Full-Time
Lead Solution Architect
Intelligent Automation
Posted on 4/24/2025
Lloyds Bank
5,001-10,000 employees
Retail and commercial banking services
Compensation Overview
£90.4k - £106.4k/yr
Manchester, UK
Hybrid
Requires at least two days per week in the Manchester office (40% of time).
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- Prior experience in a lead solution architecture position, strong experience of solution design, security and resilience patterns
- Strong knowledge of microservices, containerisation, cloud native and event-driven design concepts
- Good knowledge of infrastructure and security architecture practices and concerns
- Have played an active part in leading architecture and design governance
- Experience of API Gateways & Management Platforms such as IBM API Connect, IBM DataPower, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Manager, or similar
- Cloud Platform as a Service or similar offerings – preferably GCP
- Appreciates Architectural Frameworks such as TOGAF, Archimate, Software patterns or similar.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Platform Leads, Enterprise Architects & Engineers to create the Architectural runway for your lab
- Be responsible for our application architecture and the delivery of our engineering design deliverables and managing architecture decisions through formal governance processes
- Manage the IT Roadmap, driving best practice initiatives
- Ensure IT compliance and governance policies are met
- Partner with fellow solution architects & service providers to elaborate on solutions, their interfaces and validating technology assumptions, evaluating implementation alternatives and software lifecycle risks, assumptions, issues & dependencies.
- Provide analysis of options and deliver end-to-end solution designs using relevant architectural building blocks as well as producing designs for features that enable frequent incremental customer value delivery.
- Promote adaptive design practises to drive collaboration across Platform teams centring on a common vision with continuous feedback.
- Capture technical design risks or issues and drive resolution through architectural or agile practices.
- Experience in the banking and finance industry
- Experience with Process Automation
- Preferable experience with Python and Big Data technologies including ML
- Exposure to open-source technologies and frameworks
- Experience in agile / iterative design working practices
- Knowledge of AI
Lloyds Bank is a major UK financial institution that provides a wide range of banking and financial services for personal and commercial customers. It serves individuals with current and savings accounts, mortgages, loans, credit cards, and investment products, and helps businesses with business loans, commercial mortgages, and other financial solutions. The bank earns most of its money from net interest income, the gap between interest on loans and deposits, and also collects fees for services such as overdrafts, international payments, and wealth management. Compared with competitors, it combines a large, established retail and commercial banking footprint in the UK with diversified income streams and a broad product set that supports both individuals and businesses. Its goal is to reliably deliver everyday banking, lending, and financial services to UK customers while maintaining profitability and supporting the needs of UK households and businesses.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
1765
Your Connections
People at Lloyds Bank who can refer or advise you
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Lloyds can deepen SME relationships through fast onboarding and modern payment tools.
- Affordable-housing and housing-association lending expands a capital-efficient specialist loan book.
- Funding family businesses like Happy Plants supports relationship-led lending and cross-sell.
What critics are saying
- Branch closures alienate older customers and cash-reliant small businesses.
- Curve integration distracts management and creates execution risk in consumer payments.
- Fraud incidents and legacy conduct issues keep pressure on Lloyds' reputation.
What makes Lloyds Bank unique
- Lloyds combines mass-market retail banking with specialist UK commercial lending.
- Its new Lloyds Accept product pairs Lloyds accounts with Stripe infrastructure.
- The bank uses branch closures, apps, and Community Bankers for hybrid servicing.
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Benefits
401(k) Retirement Plan
Performance Bonus
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Paid Vacation
Wellness Program
Parental Leave
Flexible Work Hours
Company News
Lloyds has agreed a new £40 million revolving credit facility (RCF) with Westward Housing Group, doubling its existing £20 million in RCF support for the
Lloyds Bank to shut Accrington branch later this year. Lloyds Bank in Peel Street is set to close (Image: Google) An Accrington Lloyds bank branch is among 79 banks that are set to close across the country. The bank, in Peel Street, is on a long list of either Lloyds or Halifax closures that are expected by the end of the year. Elsewhere in the region, the Blackpool branch in Corporation Street will also be cut as the group has been reducing its number of branches across the UK due to a move to online banking. A closure date has been set for November 3. The decision is another hit to banking in Accrington, with the town losing its NatWest in June 2025. A Lloyds Banking Group spokesperson said: "Customers want the freedom to bank in the way that works for them and we offer more choice and ways to manage money than ever before. "From our leading apps and 24/7 messaging service to local banking options like our Community Bankers, PayPoint and access to all of our Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches, we're giving our customers the flexibility to bank wherever and whenever they need us." A report into the closure on the Lloyds website said that the branch had 641 regular branch users each month. A quarter of these had used other Lloyds branches, 74 per cent had banked online or called the company, and 34 per cent had used the Post Office. The company pointed to the banking hub in Great Harwood as a resource available to customers. In addition, they have said cash access is available at the Halifax, in Union Street, and customers can use the Post Office, in Abbey Street, to do everyday banking.
Two Lloyds bank branches in West Byfleet and Staines are closing, leaving West Byfleet without any bank branches. Residents say this will make in-person banking harder, especially for older people and small businesses. Some are calling for a shared "banking hub" to be created as a replacement. Lloyds says most customers now bank online and can still use Post Offices and other branches for basic services.
Former Lloyd's TSB bank in Flint set to become an apartment. The former Lloyd's TSB bank in Flint. (Image: Google Streetview) Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in the Wrexham area. A FORMER Flintshire town centre bank will soon become an apartment, after plans were approved. A planning application for that change was first submitted to Flintshire County Council in November of last year. Submitted by Paterson Macaulay & Owens Ltd, the plans sought a proposed change of use and alterations of the former Lloyd's TSB Bank on Trelawny Square in Flint into one residential flat on the ground floor. The plan adds: "The proposals seek to retain the majority of the principal frontage. However, in order to provide appropriate levels of amenity, privacy, and security for future occupants, the design includes setting back the entrance door and raising the sill height of the full-height glazed shopfront. "These alterations will be executed sensitively, with the new sill constructed using matching glazed brick to ensure continuity with the original architectural language. "As part of the overall refurbishment, the existing flat roofs will be upgraded with new insulation to meet current building regulations. New aluminium fascias and soffits will be installed to match those already in place, maintaining material coherence across the building. "In conclusion, the scheme proposes that the bank is converted carefully and sympathetically, ensuring a sustainable future for the structure and therefore the sites viability for years to come, whilst answering a community need for housing." The Lloyd's TSB bank in Flint permanently closed its doors on May 29 of last year. Since then, customers have been using a banking hub in the town centre. The plans to alter the use of the site were officially approved by Flintshire Council on May 21.
Treasure trove in former high street bank. A 1930s Lloyds bank in Notting Hill Gate has been converted into an all-day Lebanese brasserie with a dramatic triple-height dining room. Opening on 1st June, it is called Kinz - appropriately, 'treasure' in Arabic. The team behind the project includes Rasha Khouri Bruzzo (co-owner of the highly regarded Palestinian restaurant Akub, around the corner in cute Hillgate Village) and brothers Jad and Karim Lahoud. Kinz incorporates a deli for house-made spice mixes, olive oil and pastrieso, and the former bank vault is transformed into a dedicated wine room with snug dining nooks and tasting tables. Above a canopied cocktail bar, there's an arched mezzanine where diners can look down over the room, and there is an intimate private dining area on the upper level. Rasha says: "We're incredibly excited to bring KINZ to life in Notting Hill Gate. The project is rooted in the food and traditions I grew up with - the small details, rituals and flavours that are passed down at home rather than written down. KINZ takes its name from the Arabic word for 'treasure' and is our tribute to those treasures: cherished recipes, generous cooking and the spirit of Lebanese food as it's meant to be shared today. It's a place designed to feel as natural for everyday visits as it does for long, lingering meals." Jad Lahoud adds: "Growing up in London, Karim and I were surrounded by a strong Lebanese community and the food that defines it. With parents who were both chefs, those flavours shaped how we eat and cook today. KINZ is our way of bringing the spirit of Lebanon to London, not just through the food, but through the atmosphere, the design and every considered detail." The Lebanon-heavy wine list has been put together by regional wine expert Nicolas Angelina, sourced primarily from independent wineries and priced from £8 per glass and £30 per bottle.