Solution Architect

Closing date for applications: 10/11/2026

Location London, United Kingdom

Salary £75,520 – £113,280

Job typePermanent | Contract typeFull Time

Mostly Remote

You’ll spend most of your time at home, working with your team digitally. You’ll come into an office or hub at least twice a month to collaborate with your colleagues.

Managerial / Technical Lead

This is a general indication and doesn’t always reflect day-to-day responsibilities. Check the job description for full details.

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Join our digital revolution in NatWest Digital X

In everything we do, we work to one aim. To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure.

So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate. We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter.

Job description

This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

Join us as a Solution Architect

• We’ll look to you to create the solution architecture definition for your assigned change projects, in addition to supporting the delivery of business outcomes that benefit both customers and colleagues
• You'll be working closely with stakeholders to contribute to the design and implementation of digital solutions, validating alignment with the bank’s strategic target architecture and roadmap
• If you’re ready for a new challenge and want to make a far-reaching impact through your work, this could be the opportunity you’re looking for

What you'll do

As a Solution Architect within the API Management team, you will design customer-centric, high-performance, secure, and robust end-to-end integration solutions connecting satellite systems such as Online Banking and Colleagues platforms with our Core Banking Platform. Your solutions will primarily leverage REST APIs, defined using OpenAPI specification, and Kafka messaging to deliver seamless, scalable digital services.

As part of the bank's architecture community, you will collaborate across teams to define solutions that deliver measurable business value while aligning to the bank’s strategic target architectures and roadmaps.

You’ll be supporting the growth of architecting capability, contributing to the development of architecture skills across the team by sharing knowledge, best practices, lessons learned, and mentoring others.

As well as this, you’ll be:

• Supporting the realisation of the enterprise and solution architecture, working as part of development teams throughout the engineering development lifecycle
• Providing technical guidance, resolving architectural impediments, and championing the adoption of architecture patterns and practices
• Working closely with Security Engineering and Risk teams to embed patterns and best practices, ensuring ongoing improvements of solution security to protect both our customers and the Bank
• Collaborating with programme stakeholders to help define the minimum viable solution architectures, while following the bank’s architecture method and frameworks
• Preparing and presenting your solution designs and architecture decisions to architecture boards, and collaborate closely with programme stakeholders throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Supporting the selection and integration of technologies using the bank’s approved technology catalogues and patterns, with a focus on practical and immediate application
• Adopting a DevOps mindset by working as part of development teams to embed architecture guidance in CI/CD pipelines
• Creating architecture documentation following the Bank’s templates will be a key responsibility
• Using a structured approach based on industry standard frameworks like TOGAF and the Bank’s architecture method to define, document, and implement solutions

The skills you'll need

To take on this role, you’ll need practitioner knowledge of solution architecture frameworks, modern technologies such as Cloud, microservices and AI, agile architecture and DevOps practices, including a deep understanding of business use cases and emerging trends that drive organisational success.

You’ll bring practitioner experience of defining and developing strategic solution architectures that align with organisational objectives. This will include experience of engaging with partners across the organisation to define architectures that deliver tangible business outcomes.

You’ll also demonstrate experience of:

• Collaborative decision-making processes, partnering with business and technology colleagues to articulate and evolve architectural direction
• Participating in overseeing and assuring the quality of architecture designs, with a focus on risk management and governance
• Supporting architecture and design reviews to validate that solutions meet business needs and comply with architecture standards
• People capability development, including mentoring, supporting professional development, encouraging knowledge sharing across architecture teams and promoting best practices

Your benefits breakdown

Here’s a quick look at what your pay package and annual leave could look like if you get accepted for the role. We have a wide range of benefits to support you in your working life and beyond.

Please note, the presented benefits packages are based on the minimum base salary.

Tap each segment for details.

Your pay package

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Your leave allowance

30 days Annual leave You’ll also have the opportunity to purchase up to 5 additional days off.

3 days Volunteering Take time off to support the causes you’re passionate about.

3 days Training Take time to build the skills you need to grow your career.

Total rewards package

Welcome to our Bishopsgate hub

Based only a few minutes’ walk from Liverpool Street Station, the central location of this office makes working there incredibly convenient. Everything you need is close by, so you can run errands, go to the gym, and socialise with friends and colleagues before and after work.

Bishopsgate recently underwent a multi-year refurbishment programme to improve spaces and facilities as well as become more sustainable.

Our tech stack

Here’s just some of the technologies we use.

Front end

• JavaScript
• ReactJS
• AngularJS

Back end

• Python
• Java
• Microsoft Dynamics

DevOps

• AWS
• GitLab
• Google Cloud Platform

Data

• Kafka
• Hadoop
• PostgreSQL
• Snowflake