Overview

Leeds Building Society is recruiting for a Payments-focused Solutions Architect on a 12-month fixed term contract as part of our Core Banking replacement programme. The role supports moving towards a modern SaaS-based cloud-native banking ecosystem and defines the architecture for the orchestration and processing of inbound and outbound payments.

Base pay range
This range is provided by Leeds Building Society. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

How You'll Help Us Live Our Purpose
12 Months Fixed Term Contract
We have been helping our members save for their future and buy their own home since 1875. Join us and you’ll play a big role in helping us to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation.

How You'll Make a Difference
We are currently looking to recruit a Payments-focused Solutions Architect on a 12-month fixed term contract basis to be part of our Core Banking replacement programme as we move towards a more modern SaaS-based cloud-native banking ecosystem. Working with the Payments Product Owner, your role will be to help define, design and deliver the payments technical roadmap in support of our significant transformation programme. Utilising your end-to-end UK payments experience you will help with defining the architecture for the orchestration and processing of our inbound and outbound payments.

What will you bring to the role?

• Experience of architecting solutions for UK payments (i.e Faster payments, payment cards, Direct Debit, CHAPS, BACS) is essential.
• A broad technological understanding of technology stacks, frameworks, design patterns and architectural strategies
• Experience of architecture frameworks (ideally TOGAF)
• Experience in designing resilient, secure scalable solutions incorporating multiple applications and data sources.
• Experience using cloud technology (ideally Azure)

And in return, you'll get the best from us:

• Annual bonus of up to 12%
• Matched pension contributions up to 10%
• 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays and holiday purchase scheme
• Colleague Mortgage and Saver products
• Electric vehicle / Cycle to Work scheme
• 2 days' volunteering per year

We’ll give you a place to belong with the support to learn, develop and shape a meaningful career.

Why choose us?

Our business is centred around our people. Our colleagues are at the heart of everything we do, as shown by our Inclusive Employers Gold accreditation in 2023. We're committed to equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. You'll be joining a truly purpose-focused culture which helped us win the Leading with Purpose award at the 2023 Business Culture Awards. This recognises how we've embedded our purpose with our colleagues and the actions we've taken to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation.

Closing Date: 7th October 2025

Why wait? Apply now. We'd love to hear from you. We may close the advert early, so don’t miss out. We're committed to supporting you to be at your best and discussing any reasonable adjustments we could make; please contact us at careers@leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk.

Hybrid working model and flexible working patterns considered for Head Office roles.

Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Contract
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

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Leeds, England, United Kingdom