Senior Solution Architect (API Lab)

Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom; hybrid working with at least two days per week or 40% of working time at the Edinburgh office

Salary: £92,701–£109,060 per year

Company

A major UK banking group transforming financial services through cloud platforms, modern engineering, automation, and digital services.

What you will do

• Own solution architecture across the API Lab portfolio.
• Develop architecture roadmaps aligned with business priorities and enterprise technology strategy.
• Drive consistency across API products, engineering teams, and technology domains.
• Influence platform-wide decisions affecting thousands of developers.
• Partner with Product Owners and Engineering Leads to align strategy, architecture, and delivery.
• Ensure solutions are secure, resilient, supportable, compliant, and aligned with modern cloud-native practices.

Requirements

• Significant Solution Architecture experience in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Experience delivering complex platform and digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience defining architecture strategy across multiple products and technology domains.
• Deep expertise in enterprise API ecosystems, operating models, governance, and lifecycle management.
• Experience influencing senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Practical knowledge of GCP, Harness, Apigee, KONG, Developer Portals, API security, SRE, TOGAF, or Domain-Driven Design.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with workplace adjustments available for colleagues with disabilities.
• Pension contribution of up to 15%.
• Annual performance-related bonus and share schemes including free shares.
• 30 days of holiday plus bank holidays.
• Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, learning, and development.