Solution Architect - Banking and Payments

Solution Architect | Banking & Payments | 12-Month Contract Location: Edinburgh or London, with two days per week in the office. Contract: 12 months, with extension potential. Rate: Excellent Day Rate Available. I'm recruiting for a Solution Architect to join a major banking transformation programme focused on debit-card modernisation and core-banking integration. This is an opportunity to influence end-to-end architecture across critical payment systems, modern cloud platforms and established banking infrastructure. You'll lead solution design for integrating card-management and payment systems with core-banking services, shaping how applications communicate across cloud and on-premises environments. Working closely with engineering, product, security and infrastructure teams, you'll ensure solutions are secure, scalable, resilient and ready for production. Key Skills & Experience

• Enterprise solution architecture within banking, cards, payments or core-banking integration.
• REST/SOAP APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture and batch integration.
• Java and Spring Boot ecosystems.
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes and hybrid-cloud environments.
• API management, authentication, encryption and secrets management.
• Kafka or equivalent event-streaming technologies.
• Architecture documentation, technical governance and non-functional requirements.
• CI/CD and monitoring tools such as Jenkins, Harness, Splunk or Dynatrace. For more information or to apply directly, please email I review applications daily and will contact shortlisted candidates as quickly as possible.