Lead Solution Architect

Salary: £59,000 - 99,000 per year

Requirements

• Solid experience in architecture roles such as solution, domain, or enterprise architect
• Strong functional understanding of complex operational environments such as biofuels and conventional liquid fuels
• Broad architectural experience across AWS cloud services
• Experience with integration architecture, including APIs, event-driven patterns, and microservices
• Experience with data architecture and data modelling
• Experience creating architecture roadmaps and leading decision making across multiple teams
• Excellent communication and partner management skills
• Ability to work effectively in a constantly evolving environment
• Familiarity with TOGAF or similar frameworks
• Experience working with global product and engineering teams
• Desirable: proven experience in oil trading or biofuels compliance
• Desirable: exposure to optimization or compliance-driven environments
• Desirable: practical experience with AI, ML, or GenAI

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the architecture vision and roadmap for biofuels
• Lead key design decisions and ensure aligned, coherent architecture across multiple squads
• Provide direction on cloud architecture using AWS, including containerised workloads on ROSA or OpenShift
• Shape integration architecture across API-led, event-driven, and microservices patterns
• Guide teams on data architecture, domain models, data flows, and data contracts
• Identify opportunities where AI, ML, or GenAI can improve optimization, automation, or insight generation
• Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to translate business needs into clear architecture direction
• Ensure architecture guardrails are followed and support delivery teams throughout design and implementation
• Collaborate with teams across the US, UK, and other regions
• Travel occasionally, up to 10%

Technologies

• AI
• API
• AWS
• Architect
• Cloud
• Support
• Liquid
• OpenShift
• TOGAF
• microservices
• Network

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We are bp, and our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. As part of our Refining and Products Trading team, we offer a supportive, high-performing environment with opportunities to build new skills, take on meaningful work, and grow a long-term career. This Lead Solution Architect role sits within our Biofuels space and helps shape the technology direction for key supply and logistics capabilities used across our global supply chain. We support flexible working options, generous paid parental leave, excellent retirement benefits, and reasonable accommodation throughout the application and interview process. This is a hybrid office/remote role based in London, United Kingdom, and it is not eligible for relocation.

last updated 36 week of 2026