Solutions Architect
International Solution Architect – Contract London / Hybrid – 3 days per week
£700 per day – Inside IR35
Initial 3 month contract with strong potential to extend
ASAP Start
We’re looking for an experienced Solution Architect to join a major organisation delivering a large-scale international digital commerce programme. This is a high-priority hire supporting the continued expansion of digital and marketplace capabilities across multiple international territories. You’ll take ownership of end-to-end solution architecture, working across cloud, integration, e-commerce and enterprise platforms to design scalable solutions that support both customer-facing and partner-led channels.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Define end-to-end solution architectures across complex digital platforms
- Lead high-level solution design across multiple systems and applications
- Architect integrations between internal platforms and third-party partners
- Support international e-commerce and marketplace expansion
- Design scalable solutions across B2C and B2B environments
- Define integration patterns across APIs, event-driven and messaging technologies
- Translate business requirements into practical target and transition architectures
- Work closely with Engineering, Product, Architecture and Delivery teams
- Identify technical dependencies, risks and architectural decisions across multiple workstreams
- Assess technology and supplier options and provide clear architectural recommendations
Skills & Experience
Essential:
- Strong commercial experience as a Solution Architect within complex enterprise environments
- Excellent cloud architecture experience – ideally Azure
- Strong systems integration and API architecture experience
- Experience designing end-to-end solutions across multiple platforms
- Retail and/or e-commerce experience
- Marketplace or third-party platform integration experience
- Experience working within international commerce environments
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Highly Desirable:
- B2C digital commerce architecture experience
- Marketplace and fulfilment integration experience
- Experience supporting international expansion programmes
- Exposure to B2B commerce architecture
- Supply chain, logistics or warehouse integration experience
- Experience working across multiple international territories
Technology Environment
You don’t need to be hands-on across every technology, but exposure to environments incorporating the following would be beneficial: Azure | Kubernetes | Java | Spring Boot | TypeScript | APIs | Kafka | IBM MQ | MongoDB | Redis | SQL Server | CI/CD | Observability
This role would suit an experienced architect who can quickly understand a complex environment, take ownership of architectural decisions and work pragmatically with delivery teams to keep programmes moving