Lead Solutions Architect

Lead Solutions Architect

Salary: £100,000-£150,000 + Up to 30% bonus + Generous benefits

London hybrid (2/3 days onsite)

We are working with a global leader in the hospitality, retail and leisure industry entering an exciting journey to transform their entire digital/data landscape while setting new benchmarks in guest experience along the way.

As a Lead Solutions Architect, you will lead a team of architects and technologists working very closely with Development, Product and other key business stakeholders to design and implement solutions that align to the ambitious technology roadmap.

This role demands expertise in cloud technologies, DevOps practices, and microservices design patterns. It’s ideal for someone who is not only technically skilled but also bold enough to question how things are done and innovative enough to find better ways forward—all while having that core leadership/management focus of the team.

Lead Solutions Architect Key Responsibilities:

• Architecture Design: Develop scalable, secure microservices architectures to modernize enterprise systems.
• Technical Leadership: Guide teams in adopting best practices for microservices, APIs and DevOps.
• Cloud and DevOps Integration: Design cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP whilst collaborating with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipelines and containerization with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Performance and Security Optimization: Enhance system scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with senior technology leadership, product management, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to align solutions with business needs.
• Team Leadership: set clear goals, prioritise tasks, evaluate progress and advise properly to help achieve desired outcomes.

Desired Experience:

• Proven success in designing and delivering complex enterprise solutions across cloud, infrastructure and applications.
• Strong software development background with proficiency in multiple languages (e.g., Java, .NET, Python).
• Deep knowledge of cloud platforms and tools for containerization, orchestration, and CI/CD.
• Strategic leadership in microservices architecture.
• Experience managing relationships with key technology partners/vendors and stakeholders.

This is an exciting Lead Solutions Architect opportunity to work on transformative digital and data projects with a global impact. It’s perfect for driven and experienced leader who is eager to innovate, collaborate, and help define the future of guest experiences within a forward-thinking organisation.