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Solutions Architect - Digital
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Location: Reading - hybrid
Salary & Package: Competitive
A global retail organisation is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to join its Technology Strategy & Architecture function. This is a permanent role within a growing architecture practice, supporting large-scale digital and technology transformation across the business.
This position will play a key role in shaping modern, scalable, composable technology solutions, guiding delivery teams, and ensuring architectural integrity across complex digital commerce and enterprise environments.
What You’ll Do
- Design end-to-end technology solutions aligned to architectural principles, frameworks, and best practice
- Translate business and technical requirements into clear, actionable solution designs
- Architect solutions within composable/MACH environments, including headless, API-first, and cloud-native patterns
- Lead the design of microservices, event-driven integrations, APIs, and middleware at enterprise scale
- Provide architectural oversight across multiple delivery teams, ensuring consistency, quality, and risk mitigation
- Collaborate with engineering, product, business, and external partners to shape solution direction
- Support governance processes including design reviews, documentation, and architectural assurance
- Contribute to digital commerce architecture across e-commerce, mobile apps, and omnichannel experiences
- Apply performance engineering principles including Core Web Vitals and performance budgeting
- Navigate complex multi-vendor environments and support dependency management across teams
- Stay informed on emerging technologies and assess their relevance to future architecture direction
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What You’ll Bring
- Deep understanding of solution architecture principles, frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), and best practice
- Strong communication skills, able to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience designing solutions within composable/MACH architectures
- Expertise in microservices, event-driven design, API management, and enterprise integration patterns
- Broad knowledge across digital commerce domains including e-commerce, mobile platforms, and in-store digital
- Understanding of web performance engineering and designing for scale
- Proven experience (5+ years) delivering enterprise-scale technology solutions
- Minimum 8 years in technology with relevant degree or professional qualifications
- Strong understanding of systems development lifecycles and delivery best practice
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Desirable Experience
- Ability to communicate architectural decisions clearly to senior stakeholders
- Strong pragmatism under ambiguity, balancing short-term constraints with long-term direction
- Experience sustaining high-quality design across multiple concurrent initiatives
- High emotional intelligence and ability to build trusted relationships across teams
- Curiosity about emerging technologies, including AI/ML applications
- Experience working in complex multi-vendor delivery environments
- Familiarity with platforms such as commercetools, Amplience, Fluent Commerce, Salesforce, or Bloomreach
- Experience in retail or digital commerce environments
- Experience mentoring or providing technical leadership to junior architects or engineers
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