- Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to turn complex requirements into elegant, scalable solutions.
Key Skills:
- Engineering-first approach with a background in software development.
- Deep payments knowledge with hands-on experience in authorisation, capture, and settlement.
- Integration expertise with PSPs, acquirers, or networks (e.g. Worldpay, Adyen, Stripe, Square, Vocalink).
- Strong understanding of banking and card schemes, both technically and operationally.
- Familiarity with modern tech toolkit: Kotlin, Rust, React/Next.js, Android (or equivalent).
- Ability to shape architecture in greenfield programmes with high ambiguity and significant impact.
- Clear communication skills to influence technical direction across engineering and leadership teams.
Salary (Rate): £750 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Technical Architect (Contract) – Payments Transformation Outside IR35 | £700–£750 per day | London (Hybrid, 2 days onsite) Need to be available with 2-3 weeks
MRJ Recruitment is partnering with a global leader embarking on a large-scale payments transformation — reimagining their payments platform from the ground up. We’re looking for a hands-on Technical Architect with a strong engineering background and deep payments expertise. You’ll define the architecture for a new, scalable payments ecosystem—driving decisions that shape authorisation, capture, settlement, and reconciliation across multiple services and integrations.
What you’ll do:
- Own and define the end-to-end target architecture across services, APIs, and operational components.
- Lead early discovery—evaluating options, assessing risks, and shaping decisions at pace.
- Design resilient, secure systems for payment flows covering banking, card schemes, and service provider integrations.
- Set standards for engineering quality: API design, observability, reliability, and deployment.
- Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to turn complex requirements into elegant, scalable solutions.
What you’ll bring:
- Engineering-first approach—you started in software development and evolved into architecture.
- Deep payments knowledge —hands-on experience across authorisation, capture, and settlement.
- Integration expertise with PSPs, acquirers, or networks (e.g. Worldpay, Adyen, Stripe, Square, Vocalink).
- Strong banking and card scheme understanding —both technically and operationally.
- Modern tech toolkit: Kotlin, Rust, React/Next.js, Android (or equivalent).
- Comfortable shaping architecture in greenfield programmes with high ambiguity and big impact.
- Clear communicator—able to influence technical direction across engineering and leadership teams.
Ready to shape the future of payments? Apply now or contact MRJ Recruitment to learn more