As the Solution Architect you will be a core part of the Architecture team for the CIO of Mortgages. You will be accountable for the definition and delivery of the Architecture that supports our Mortgage portfolio. You will feed into the definition of technology roadmaps that support our business ambitions and align to our overarching technology strategy. You will define and provide assurance of end-to-end solution architectures for change, ensuring the quality and completeness of the solutions delivered. This role will contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, with a focus on building and enhancing architecture capability. Across Mortgages, we have an important journey ahead of us to build and maintain our position in the mortgage market and respond to changing customer needs, guided by the strategic pillars of Simply Brilliant Service and Focused, Fit and Fast. This is a pivotal role within the Mortgages CIO portfolio team, who rely on this role for support in strategic thinking to drive forward the delivery agenda. This role sits within the Mortgages function Architecture team, which provides services to the Mortgages business, covering both the owner-occupied and buy-to-let sectors. Given Nationwide’s position as one of the leading mortgage providers in the UK, the Mortgages business is a cornerstone of the society. And with a focus on investment and growth, it is an exciting place to be. More broadly, the Mortgages function operates under the CT (Customer technology) function, which is responsible for building and maintaining Nationwide’s brand and reputation both internally and externally. At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected. For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon, London or Glasgow office. If you’re based at our Glasgow office, this will apply from 1 April 2027 and ahead of that there will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration events. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. 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RESPONSIBILITIES What you’ll be doing You will be architecting and designing technical solutions and platforms and providing technical direction and guidance to engineers across multiple teams. Harnessing your experience of modern engineering techniques, technology, and tooling to define resilient and highly scalable solutions. You will be helping ensure our solutions align to strategic direction and technology choices and are appropriate to meet the long terms goals of the business strategy, as well as lower-level requirements. You will need to ensure that the solutions meet guardrails and NFRs, as well as aligning to best practice architectures and patterns.   A team player who can lead by example, you will also nurture and develop contacts and relationships to enable things to be done faster and more efficiently. It is about getting stuck in and having a go, knowing that sometimes to fail fast is to learn fast. About you We are looking for someone with experience of the following: • Proven experience designing and delivering end-to-end solution architectures within complex enterprise environments, with ownership of architecture deliverables such as Architecture Definition Documents (ADD), Solution Definition Documents (SDD), Architecture Decision Records (ADR) • Experience producing and presenting architecture governance artefacts for approval forums, including Technology Design Authority (TDA) submissions, architecture assessments, risk assessments and option papers • Strong understanding of application, integration, data and cloud architecture, with experience creating logical, physical and end-to-end architecture diagrams, interface specifications and integration designs • Experience evaluating solution options and producing option assessments, recommendation papers and architecture roadmaps that support business and technology decision making • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience working across engineering, delivery and business teams to ensure architecture deliverables are complete, approved and implemented successfully • Experience providing architecture assurance throughout delivery, including review and approval of detailed designs, API specifications, data models, deployment designs and operational readiness artefacts • Architecting / designing and implementing fit for purpose solutions using both on-premises and Cloud platforms • Designing and developing full stack solutions, with a strong understanding of good development practice on each tier of the stack • Standard technology governance processes, including evidencing conformance to guardrails Working with stakeholder/peers to understand the requirements and how the technical artefacts interlock with activities within and outside of the team, and where required negotiating solutions to align with principles and architectural strategy. Working with other stakeholders like Engineering, Architecture, Business Operations, Business Analysts and Service teams Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role: • Feel what customers feel • We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind • Say it straight • We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand • Push for better • We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development • Get it done • We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these. QUALIFICATIONS The extras you’ll get There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including: * 25 days holiday, pro rata • Private medical insurance • A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement • Access to an annual performance-related bonus • Training and development to help you progress your career • A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme • Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death • Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness • Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society We forge our own path at Nationwide. As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives. If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us. At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community, we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society. We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide. What to do next If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us. We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application. Keeping your data and personal information confidential is important to us. To find out more about how we use and process your data, please read our Privacy policy [https://nationwide-jobs.co.uk/privacy]. If you want to find out more about using AI in our recruitment process, please read more here [https://nationwide-jobs.co.uk/help-and-support]. Disability Confident We’re not just guided by data, we’re driven by the real experiences of our people. We’re a Disability Confident Level 3 Leader, the highest level. That’s why we’re constantly evolving our policies and practices to make sure everyone feels genuinely supported, valued, and empowered to champion inclusion. Whatever your needs, we’re here to support you. If you need any additional support throughout your application journey, email our team at Recruitment Support [Recruitment.Support@nationwide-jobs.co.uk]. Apply safely with Nationwide Recruitment scams can look convincing, so take a moment to check the role is listed on our official careers site and read our guidance on Don’t be conned by a job scam. [https://www.nationwide.co.uk/news-and-stories/job-scams/] The hiring manager for this role is Kishor Patil, and the main recruitment contact is Nathan Richens. Please note that should you be successful in securing this role, the job title on our internal systems will be EN03 Engineer E3.

Solution Architect - E3