About the role

  • Lead Data Solutions Architect to oversee delivery of data platform with client implementation. Collaborating closely with engineers and product teams in a hybrid role based in London.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical design and delivery of our data platform for client implementations.
  • Partner with product, engineering, and client stakeholders to understand business needs, data requirements, and operational constraints.
  • Design pragmatic, scalable data and system architectures aligned with our core product and enterprise architecture principles.
  • Lead technical discovery and solution design for client deployments, including data ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption patterns.
  • Evaluate existing client platforms and recommend when to integrate, extend, refactor, or replace components.
  • Produce clear architecture diagrams, technical designs, and delivery documentation that teams and clients can execute against.
  • Break down complex delivery initiatives into clear, achievable implementation and migration plans.
  • Provide hands-on technical leadership to delivery teams during build, test, and deployment phases.
  • Oversee integrations across cloud platforms, data tools, internal services, and third-party systems.
  • Identify technical risks early in the delivery lifecycle and define practical mitigation strategies.
  • Support deployment and release activities in client environments, including troubleshooting and issue resolution.
  • Monitor solution performance, stability, and usability post-deployment.
  • Capture delivery learnings and feed improvements back into product, architecture, and delivery practices.

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on experience designing and delivering data platforms or complex software systems.
  • Deep knowledge of data architecture, data engineering, and modern cloud platforms.
  • Experience with technologies such as Python, Mobile Development, Databricks, Spark, cloud data services, or similar.
  • Proven experience deploying complex software or data products in client or enterprise environments.
  • Comfortable balancing delivery speed, quality, scalability, and technical debt.
  • Ability to lead and influence product and delivery teams without formal authority.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience contributing to architecture reviews, technical governance, or delivery standards.

Benefits

  • Flexible working
  • Free breakfast daily (when in the office)
  • 26 days holiday (pro rata)
  • Pension scheme
  • Income Protection with Employee Assistance Programme
  • Life Assurance
  • Oliva Mental Health platform and counselling
  • Higher than statutory maternity/paternity benefits
  • Work socials
  • Wellbeing programme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Training opportunities

Job title

Lead Data Solutions Architect

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Location requirements

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