Technical Solution Architect

Technical Solutions Architect Salary: £80,000 - £100,000 Location: Hybrid - London or Ipswich You'll sit at the intersection of engineering, product, and client delivery, helping evolve the architecture of a ledger-based post-trade platform.

This is a hands-on architecture role, contributing to technical documentation and evolving designs, then taking on increasing ownership of systems, technical direction, and solution architecture. Why This Role You'll have real influence in a small, high-calibre team, with close exposure to modern financial market infrastructure and a genuine voice in product and architectural decisions.

Expect a fast learning curve across technology, regulation, and market structure. What You'll Do Architecture & System Design Design secure, scalable distributed systems for regulated environments Define and evolve system architecture, APIs, and integration patterns Apply sound software design patterns and architectural principles Contribute to decisions on ledger and smart contract design Build in auditability, resilience, and operational robustness from the outset Distributed Ledger & Digital Assets Work directly with distributed ledger technology and smart contracts Help design models covering tokenised and natively digital assets Work on atomic settlement, and DvP/RvP settlement mechanisms Explore integration concepts for central bank digital currencies Weigh up trade-offs between on-chain and off-chain components Financial Services Context Translate regulatory and market-structure requirements into technical design Build a working understanding of settlement models and post-trade infrastructure Operate within relevant compliance frameworks (eg data and securities regulation) Engineering & Delivery Write production-quality code (Java, JavaScript, Solidity, SQL) Review code and help set engineering best practice Improve CI/CD pipelines, testing strategy, and observability Communication & Influence Explain complex technical ideas clearly to engineers, product, clients, and regulators where relevant Adapt your message to different audiences Use structured, persuasive communication to increase the impact of the technology Contribute to technical documentation and client-facing materials What You'll Bring Technical A track record designing and building software products Solid grounding in distributed systems principles Hands-on experience with distributed ledgers and/or blockchain platforms Familiarity with tokenisation and digital asset concepts Strong API design skills (REST, ev...

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