System Architect - Fusion Platform

Salary: £70,000 - 82,000 per year

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Systems Analysis, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience in technical architecture and IT solution development across front-end, back-end, or middleware.
• Track record of designing and delivering modern architectures with a strong grasp of architectural principles.
• Experience working in Agile environments and understanding of the product lifecycle.
• Exposure to multiple technologies and enterprise-scale environments.
• Strong technical leadership with the ability to mentor and influence teams.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Hands-on enterprise systems development experience in C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C++, or similar.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and experience with Azure or GCP.
• Experience with containerisation and microservices.
• Strong knowledge of APIs, system integration, and DevOps practices including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and Git.
• Understanding of security practices including application security, cloud security, authentication, and authorisation.
• Desired: experience with front-office or trader-facing applications and services.
• Desired: exposure to Inter-Dealer Broking environments.
• Desired: knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Desired: familiarity with micro-frontend architecture.
• Desired: experience optimising financial services technology solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Define and communicate the architecture vision, translating it into Epics, Features, and Stories.
• Ensure solutions align with business priorities, enterprise architecture, and evolving business needs.
• Support DevOps practices and the continuous delivery pipeline, and contribute to release governance.
• Promote built-in quality by defining and managing non-functional requirements (NFRs).
• Collaborate with teams to evolve design, validate implementation, and drive sustainable practices.
• Maintain architecture documentation, system tools, and technical assets.
• Work with geographically distributed teams and support global deployments as part of the overall architecture.
• Align Feature teams to the architecture roadmap and help ensure systems under development enable fast, reliable delivery of value.
• Provide technical leadership, assist in developing team skills, and nurture existing talent.
• Provide expertise on engineering and architecture best practices relating to platforms and user interface delivery.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Azure
• C#
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Frontend
• GCP
• Git
• Support
• Java
• JavaScript
• Security
• TypeScript
• microservices
• Architect
• Network

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We are TP ICAP, a world-leading provider of market infrastructure and the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue. Founded in London in 1866, we operate from more than 60 offices in 27 countries with a team of around 5,200 people. We connect clients to global financial and commodities markets through innovative liquidity and data solutions, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives and skills help drive innovation. This is a full-time, hybrid role based in London at 135 Bishopsgate, and the position is at Manager / Level 7.

last updated 34 week of 2026