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Principal Architect, Digital Architecture

Working at our iconic office in King’s Cross, London, and virtually via Microsoft Teams

Your new role

Working alongside the Principal Engineers, you’ll drive and be a shining example of technical excellence within NewDay Digital. Reporting to a Distinguished Engineer and supporting the other Heads of Digital – you’ll guide and educate the teams in the organisation on crafting outstanding solutions to our high-level challenges of our Platform.

By taking the visions and goals of the Digital leadership team – you’ll help build the maps that guide our delivery teams towards success. While not responsible for the lower-level implementation details – you’ll work closely with Lead Engineers and Product Owners to help them ensure strategic, compliance, resiliency and security goals are appropriately factored into their designs.

You’ll educate, advise and inspire the wider Digital team directly though contributions such as – but not limited to - writing for our blog, presenting on technical topics and mentorship. You’ll be a champion instilling our vibrant culture here in NewDay Digital.

We're a relatively small, but impactful and valued team! We roam throughout the company as needed, meaning you'll gain a wide range of experience and many great relationships with the team.

About

We help people move forward with credit,
and help our colleagues to move their careers forward too.

We use our highly flexible, scalable, and multi-product digital credit engine to power over 120 million transactions every year. Our brands include Aqua, marbles, fluid and Bip. We partner with leading brands such as John Lewis, AO, Argos and DEKO.

Over 5 million UK customers are supported by our award-winning customer service.

At NewDay, we value all types of diversity. We’re an equal opportunity employer and believe that our differences create a vibrant, authentic working culture. We want all our colleagues to feel able to bring their whole selves to work. We don’t discriminate on the basis of age, physical or mental disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and carer status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We make sure that every job is crafted to be inclusive and that people with disabilities or caring responsibilities can take part in the application and interview process. Tell us if you need accommodations: we’ll put reasonable adjustments in place to support you.

Our dynamic
NewDay culture

We’re focused on what will drive impact in helping people move forward with credit. Our distinctive culture is geared to spark innovation and team working – with lots of open doors for development. Our customers can rely on us because we aim high, support each other, do the right thing and build for the future.

We invest in our colleagues. On top of a strong market competitive salary, you get a bonus opportunity that matches the impact (delivery + values) you drive in your role. We also help you retire better with market leading pensions.

At NewDay, #yourwellbeing matters: You get 26 days holiday and can buy up to 5 more after probation. Then you’ll get extra days as you build your career with us.

NewWork, our flexible, hybrid working approach, helps you to manage your work/life balance - and even bolt on work time in other countries before or after your holiday. And when you’re in the office, you get free healthy breakfast, fresh juices, lunch, barista coffee etc

Our tax efficient green car and cycle to work schemes save you money (and help the planet).

Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to tell you more about any of our perks.

0-12 months
you’ll deliver

you’ll bring

Let’s talk about this role

– contact talent@newday.co.uk