Project description
You'll be joining a small team run from London with support from Pune. Our role is to provide IB technology teams with oversight, support, analysis, and solutions to implement strategic architecture.
Your role
The CTO Architect role sits within the IB CTO Architecture function and provides support across our Governance Crew, wider IB Streams, and interacts with the Group CTO. The role helps ensure the Investment Bank (IB) is aligned with both IB and group‑level architectural direction.
Responsibilities
- Create, maintain, evolve, and communicate architectural standards, guardrails, reference architectures and best practices, aligned with both IB and GCTO strategy
- Own and run key architectural governance processes within the IB CTO function, ensuring proactive architectural control across the division.
- GCTO point of contact for the Investment Bank, representing IB CTO in group-led initiatives and ensuring clear, relevant communication flows
- Triage incoming IB and GCTO work, determine impact, and coordinate responses, shielding the core architecture team by absorbing operational, data-gathering, and coordination tasks.
- Support IB engineering teams with early engagement on new initiatives, ensuring architectural considerations are addressed from ideation to delivery
You are:
- focused on quality
- an excellent communicator
- aware of ongoing technology trends and know how to pragmatically leverage their benefits
- a quick learner
- comfortable working independently, as well as in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- fluent in English
SKILLS
Must have
- Solid background in development using Java (at least 8 years)
- Proficiency in AI-augmented development tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude Code
- CI/CD including tools such as Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, TeamCity, GitLab etc.
- Containers and container orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
- Microsoft Azure or other major cloud platforms
- Infrastructure-as-code, using tools such as Terraform, ARM, or CloudFormation
- Scripting languages including Windows PowerShell, Bash etc.
- GitLab or similar, contributing to open source projects
- Agile development practices (Scrum, Kanban)
- DevOps practices and the value of automation
Nice to have
• Experience with JavaScript, Python, Go
• Experience working in geographically distributed teams