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Job Title: Technology Solution Architect

Location: London

About the Job you are considering:

We are seeking an experienced Technology Solution Architect with a strong AI-First architecture mindset to shape and validate future-state enterprise solutions.

The successful candidate will design architecture where AI, data and intelligent automation are embedded as core architectural principles, rather than introduced as downstream enhancements.

The role will work at the intersection of Product, Engineering, Architecture and Business, translating future business and product capabilities into scalable, secure and resilient technology solutions. A key focus will be determining whether proposed solutions are technically feasible, commercially appropriate, scalable, secure and aligned with the organization's broader technology strategy before significant investment is committed.

This is a hands-on architecture role. The architect will be expected to investigate options; challenge assumptions using technical evidence and build proofs of concept (POCs) where required.

Hybrid working:

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your Role:

The Architect will be accountable for producing and maintaining:

• Product Capability-to-Solution Enabler Map
• Mapping future product capabilities to the technology, AI, data, payment and integration capabilities required to enable them.

• Future-State Solution Architecture
• Target architecture covering AI, applications, data, payments, integrations, security and supporting technology components.

• Architecture Investigation Evidence Pack
• Evidence gathered through technical investigation, POCs, prototypes and technical spikes to support or challenge key hypotheses.

• Future-State E2E Architecture Options
• Alternative end-to-end architecture options, including payment architecture and provider integrations.

• Build / Buy / Integrate Assessment
• Structured assessment of technology options, trade-offs, risks, costs, constraints and strategic alignment.

• Scalability & Resilience Readiness Assessment
• Assessment of whether the proposed architecture can reliably support anticipated volumes, payout events, failures, workload growth and operational scenarios.

• Architecture Decision Support
• Clear recommendations enabling Product and Engineering leadership to make informed investment and technology decisions.

Your Skills:

Essential

• Significant experience as a Technology Solution Architect, Solution Architect, Enterprise Solution Architect or similar senior architecture professional.
• Strong experience designing complex enterprise technology solutions.
• Demonstrable AI-First architecture mindset, with experience integrating AI into core business and technology capabilities.
• Experience implementing AI and data-driven intelligent process optimisation.
• Strong understanding of enterprise application, integration and data architecture.
• Experience translating business and product capabilities into solution architecture.
• Experience creating and evaluating alternative architecture options.
• Strong understanding of build, buy and integrate decision frameworks.
• Experience assessing architecture for scalability, resilience, security, performance and feasibility.
• Experience working across Product and Engineering teams.
• Ability to understand and challenge technical constraints.
• Hands-on technical capability with the ability to develop POCs and prototypes where required.
• Experience communicating effectively with senior stakeholders and engineering teams.

Highly Desirable

• Experience designing payment or payout platforms.
• Experience integrating with payment providers, gateways or financial technology platforms.
• Experience architecting high-volume transaction or event-driven systems.
• Knowledge of distributed architectures, APIs, event-driven integration and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience with Generative AI, AI agents, machine learning or intelligent automation.
• Experience operating within regulated environments such as banking, financial services, insurance or payments.
• Experience working within organisations transitioning towards product-led discovery and engineering models.
• Understanding of enterprise security, data privacy, compliance and technology-risk requirements.

We are a Disability Confident Employer:

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government's Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

Make It Real (what does it mean for you):

• You'd be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.

To help support wellbeing we have trained 'Mental Health Champions' across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini's 'learning for life' mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• You will be joining one of the World's Most Ethical Companies, as recognised by Ethisphere for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Why you should consider Capgemini:

Growing clients' businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what's possible. It's why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world's leading businesses, and it's how you'll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you'll build the skills you want. You'll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

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