Senior Solution Architect; AI

Senior Solution Architect (AI)

SALARY: £90,400 - £120,000

LOCATION:

Bristol

HOURS:

Full-time

WORKING PATTERN:
Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites

Here at Lloyds Banking Group, we put our customers at the heart of everything we do, and every colleague has an important part to play. We're the Customer Experience & Analytics Lab, an integral part of the amazing Analytics & AI Platform. As a member of the Conversational Experience & Analytics Lab, you'll play a vital role in our efforts to build a forward-thinking Chatbot as a Service platform.

You'll collaborate on innovative solutions that incorporate Large Language Models and Agentic AI within a well-established cloud-based ecosystem.

You’ll be involved in coaching, continually challenging, motivating, mentoring, and supporting colleagues in the Lab. Specialising in design and architecture, this role will be instrumental in delivering the Group's agenda for change in a coherent, innovative, and collaborative manner.

We're a diverse group of people. Software Engineers, Robotics Specialists, Cognitive Developers, Data Scientists, Conversation Designers, Natural Language Engineers and many more. We come from a variety of backgrounds across the globe, but we all share in the vision of the untapped potential of human and machine intelligence. We're seeking an ambitious and proven Senior Solution Architect to join our dynamic team.

This role offers the chance to influence the way we design and build using the latest cloud technology.

• Solution Design and System Integration: Lead the design and development of robust software solutions using modern engineering techniques across GCP and Microsoft Azure stacks, aligned with Enterprise Architecture and Business Design strategy

• Thought Leadership: A trusted advisor to a network of colleagues and professionals within and outside the Organisation. Uses experience to provide valuable insights, strategic thoughts and encourage problem-solving.

• Manage a complex set of constraints and opportunities: Creating and maintaining a blueprint for organising and communicating the Lab technology change agenda

• Promote Adoption of Modern Software Engineering Practices
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  Including Dev Ops, CI/CD, Cloud computing

• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to shape high-quality and innovative products, ensuring alignment with business goals. Acting as an advocate for technology design and robust solution governance across the Lab

• Delivering Design Outputs: Such as Minimum Viable Designs and architecture decisions via formal governance processes

• Agile Methodologies: Champion agile development practices, including continuous integration and test automation.

We're looking for an experienced individual who can thrive in a fast-paced environment and is eager to learn new skills and technologies. The ideal candidate will possess:

• Professional
  
  Experience:
  
  5+ years in either Software Engineering design, or Solution Design/Architecture. Experience in shaping and executing design change across complex operational and technology environments

• Technical Expertise: Extensive understanding of software development principles with experience of designing highly observable and scalable solutions. Proficient in Node.js, React, Next.js and experience of Python. Knowledge of API development, automation, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform). Experience of Cyber Security and techniques to ensure resilient applications.

• Source Code Management: Deep understanding of Git and managing change within a source code management system.

• Integration Tools and Cloud Infrastructure: Significant experience with integration tools and cloud infrastructure (ideally GCP). Hands‑on experience with cloud‑native architecture and containerisation technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker) — knowledge & experience of Helm is an additional advantage. An understanding of networking—preferably including a mixture of public cloud and on‑premise infrastructure.

• Agile Development: Strong knowledge of agile development practices,…