Minhaj Mehmood🇬🇧
Senior Solution Architect at Transport For London
About Minhaj Mehmood
Senior Solution Architect at Transport For London
I’m a Senior Solution Architect at Transport for London, working in the Digital portfolio. Before TfL I spent over 20 years designing systems for banks and fintechs, where every architecture decision had to stand up to regulators, auditors and real customers.
Some things I’ve done along the way:
Built an agentic AI system for SME credit decisioning that won the 2025 AI Innovation for Customer 1. Impact Award (CBUAE, UBF and KPMG) Earned the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification Wrote Your Job Was Never Writing Code, a book about what engineers are really paid to do Won AngelHack 2016, and have code in the GitHub Arctic Code Vault Moved my career from Dubai to the UK, so I know what that transition takes
I can help you with:
Moving from developer or tech lead into solution architecture Designing systems for regulated environments (banking, payments, public sector) Using AI and agentic workflows in production, not just demos Preparing for architect interviews and AWS certification Relocating and job hunting in the UK tech market
I give straight, practical feedback. Bring a real problem, a design you’re stuck on, or a career decision, and we’ll work through it together.
Expertise
Sessions with Minhaj Mehmood
- Mentorship Session (30 min): Mentorship session
- Ready to Architect? Let's Map Your Move (28 min): This 1:1 session is for software engineers who want to grow into an architect role. We'll map out the shift from writing code to designing systems, and talk through what changes in day-to-day responsibilities, decision-making, and influence. What we'll cover: - The mindset shift from engineer to architect: thinking in trade-offs, not just implementation - Core skills to build: system design, technical strategy, and cross-team communication - How to gain architecture experience before holding the title - Building influence and driving technical decisions across teams - Reviewing your current background and creating a concrete growth plan Come with questions about your current situation, and we'll leave with clear next steps toward an architect role.