Lead Solution Architect

BP

London, United Kingdom
Fully remote
Physical gas and/or power trading
Microservices, messaging, caching
Cloud-native patterns
Lead the end-to-end architecture of bespoke energy trading solutions, modernizing the trading platform with contemporary design patterns and cloud-native engineering principles

Job Summary

  • Lead the end-to-end architecture of bespoke energy trading solutions, modernizing the trading platform with contemporary design patterns and cloud-native engineering principles.
  • Provide architectural leadership to shape bp’s capability for years to come, ensuring solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with business ambition.
  • This is an opportunity to influence one of bp’s most critical trading platforms and help shape how we build technology that supports real-time decision-making in fast-moving markets.

Matching Summary

Lead the end-to-end architecture of bespoke energy trading solutions, modernizing the trading platform with contemporary design patterns and cloud-native engineering principles.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • physical Gas and/or Power trading
  • microservices, messaging, caching
  • cloud-native patterns
  • AWS cloud services
  • C# or Java
  • containerisation (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift)
  • CI/CD workflows

Nice-to-have

  • React for UI development
  • Agile frameworks
  • DevOps practices
  • strong coordination
  • Creativity and Innovation

Key Requirements

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field
  • Deep experience in physical Gas and/or Power trading
  • Strong knowledge of options modelling and dependency graph concepts
  • Hands-on experience designing modern trading systems
  • Strong experience designing data models
  • Familiarity with React for UI development is highly valuable
  • Experience applying Agile frameworks

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