System Architect - Fusion Platform

Location: City Of London

The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure.

Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions. Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions.

The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world’s leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform.

Founded in London in 1866, the Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,200 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world’s most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.

Role Overview The System Architect is responsible for defining and delivering the shared technical and architectural vision for the Agile Release Train (ART). As TP ICAP is a global organization, there will be a requirement to work with geographically distributed teams, and support global deployments as part of the overall architecture.

The technology includes systems (applications, processes and information), shared infrastructure services, shared application services, and their effective integration and reuse across TP ICAP. The System Architect is working to align Feature teams to the Architecture roadmap, and ensure the systems under development support the evolving business need and enables fast reliable implementation of value.

As a core role steering the wider team alongside the Release Train Engineer (RTE) & Product Managers, the System Architect collaborates with the Feature teams to design and develop the architecture and create the Architecture Runway in line with Enterprise standards, patterns and roadmaps.

The role will involve technical leadership with the expectation that the successful candidate will assist in developing skills within teams, and nurturing existing talent. This will include providing expertise on engineering and architecture best practices relating to platforms and user interface delivery.

Key Responsibilities Define and communicate the architecture vision, translating it into Epics, Features, and Stories.

Ensure solutions align with business priorities, enterprise architecture, and evolving business needs.

Support Dev Ops practices and the continuous delivery pipeline; contribute to release governance.

Promote built-in quality, defining and managing non-functional requirements (NFRs).Collaborate with teams to evolve design, validate implementation, and drive sustainable practices.

Maintain architecture documentation, system tools, and technical assets.

Experience & Competencies Essential Bachelor ’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Analysis, or equivalent experience.

Extensive experience in technical architecture and IT solution development (front-end, back-end, or middleware).Track record of designing and delivering modern architectures with strong grasp of architectural principles.

Experience working in Agile environments and understanding of the product lifecycle.

Exposure to multiple technologies and enterprise-scale environments.

Strong technical leadership, with the ability to mentor and influence teams.

Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Hands-on enterprise systems development experience (C#, Java, JavaScript/Type Script, C++ or similar).Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS preferred; Azure/GCP), containerisation, and microservices.

Strong knowledge of APIs, system integration, and Dev Ops (CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, Git).Understanding of security practices (application, cloud, authentication, authorisation).Desired

Experience with front-office/trader-facing applications and services.

Exposure to Inter-Dealer Broking environments.

Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).Familiarity with micro-frontend architecture.

Experience optimising financial services technology solutions.

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