Digital Platform Architect

About the Business

Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to enable brighter financial futures for every generation.

Quilter oversees £126.3 billion in customer investments (as of August 2025). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi‑asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management.

The business is comprised of two segments:
Affluent and High Net Worth.

Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi‑asset investment solutions business.

High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning – offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot has presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands.

At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve, including our colleagues.

Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us!

Level: 4

Department: IT Apps Digital

Location:

Southampton

Contract type:
Permanent

Join Quilter plc as a Digital Platform Architect and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of digital experiences for one of the UK’s leading wealth management firms. You’ll design and oversee the implementation of cutting‑edge technology solutions that drive transformation, agility, and innovation across the business.

This role blends technical expertise in Microsoft Azure, .NET, Next.js, and React.js, and more – with strategic thinking and leadership, ensuring platforms are scalable, secure, and aligned with both business goals and industry best practices.

You’ll collaborate with product owners, engineering teams, and senior stakeholders to translate digital strategies into actionable designs, champion technical quality, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

As a trusted advisor, you’ll guide technology choices, promote Dev Ops and cloud‑native practices, and contribute to communities of practice.

If you’re passionate about modern architecture, thrive in agile environments, and want to make a real impact in a transforming organisation, this is your opportunity to be bold and help shape the future of wealth management.

As the Platform Architect for Digital you will be responsible for designing, and aiding in the implementation and management of the technology solutions that enable seamless digital experiences and support the organisation’s transformation goals.

This role requires technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership to ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned with business objectives and industry best practices and design patterns.

• Platform Design & Architecture
  • Define and deliver end‑to‑end technical architectures for digital applications and integrations.
  • Ensure solutions leverage modern technologies such as cloud services, APIs, microservices, containerisation, and automation frameworks.
  • Create architectural blueprints, standards, and patterns that support agility and innovation.
• Digital Transformation Enablement
  • Partner with product owners, delivery teams, and business stakeholders to translate digital strategies into actionable technical designs.
  • Work collaboratively with the Engineering teams to turn the technical designs into working solutions.
  • Drive adoption of cloud‑native, API‑first, and Dev Ops practices to accelerate delivery and improve resilience.
  • Contribute to Quilter’s Software Development Community of Practice making sure that the practices align architecturally to wider Quilter Enterprise Strategy.
• Governance & Standards
  • Establish and maintain technical…