Lead Solution Architect

Overview

In this role, you guide the end-to-end architecture for bp’s gas and power trading platform, driving modernization with cloud-native, scalable designs. You collaborate with traders, product owners, and engineers to deliver robust solutions across front-, middle-, and back-office workflows. You shape architecture for real-time trading conditions and operational excellence, leveraging modern patterns to support growth. This is a high-impact opportunity to influence a critical platform used in fast-moving energy markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural direction for trading systems and document key decisions
• Translate complex requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions
• Collaborate with product owners, developers, data engineers, and partners to align design with business goals
• Guide redesign of trading capabilities across front-, middle-, and back-office workflows
• Promote Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD practices across teams
• Provide domain expertise and advisory support during delivery and design reviews
• Ensure robustness, resilience, and operational readiness of solutions

Key requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field
• Deep experience in physical Gas and/or Power trading, including contract optionality, optimisation, scheduling, and lifecycle understanding
• Strong knowledge of options modelling and dependency graphs
• Hands-on experience with microservices, messaging, caching, and cloud-native patterns
• Data Architecture experience for transactional and analytical systems, real-time reporting, and MongoDB

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication
• Collaborative mindset across multi-disciplinary teams
• Microservices architecture and containerisation
• Cloud hosting (AWS strongly preferred)
• Messaging and caching patterns

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