Solution Architect, Retail Platform

Location: London, UK We are looking for a Solutions Architect with strong architecture and technical leadership experience to guide technical conversations, review system design and codebase quality, and support roadmap planning. In this role, you will lead a squad through technical direction and mentoring without writing production code. The Retail Platform project is focused on reviewing and shaping the technical direction of a distributed cloud based product. You will work closely with senior engineering stakeholders to support architecture decisions, assess delivery scope, and align roadmap planning with timeline constraints. Lead technical conversations with senior engineering stakeholders Review the existing codebase and assess its performance Assess backlog scope against delivery dates Shape the roadmap based on scope and timeline constraints Review the architecture of large distributed cloud systems Evaluate technical designs created by other team members Lead the squad through technical direction Mentor team members through technical guidance Take responsibility for the squad's technical guidance Collaborate with stakeholder contacts in daily work Experience with architecture of large distributed cloud systems Experience reviewing technical designs created by other contributors Experience with code review and performance assessment of a codebase Experience assessing backlog scope against delivery dates and supporting roadmap planning Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and React Experience with AWS, including EKS, Lambda, and RDS Experience with Kubernetes Experience with GraphQL and REST Experience with Terraform Experience with Helm Experience with GitHub Actions Experience with Jest and Pact Experience with DataDog or a similar observability tool Experience with Playwright Experience with migration from Sitecore Cirium bonus