Solution Architect

Overview

Were looking for a Solution Architect to shape end-to-end solutions for enterprise clients, working at the intersection of business, product and engineering
. Youll lead discovery, define target architectures, and provide technical leadership to teams delivering secure, scalable digital products.

• Lead discovery and shaping: clarify objectives, map current state, define target architecture
• Design secure, scalable solutions across API, UI, data and integrations
• Translate business needs into clear technical roadmaps and delivery plans
• Provide hands-on technical leadership: review designs, unblock complex problems, guide best practice
• Document key architectural decisions, trade-offs and non-functional requirements
• Communicate architectural choices clearly to client stakeholders
• Contribute to internal architecture standards and ways of working

• Experience designing and delivering distributed systems / API-led solutions in enterprise environments
• Strong understanding of modern engineering stacks (ideally Type Script/JavaScript, Node.js, React/Next.js)
• Integration experience with enterprise systems and databases (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, Postgre
  
  SQL, Mongo
  
  DB)
• Familiarity with data solutions (warehouses/lake houses, modelling, pipeline patterns)
• Good grasp of non-functional requirements (security, performance, resilience, operability)
• Familiarity with CI/CD and deployment practices (Azure experience a plus)
• Comfortable being hands-on where needed (POCs, spikes, reference implementations)

Bonus: experience designing solutions using LLMs, vector search, or AI-enabled services
.

If youre commercially aware, client-focused, and enjoy leading teams through complexity with calm structure, wed love to hear from you.

• Date Posted:
  Posted 2 days ago
• Expiration Date: 08/03/2026
• Location:
  
  Birmingham
• Salary:
  Competitive