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It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.\nAffluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business.\nHigh Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning - offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot has presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands.\nAt Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve, including our colleagues.\nOur business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us!\nAbout the Role\nLevel:4\nDepartment: Technology\nLocation: London I Southampton\nContract type: Permanent\nQuilter is establishing a new Integration Platform - a governed API and integration layer that decouples our digital, adviser and third-party consumers from our core platforms and gives us direct control over how our systems connect.\nAs Lead Integration Platform Architect, you will be the senior technical authority for this platform: shaping its target architecture, embedding the standards and patterns to run it at scale, and growing it into a lasting in-house capability. This is a foundational, high-visibility role at the centre of Quilter’s technology strategy.\nAs Lead Integration Platform Architect, you will be accountable for the strategy, architecture and ongoing development of Quilter's integration capabilities.\nYou will define the standards, principles and target architecture that enable applications, platforms and services to connect securely, reliably and efficiently. Through strong architectural leadership, you will help simplify the technology landscape, improve how systems work together, reduce delivery complexity and support the successful delivery of Technology's strategic priorities.\nYou will take a broad view of the technology estate, understanding how systems, services and teams interact to ensure architectural decisions deliver the best overall outcome for the organisation. You will also drive reusable integration capabilities that improve delivery speed, increase consistency and create long-term business value.\nAs the senior authority for integration architecture, you will provide governance, assurance and technical leadership across programmes, products, platforms and services, helping shape Quilter's future technology landscape.\nKey Accountabilities:\nOwn the integration architecture strategy, roadmap and target state.\nDefine and maintain architecture principles, standards and patterns for APIs, messaging, events and enterprise integration.\nLead the evolution of integration platforms and capabilities in line with business and technology priorities.\nEnsure systems, platforms and services can connect securely, reliably and effectively.\nDesign scalable, resilient and reusable integration solutions.\nIdentify opportunities to simplify technology, reduce duplication and improve efficiency.\nTake an end-to-end view of the technology landscape, understanding dependencies, risks and opportunities.\nEnsure architectural decisions support both immediate delivery needs and long-term technology goals.\nPromote reusable platforms and services that improve delivery speed, consistency and user experience.\nProvide architectural governance and assurance for integration-related change.\nReview and approve solution designs against agreed standards and target architectures.\nManage architectural risks, technical debt and platform dependencies.\nProvide technical leadership, guidance and mentoring to architects and engineers.\nDemonstrate curiosity by exploring emerging technologies, industry trends and new ways of working.\nChallenge existing approaches and identify opportunities to simplify, improve and modernise the technology landscape.\nEncourage experimentation and the adoption of new capabilities where they can improve business outcomes, delivery effectiveness or operational resilience.\nDrive continuous improvement in integration capabilities to meet changing business and technology needs.\nCommunicate architectural direction, priorities and decisions to senior technology and business stakeholders.\nDefine and own API and integration standards and governance - design standards, versioning strategy, OpenAPI contracts and discoverable API catalogues.\nArchitect both synchronous and asynchronous event-driven integration patterns across the estate.\nLead architecture for secure connectivity across a cloud estate (Azure-primarily)\nPartner with strategic third parties on API design and the co-design of platform capabilities.\nWork with the API Product Owner to align architecture with a prioritised delivery backlog and route-to-live.\nAbout You\nYou will be an experienced architect with strong expertise in integration technologies, APIs, messaging and platform architecture. You will be comfortable setting strategic direction while working closely with delivery teams to ensure solutions are practical, scalable and aligned to business needs.\nYou will be able to understand complex technology environments and make decisions that balance business outcomes, delivery priorities, risk and long-term sustainability. You will be recognised for your technical credibility, sound judgement and ability to simplify complex challenges.\nKnowledge, Skills and Experience:\nSignificant experience in Integration Architecture, Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture or a comparable senior architecture leadership role.\nStrong knowledge of enterprise integration approaches, including APIs, messaging, event-driven architecture, and application connectivity.\nExperience defining architecture strategies, technology roadmaps and target-state architectures that support business and technology objectives.\nExperience designing, governing and evolving enterprise-scale integration capabilities and platforms.\nStrong understanding of cloud-based architectures, platform services, and modern Agile delivery practices.\nDeep, hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure integration services (e.g. API Management) and Azure-centric platform design (e.g. virtual networks, app services, storage etc.)\nHands-on experience designing API gateways, API management platforms and event-streaming / messaging (e.g. Service Bus or Kafka), including securely exposing APIs to external consumers.\nExperience designing both synchronous and asynchronous / event-driven integration, including OpenAPI and AsyncAPI-style event contracts.\nExperience integrating with, or working alongside, third-party SaaS / platform providers in financial services (e.g. wealth-platform providers such as FNZ) is highly desirable.\nProven experience in backend application development (e.g. .Net APIs) enabling you engage with Engineering Teams on low level technical topics.\nProven experience in DevSecOps and dev-owned route-to-live (IaC, policy-as-code, CI/CD) to align architecture with modern delivery practices.\nExperience in collaborating with other Architects and technical stakeholders elsewhere in the enterprise, such as architecture design forums and governance, to align the Integration Platform to organisational technical strategic objectives.\nDemonstrable ability to apply systems thinking, understanding how applications, platforms, services and teams interact to optimise outcomes across the wider technology landscape.\nAbility to assess the end-to-end impact of technology decisions, balancing business outcomes, delivery priorities, risk and long-term sustainability.\nExperience establishing architecture principles, standards and governance that improve consistency, reduce complexity and support effective decision making.\nStrong product and platform thinking, with the ability to create technology capabilities that are reusable, scalable, easy to adopt and deliver measurable business value.\nProven ability to simplify complex technology challenges and translate them into practical, actionable solutions.\nExperience identifying opportunities for simplification, standardisation, automation and continuous improvement.\nStrong stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills, with the ability to build alignment across technical and non-technical audiences.\nAbility to provide technical leadership, challenge constructively and guide strategic technology decisions.\nStrong understanding of technology risk, security, resilience and operational considerations within a complex business environment.\nDemonstrable curiosity and learning agility, with a track record of exploring emerging technologies, new approaches and innovative solutions to improve business outcomes.\nExperience working within a regulated environment would be advantageous.\nExperience delivering within a regulated financial-services environment (e.g. FCA-regulated) is strongly preferred, given the platform’s security, governance and resilience requirements.\nInclusion & Diversity\nWe value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.\nValues\nDo the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and the support we provide our communities.\nAlways curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we’re one step ahead of our clients’ needs. We look for inspiration everywhere and encourage experimentation, recognising that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures.\nEmbrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes. With ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth, we succeed for the good of every generation.\nStronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone. We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, and constructively challenge and embrace new ideas. We seek empowerment and demonstrate ownership and trust, with the confidence to make impactful decisions.\nCore Benefits\nHoliday: 182 hours (26 days)\nQuilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in incentive scheme, to incentivise business performance and their contribution.\nPension Scheme: A non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.\nPrivate Medical Insurance: Single cover as standard with options to increase cover to include your partner or children.\nLife Assurance: 4x your salary.\nIncome Protection: 75% of salary, less state benefits, payable after 26 weeks of absence.\nHealthcare Cash Plan: Jersey employees only\nIn addition to our core benefits, we offer a range of flexible benefits to UK employees that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.","description_format":"text","description_chars":11908,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Health insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Wealth Management & Financial Advisors","Asset Management & Funds"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T22:46:34Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"GB","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker)","filings_12m":null,"filings_prev_12m":null,"green_card_filings_12m":null,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":"Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker","cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-14T06:20:30+00:00","sources":["UK Home Office: register of licensed sponsors (workers)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":17,"reasons":["conf:3","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/quilter-lead-integration-platform-architect","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/quilter-lead-integration-platform-architect.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-14T18:29:40Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":24017,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":709168},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=709168"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fquilter-lead-integration-platform-architect"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fquilter-lead-integration-platform-architect"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fquilter-lead-integration-platform-architect"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/quilter-lead-integration-platform-architect\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fquilter-lead-integration-platform-architect"}]}