Solutions Architect

About This Opportunity

Our talent team at Get A Job.ai is representing a confidential data platform organization in their search for a Solutions Architect based in London. In this role, you will lead technical strategy for enterprise customers, owning architecture discussions and driving platform adoption as a trusted advisor to customer technical leads and architects. You will combine deep technical expertise with strategic thinking while developing specialization in a specific domain.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical strategy for assigned accounts, from initial discovery through production deployment and consumption growth
• Lead complex architecture discussions, designing scalable production-grade solutions spanning data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer architects, engineering leads, and Directors
• Drive technical wins in competitive scenarios by demonstrating platform differentiation through custom-built solutions
• Develop and declare an emerging technical specialization, becoming a go-to resource for your team in that domain
• Orchestrate cross-functional resources to deliver comprehensive solutions for complex customer needs
• Influence product direction by providing structured feedback on customer requirements and competitive gaps

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years in solutions architecture, data engineering, technical pre-sales, or a senior hands-on technical role
• Strong coding proficiency in Python and SQL with demonstrated live coding, debugging, and solution-building skills
• Deep expertise in distributed data systems architecture: designing scalable pipelines, streaming architectures, lakehouse patterns, and cloud-native data platforms
• Proficiency with modern data platforms or demonstrated ability to achieve proficiency rapidly, with developing technical specialization in areas such as real-time/streaming, ML/AI, data governance, or migrations
• Proven ability to lead architecture discussions with senior technical stakeholders including whiteboarding, design reviews, and trade-off analysis
• Experience with production deployments on public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including infrastructure, security, and governance considerations
• Track record of driving platform adoption and consumption growth within accounts
• Excellent communication skills with ability to translate complex architectures into business value for both technical and executive audiences
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline, or equivalent experience

Nice to Have:

• Relevant data platform certifications
• Experience with competitive platforms in the data and analytics space
• Background in a data/AI company or cloud provider
• Industry domain expertise in Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Media, or similar sectors

How We Work With You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, one of our recruiters will screen your application and qualifications. If there's a strong match, we'll submit your profile to our client for consideration. The interview process includes a recruiter screen, hiring manager screen, design and architecture interview, live coding assessment, build/demo/pitch presentation, and reference check. Please apply only through Get A Job.ai—do not contact the client directly.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process with our recruitment team.

Equal Opportunity

Get A Job.ai is committed to inclusive hiring practices. We consider all qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristics.