Transaction Monitoring Solution Architect

Location: Greater London

Job Description:

Job Title Transaction Monitoring Solution Architect Location London Corporate Title Assistant Vice President As a hands on technical solution architect within the Anti-Financial Crime department, you will join the existing architecture team and will be responsible for designing, documenting, and governing the architecture across critical applications that are used to detect and investigate potential instances of criminal activity whilst supporting the application engineering teams with the implementation.

The successful candidate will have a strong engineering background and is expected to contribute to engineering deliverables, prototyping, data-modelling and driving engineering alignment to designs through direct collaboration with development teams, ensuring code quality and actively uplifting quality standards.

What we’ll offer youA healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days

Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your familyA range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4

Work scheme and Gym benefits

The opportunity to support a wide-ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

Develop and own technical designs that align with Group Architecture principles and support the department’s technology transformation

Track and manage design updates, resolving unforeseen engineering obstacles effectively

Shape the technology roadmap by evaluating emerging tools and established techniques, balancing cost, complexity, and performance

Collaborate with senior stakeholders across Business, Model Development, and Technology management to refine requirements and deliver robust solutions

Provide technical contribution through hands-on work and mentoring activity: contribute high-quality code, data-modelling, perform code reviews, guide implementation teams and guide engineering best practices

Drive efficiency across architecture activities through adoption of AI solutions

Your skills and experience

Experience and track record as a Solution Architect and/or Development Lead in complex, regulated enterprise environments

Familiarity with Cloud Technologies, containerization using Docker & Kubernetes and security (e.g., OAuth) and the ability to build up knowledge related to new technology / solutions in an effective and timely manner

Experience with database technologies (Oracle, Postgres or SQL Server) and data modelling

Ability to design and communicate architecture concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Ability to spot areas of improvement and offering solutions

Experience in dealing with Cloud deployments in jurisdictions with data residency requirements is a plus Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

How we’ll support you Training and development to help you excel in your career

Coaching and support from experts in your teamA culture of continuous learning to aid progressionA range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your…