Senior Solution Architect

ROLE PROFILE:

Architect the future of financial data services as a Senior Solution Architect at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), a global leader driving innovation in the financial markets industry.

ROLE SUMMARY:

As a Senior Solution Architect at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), you will play a pivotal role in supporting our Partner companies and driving the strategic technical direction of our financial data services that support our Wealth Management business. You will analyze and document our existing system interactions with Partner systems, collaborate closely with those Partners to enhance their offerings based on those systems, and determine optimal future strategies aligned with LSEG's vision. Additionally, you will provide architectural support for our related legacy systems as we undertake enhancement initiatives.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

The Wealth Management business within LSEG enables our customers to obtain extensive accurate and timely information about the financial markets, allowing them to make informed investment decisions. Our systems provide programmatic access to our data feeds and web services enabling creation of analytic and data distribution offering for end users. In particular, we have a small set of partner companies who build such systems on our behalf, and we have need of an architect to provide guidance to those activities.

As our primary partner solution architect for the Wealth Management business, your role will include:

• Analyzing and documenting the existing interactions between LSEG's financial data services and partner company systems, providing architectural artefacts that provide an overview of that ecosystem.
• Collaborating closely with partners to support the building, running, and enhancement of their solutions based on LSEG data services, ensuring appropriate and operationally sound integration between partner solutions and LSEG services.
• Determining optimal future architectural strategies that align with LSEG's strategic technical direction for the delivery of data and services to those partners.
• Identifying opportunities for technology improvements in the Wealth area and related process optimization, and providing architectural guidance for such enhancements, including cloud migrations and operational improvements.
• Collaborating with multi-functional teams to develop and implement architectural roadmaps.
• Ensuring that proper governance is applied to all architecturally significant change.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Demonstrable experience as a Solution Architect dealing with data distribution technologies
• Superb communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly the ability to collaborate with business and technical representatives of third-party companies, co-solutioning appropriate designs
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture principles, patterns, and methodologies, and the ability to understand and describe complex system architectures and their interactions.
• Comfortability with being hands-on with the technology stack, performing demos of web service technologies, problem solving and being a first point of contact for architectural conversations with our partners
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

Additionally desirable are:

• Understanding of financial data services, financial market data concepts, and related technologies
• Knowledge of cloud computing architectures and deployment models
• Expertise in data integration, messaging, and distributed systems
• Background in designing and implementing high-performance, scalable solutions
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and modern DevOps practices

WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN:

This is an exceptional opportunity to join the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), a global financial markets infrastructure leader, as a senior architect. You'll be at the forefront of driving innovation and shaping the future of our financial data services, working with cutting-edge technologies and collaborating with industry-leading Partners.

As part of the LSEG team, you'll enjoy a competitive compensation package commensurate with your experience and expertise, including:

• Attractive salary and performance-based bonuses
• Comprehensive benefits package, reflective of the senior position in a world-class, international organization.
• Excellent opportunities for professional growth and career advancement
• Continuous learning and development programs
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment

You'll have the chance to make a significant impact on our Partner ecosystem and contribute to the evolution of our financial data services, shaping the future of how market data is consumed and used by our customers worldwide.

We recognize that to attract the best talent, we need to be flexible, and we are open to discussing work arrangements with you. We take hybrid approach to the workplace, and this role has the option of predominantly working from home as desired.

Join us at LSEG and be part of a dynamic and innovative team, working on challenging and rewarding projects that drive the financial markets industry forward.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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