2 months ago
London, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Understand client issues and define IT strategies and architecture solutions for core banking and financial services clients.
- Design and deliver modern, scalable, resilient, observable, and secure architectures.
- Own larger and highly technical modules within complex transformation projects.
- Define target architectures, reference architectures, technology roadmaps, and architecture governance.
- Design integration architectures using REST APIs, event-driven architecture, messaging, and synchronous or asynchronous integration patterns.
- Manage architectural debt and drive technology evolution across complex enterprise estates.
- Lead teams of architects and influence senior technology and business stakeholders.
- Guide junior team members and contribute to project proposals, client care, peer relationships, practice development, and the BCG brand.
- Apply AI-assisted architecture and engineering tools to improve solution design, documentation, engineering productivity, and delivery.
- Support core banking capabilities including onboarding, customer information management, deposits, lending, payments, product catalogues, general ledgers, digital banking, open banking, and regulatory reporting.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience as a Lead Technology, Solution, or Enterprise Architect in financial services, including significant core banking transformation experience.
- Experience designing and delivering modern architectures with strong knowledge of scalability, resilience, observability, and security.
- Strong knowledge of integration architecture, including REST APIs, event-driven architecture, messaging, and synchronous or asynchronous integration patterns.
- Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and platform engineering.
- Experience defining target and reference architectures, technology roadmaps, and architecture governance for large-scale transformation programs.
- Experience managing architectural debt and driving technology evolution across complex enterprise estates.
- Thought leadership and experience leading architecture teams and influencing senior technology and business stakeholders.
- Hands-on experience with one or more core banking platforms, including Temenos Transact (T24), Finacle, FIS Profile, Oracle FLEXCUBE, Avaloq, Thought Machine, Mambu, 10x Banking, Engine by Starling, or relevant Fiserv solutions.
- Deep understanding of end-to-end banking capabilities and regulated banking and security considerations.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Professional architecture certifications such as TOGAF and cloud certifications are desirable.
- Experience using AI-assisted tools such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude, or similar is required.
Benefits
- The role is based in London and involves close collaboration with clients and BCG colleagues.
- BCG is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- BCG is an E-Verify Employer.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About BCG
Boston Consulting Group provides management consulting, technology, and design services to large enterprises, governments, and nonprofits, helping with strategy, digital transformation, and operations. The firm works on a project-based, fee-for-service model and also incubates products and ventures through BCG X. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Boston, it is a global partnership with offices worldwide.