Solution Architect

Lloyds Bank plc; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Edinburgh is seeking a skilled Solution Architect to join its Payment Services Platform. This role emphasizes designing scalable, secure cloud-native solutions utilizing Java, Spring Framework, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Candidates should have substantial experience in enterprise-scale environments, microservices, and CI/CD practices. The position supports hybrid working, ensuring a blend of in-office and remote engagement, along with a comprehensive benefits package including a generous pension and annual bonus.

Benefits

Pension contribution up to 15%

Annual bonus award

Share schemes

30 days’ holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in architecting greenfield development projects.
• Understanding of GCP architecture, services, and deployment models.
• Hands-on experience in legacy application migration.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable and resilient solutions using Java and GCP.
• Lead technical design sessions and architecture reviews.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to translate business requirements.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Quarkus

React JS

Typescript

Selenium

Playwright

Microservices

Kafka Streams

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Proven experience as a Solution Architect

Tools

Terraform

Deployment Manager

Job description

Solution Architect page is loaded## Solution Architectlocations: Edinburghtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: January 8, 2026 (28 days left to apply)job requisition id: 148861**End Date**Wednesday 07 January 2026**Salary Range**£70,929 - £78,810**Flexible Working Options**Hybrid Working, Job Share**Job Description Summary**.**Job Description****JOB TITLE:**Solution Architect**SALARY:** £70,929 - £80,000**LOCATION:** Edinburgh**HOURS:** Full time**WORKING PATTERN:** Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our Edinburgh office**About this opportunity…**Great opportunity for a Solution Architect to join our Payment Services Platform. We’re looking for an experienced Solution Architect with strong expertise in Java, Spring Framework, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to lead the design and delivery of cloud-native enterprise solutions. This role requires a strategic problem solver who can balance technical leadership with hands-on solutioning, ensuring alignment with business goals and enterprise architecture standards. This is a great opportunity to help us create a fully in-house developed gateway to SWIFT Scheme to evolve into a solution fit for the long term future of Payments.Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…**What you’ll do…*** Design and architect scalable, secure, and resilient solutions using Java, Quarkus, and GCP services.* Define and enforce architecture principles, patterns, and procedures across the platform.* Lead technical design sessions, architecture reviews, and solution walkthroughs with different customer groups.* Collaborate with engineering teams, product owners, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.* Drive adoption of GCP-native services such as Cloud Run, GKE, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, ProgressDB and Cloud Functions.* Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements including performance, reliability, security, and compliance.* Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development teams.* Contribute to DevOps strategy, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation using tools like Terraform or Deployment Manager.* Stay current with GCP innovations, emerging technologies, and industry trends.**What you’ll need…*** Proven experience, ideally as a Solution Architect in enterprise-scale environments and should have experience in architecting greenfield development projects* Strong experience with Java, (bonus points for Quarkus) and UI languages React JS and typescripts and Testing Framework including Automation tools like selenium and playwright* Having hands on experience in migration experience in legacy application migration* Deep understanding of GCP architecture, services, and deployment models or equivalent of AWS/Azure cloud skills* Experience with microservices, API design, and event-driven architectures especially Kafka Streams* Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration using GKE.* Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps practices, and infrastructure as code.**It would be great if you also had any of the following…*** Experience to Banking and Finance Industry along with legacy migration knowledge and payments.* Understanding of Cloud technology and usage of components and tools in GCP/AZURE/AWS* Experience in componentising the different tools in messaging framework and event driven patterns and other design experience.* Experience in presenting, reviewing, auditing the papers and aligning the patterns with bank expertise and stakeholders.* Usage of AI tools and techniques for identification approaches in bringing up the application and automation direction.**About working for us…**Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.**We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes…*** A generous pension contribution of up to 15%* An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance* Share schemes including free shares* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping* 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policiesIf you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. **We’d love to hear from you!****At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.****We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.****We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.**With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers.Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.