PSD Technology Contracts Ltd.

Our client is a leading specialist financial services provider currently building a technology hub in Manchester. They are seeking an experienced IT Systems Architect to provide technical leadership and architectural direction across key technology programmes. About the Role The IT Systems Architect holds overall technical authority for one or more programmes or Agile Release Trains, ensuring technical alignment, architectural governance, and successful delivery of business and technical outcomes. Working closely with other technology teams, you will ensure that architectural outcomes are withing required guardrails, shaping the Architectural Runway, guiding implementation, and championing best-practice architecture across the organisation. This role requires deep expertise in SAFe/Agile architectural design, with the ability to operate flexibly within both Agile and Waterfall environments. Key Responsibilities Develop and continually refine the Architectural Runway, technical vision, and enabler epics for applications, data, and infrastructure. Influence programme roadmaps and backlogs, preparing architectural outputs for Program Increment planning. Promote and embed a scaled agility mindset, values, and practices across teams. Drive measurable delivery velocity, best-practice adoption, and effective implementation of new designs. Guide Developers, Engineers, BAs, BRDs, and Project Managers to ensure architectural alignment and technical coherence. Collaborate with Technical and Enterprise Architects to ensure adherence to technical standards, frameworks, and methodologies. Define and support requirements for system stability, technology upgrades, and pipeline improvements. Enforce technical guardrails through effective design governance. Skills, Knowledge & Experience Expert knowledge of enterprise workflow systems, distributed architecture, and communication architectures. Senior-level understanding of SDLC, architectural methodologies, and multi-platform environments Strong experience with web-based, service-based, and enterprise application architectures. Proven ability to manage code quality and ensure high technical standards. Deep understanding of SAFe/Agile, Waterfall delivery, and incremental architectural enablement. Excellent communication, coaching, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills. Experience defining architectural roadmaps. Education & Technical Background Strong technical delivery experience, including architectural methodologies (eg, TOGAF). Architecture experience across platforms such as Java, .NET, Python, cloud environments, and tiered architectures. Experience with insurance or finance-based products preferred. Preferred certifications: ARCH, ASE, SDP. Experience with Jira, Confluence, and LucidSpark would be beneficial. This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned IT Systems Architect to play a pivotal role in shaping enterprise-level solutions, driving architectural excellence, and contributing to the continued success of a global insurance organisation.

Our client is a leading specialist financial services provider currently building a technology hub in Manchester. They are currently seeking an experienced Lead Development Specialist to join their IT Development Team. About the Role We are seeking a technically strong and strategically minded development professional to provide leadership, direction, and hands-on expertise in designing and delivering insurance-based technology solutions. This role spans modern engineering practices, Legacy system support, and close collaboration with Pricing teams, including experience working with Rulebook to ensure alignment with business logic and actuarial models. Key Responsibilities Provide technical leadership to deliver high-quality, scalable, and secure application solutions. Translate organisational vision into modern, effective technical delivery using contemporary development practices. Develop detailed technical specifications and play a significant role in Ops/IT Roadmap initiatives. Write testable, efficient, and scalable code while setting engineering standards across the team. Lead code reviews, ensure adherence to quality standards, and oversee unit and integration testing. Support architectural design, analyse risks, and act as a technical liaison across business and IT stakeholders. Provide 2nd and 3rd-level technical support and oversee production deployments alongside Production Support. Mentor junior and offshore developers, promoting best-practice development and continuous improvement. Skills, Knowledge & Experience Extensive experience across the system development life cycle and application development methodologies. Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills. Ability to work independently, multitask effectively, and maintain exceptional attention to detail. Knowledge of finance and insurance data models, including integration with actuarial pricing solutions. Technical Expertise (Must Have) XML, C#, ASP.NET, MVC MS SQL Server (T-SQL, views, stored procedures, functions) Cloud experience: GCP, Azure, or AWS SOA and web service development SharePoint development Additional Useful Skills Microsoft Reporting Services Rulebook or Hyperexponential pricing platform experience Python development We welcome applications from experienced development professionals who are passionate about technology leadership, innovation, and delivering high-quality solutions within a dynamic and collaborative environment.

AI Engineer - LLM, Python, RAG, Data Analyst - SQL, Tableau, R, Python, Gen AI, Machine Learning. This is 12 month fixed term contract, hybrid working, office location Weybridge, Surrey. The Role: Build and refine LLM/SLM-based AI solutions, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning, and prompt engineering. Design and oversee solution architecture for AI-powered systems across cloud and on-premise environments. Develop ML models and integrate them into production systems, ensuring scalability and performance. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define AI strategy, roadmap, and adoption plan. Prototype, test, and optimise AI applications, ensuring continuous performance improvement. Essential Skills: 5 + years commercial experience in GenAI, NLP, and Machine Learning. Proven experience in creating, training, and fine-tuning LLMs/SLMs. 5+ years hands-on skills Python development skills. Integrating with SQL/NoSQL databases. Experience with API development, web scraping/crawling, and data integration. Practical exposure to on premise AI model deployment and open-source AI frameworks (eg, Hugging Face, LangChain). Ability to assess AI tools and recommend optimisation for performance improvements. Strong consulting and communication skills able to translate technical concepts into business value. Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Engineering, or related field. Full right to work in the UK required. If your profile matches the above and you'd like to find out more, please apply with your up to date CV.

Our client is an Investment Management company based in central London and are currently engaged in an implementation of the Finbourne LUSID platform. They are looking to hire someone on an initial 6-month contract to act as a Product Owner in order to assist with the implementation: Experience Required: Experience of working with the LUSID platform is essential. Technical skill including SQL and Python in order to write code and configure the platform. Experience of working in a Product Owner/Implementation type role including working with business stakeholders to understand their requirements. Strong background of working on data technology projects within Investment Management/Asset Management.

Solution Architect/Cloud Architect/AWS/CNCF/Kubernetes/Saas AWS Solution Architect We have an excellent opportunity for an AWS Cloud Solution Architect to join a rapidly expanding SaaS Fintech company operating within the investment management sector. Joining an established team you will get involved early in the pre-sales process to get the customer on side and understanding the cloud product capabilities; own and define the customer solution and the end-to-end delivery of solutions. Key Skills/Experience: 5+ years experience as a Cloud Solution Architect AWS Certified Solution Architect Technical working knowledge of Kubernetes Experience architecting and implementing, secure, cost-efficient, available, scalable cloud environments Experience in documenting customer solutions *Full right to work in the UK required* Our client operates a hybrid working model - Monday in the London office, Tues to Friday WFH. If your profile matches the above and you'd like to find out more, please apply with your up to date CV and I'll get back to you as quickly as possible.

Solutions Architect - Digital My client is looking for a Solutions Architects, ideally within the Digital space, with a focus on AWS/Google/Azure experience. You will bring the overall solution design together working with the whole of the team to ensure significant items of functionality can be delivered. Provides an experienced voice around design. Works with the Agile BA team and product owners to ensure stories are sufficiently elaborated for development to commence. Works with the Head of Design and Delivery to ensure solutions are understood for more long-term items on the roadmaps. Work with the Architecture team to ensure solutions do not diverge from the overall roadmap. Experienced Solution Architect with background in overall solution roadmaps, particularly around Cloud and Digital. Significant experience of cloud-based software and implications of implementing this into an organisation. Experience in Integration methods. Energy Industry experience is desirable. Able to quickly understand complex requirements and distil them into key elements. Comfortable with making rapid design decisions.