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
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed