Senior Solution Architect

Responsibilities

• The purpose of the Senior Solution Architect is to orchestrate complex solution architectures with a broad architectural significance for key outcomes or epics by defining the architectures and designs that deliver our key outcomes aligning with our technology strategy
• They play a substantive role in enabling teams to deliver at pace by shaping the solution architecture forward look for a lab or platform, and partner with Product Owners engineering teams and Enterprise architects
• At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re helping Britain prosper by transforming the way technology enables our customers, colleagues, and businesses. Through strategic investment in cloud platforms, modern engineering, automation, and digital services, we’re creating scalable, secure, and resilient technology platforms that power some of the UK’s most critical financial journeys
• The API & Digital Services Platform is a strategic engineering capability within Lloyds Banking Group, enabling the creation, management, discovery, governance, and consumption of APIs at enterprise scale
• Within the platform, the API Lab is responsible for delivering the strategic API ecosystem that supports thousands of engineers across the Group. The Lab enables teams to design, build, publish, secure, discover, consume, and operate APIs consistently and safely, while accelerating innovation and reducing duplication
• The API Lab is responsible for four strategic product domains:
• API Gateway – Enterprise API runtime and management capabilities across on-premises and cloud environments
• API Marketplace – The Group’s strategic platform for API discovery, onboarding, subscription, and reuse
• API Conformance Suite – Automated API governance, standards validation, compliance, quality engineering, and policy enforcement capabilities
• API Enablement Platform – Developer self-service, engineering automation, Internal Developer Platform (IDP), and API lifecycle acceleration capabilities
• Together, these capabilities support the API Lab’s long-term vision of delivering a scalable, secure, resilient, highly automated, and developer-centric API ecosystem that accelerates innovation while maintaining strong governance, security, and operational excellence
• Define and own solution architecture across the API Lab portfolio
• Develop strategic architecture roadmaps aligned with business priorities and enterprise technology strategy
• Drive architectural consistency across multiple products, teams, and engineering domains
• Influence platform-wide decisions that impact thousands of developers across the Group
• Shape long-term investment priorities and technology direction
• Promote modern engineering practices and cloud-native design principles
• Partner with Product Owners and Engineering Leads to align strategy, architecture, and delivery
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across the organisation
• Champion innovation while ensuring solutions remain secure, resilient, supportable, and compliant

Qualifications

Strong understanding of API operating models, governance, and lifecycle managementApigeeExperience influencing senior business and technology stakeholdersSREDeep expertise in enterprise API ecosystemsProven track record delivering complex platform and digital transformation initiativesStrong knowledge and practical experience of:API EcosystemGCPExperience defining architecture strategy across multiple products and technology domainsSignificant experience in Solution Architecture within large-scale enterprise environmentsKONGStrong knowledge of Architecture & Design (e.g. TOGAF, Domain-Driven Design)HarnessDeveloper PortalSecurityWe know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply

Benefits

• A generous holiday allowance: You’ll be eligible for a minimum of 22 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), rising to 30 days based on length of service and grade.
• A flexible way of working: Whether you want flexibility over your location or when you log on, together we can create an approach that works for you and for the business.
• Family leave: Up to 63 weeks of maternity or adoption leave. Statutory maternity or adoption pay is available for 39 weeks, and 20 weeks will be enhanced to the equivalent of full pay. Partners can have six weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
• Flex cash: This is 4% of your basic salary and can be used to spend on the benefits of your choice, or you can choose to take it as a cash top up in your monthly salary.
• Health insurance: Our company funded Private Medical Benefit provides all colleagues with access to good quality medical care, including accommodation, nursing care and specialist advice.
• Colleague Offers: Get discounts on everything from electrical items to cinema tickets and weekly food shopping. You can share this benefit with up to ten family members or friends.
• Financial products: Take advantage of our great financial products, some at a discounted rate, including current accounts, home and car insurance and loans.
• Share plans: Participate in Sharematch and receive matching shares of up to £45 a month from the company, and you can choose to participate in Sharesave, our combined savings and share option plan.
• Pension: We offer a generous pension plan, with all joiners being automatically enrolled in our ‘Your Tomorrow’ scheme. You can decide how much you save and get a say in where your contributions are invested.