Solution Architect
About This Role
As a Solution Architect at a leading design and technology consultancy, you will sit at the intersection of sales and delivery. You will shape compelling, feasible solutions that help clients create real value. You will partner closely with Sales and Delivery teams and report to the Head of Engineering.
Your time will be split evenly between technical pre-sales support and billable delivery work. You will guide solution direction from early discovery through to a clean handover and successful execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Support pitches, proposals, and RFPs with technical validation to ensure solutions are accurate and feasible
- Translate complex client requirements into clear high-level solution options, including scope, approach, and delivery considerations
- Create proof-of-concepts to test assumptions, de-risk delivery, and demonstrate solution viability
- Advise senior technical stakeholders on technology choices, roadmaps, and trade-offs
- Balance innovation with practical constraints like budget, timelines, and team capability
- Partner with delivery teams to ensure solution intent, constraints, and key decisions carry through to execution
- Drive seamless handovers by documenting architecture, assumptions, and risks, and aligning teams on outcomes
- Build and maintain trusted relationships across key accounts as a long-term technical advisor
About You
You are a proactive and resilient architect with a consultative approach. You communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders. You enjoy working across uncertainty, shaping direction, and helping teams deliver outcomes.
Our 'must-haves' for this role include:
- Strong experience designing high-level architectures and solution options for client delivery
- Ability to translate technical complexity into clear recommendations for business stakeholders
- Strong commercial judgement, comfortable balancing value, budget, and constraints
- Proven collaboration across sales, delivery, product, and engineering teams
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with senior stakeholders
- Ability to learn fast, adapt, and work across varied client problems
- Additional things we'd really like to see:
- Experience supporting technical pre-sales, proposals, and RFPs
- Experience building proof-of-concepts and running technical discovery workshops
- Confidence with modern cloud, integration, and application architecture patterns
- Strong documentation habits and a focus on smooth delivery handovers
Our Values
People First: Uplifting and understanding clients and team
Push Boundaries: Challenging the status quo to bring innovation
Built for the Long Haul: Prioritising sustainability over quick fixes
Clear Communication: Essential to avoid miscommunication
Driven by Curiosity: Finding excitement in doing and discovering
Offer
Competitive Salary
Great Work Culture
Awesome office culture with fun social events, weekly cheese/drinks, monthly dinners, and frequent team lunches
Commitment to personal growth, offering personalised development plans, group training, inspirational events, and lunch-and-learn sessions
