CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY TECHNICAL ARCHITECT £800-£850 PER DAY I''m currently recruiting for an experienced Technical Architect to join a leading global investment bank on a major technology modernisation programme within Custody and Securities Services. Location: London - 3 days per week in the office Rate: £800-£850 per day Contract: Day-rate contract CV deadline: 48 hours THE OPPORTUNITY This is an exciting opportunity to shape the architecture of critical financial services platforms, working across multiple custody domains, including: Securities Settlements Asset Servicing and Corporate Actions Transaction Management Tax Cash and FX Processing You''ll work closely with engineering teams, technology leaders and business stakeholders to design scalable, resilient solutions and support the modernisation of complex banking platforms. KEY TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE I''m keen to speak with candidates who bring experience across several of the following areas: Solution Architecture: Designing enterprise-scale solutions and modernising complex technology platforms. Java and Microservices: Strong engineering foundations, ideally including Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs and distributed systems. Event-Driven Architecture: Experience with Kafka, IBM MQ, Solace or similar messaging technologies. Data and Cloud: Oracle, PL/SQL, data integration, AWS and Snowflake. Architecture Governance: Design reviews, architecture standards, non-functional requirements, technical debt ..... full job details .....