Technical Solutions Architect Permanent UK

Role overview Design and deliver production-ready solutions that apply AI, machine learning and data science to complex customer problems. This hands-on architecture role combines technical decision-making and team leadership with coding, client communication and collaboration across data science and engineering.

Responsibilities - Choose technologies, design APIs and define reusable architecture patterns for products and client projects. - Translate functional and non-functional needs into solution designs, then guide developers through implementation. - Build and prove solutions yourself, contribute code and review colleagues’ work. - Partner with data science and data engineering specialists to deliver robust, performant cloud solutions. - Improve development practices, quality processes and release workflows. - Explain technical decisions to clients and business stakeholders, and bring forward and assess new ideas.

Requirements - Strong software development experience and the ability to contribute directly to a development team. - Understanding of software architecture and traditional design patterns, including how to apply them to AI solutions. - Experience with quality practices such as automated testing, infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines. - Ability to consider how software fits into a wider technical environment. - Clear written, spoken and diagrammatic communication, including with non-technical audiences.

Nice to have - Understanding of event-driven architectures. - Working knowledge of Rust. - Familiarity with data engineering platforms or principles, and data science platforms or technologies.

Benefits and work setup - Permanent role with remote working in the UK and flexible working hours. - Enhanced pension, life assurance, income protection and private healthcare. - 27 days of annual leave, plus public holidays and enhanced family leave. - Annual bonus and opportunities to work on projects intended to create social or environmental impact.