Solution Architect

Description

Solutions Architect – Customer & Marketing Data

Location: Central London (Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite)

Day rate: TBC - likely in the region of £550 - £600 inside IR35

Contract: Full-time, 6 months initially starting ASAP

Our client is seeking a Solutions Architect to design modern, scalable data solutions that power personalised customer experiences, advanced marketing capabilities, and data‑driven decisioning across the organisation. You’ll work across customer, campaign, and marketing domains, shaping how data flows, integrates, and delivers value.

What you’ll do

* Design end‑to‑end solutions across customer, marketing, and decisioning systems.

* Evaluate and replace third‑party platforms with modern, internal solutions.

* Create integration patterns covering APIs, schemas, tables, and file structures.

* Work closely with domain and data architects to ensure aligned, robust designs.

* Recommend and design cloud infrastructure—primarily AWS and Snowflake, with some Azure.

* Partner with engineers and data scientists to operationalise models and deliver production‑ready solutions.

* Lead architecture discussions with stakeholders across product, marketing, engineering, and analytics.

* Produce clear solution designs and documentation for delivery teams.

What you’ll bring

* Strong experience with customer and marketing data platforms in the retail domain.

* Knowledge of SCV, MDM, CRM, CDP, and data governance principles.

* Understanding of GDPR and best‑practice handling of customer data.

* Experience with API design, real‑time paradigms, and integration patterns.

* Hands‑on exposure to Snowflake, cloud data platforms, and event streaming (Kafka beneficial).

* Familiarity with AWS (Azure a bonus).

* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

* Ability to evaluate emerging tools and adapt quickly.

* Hands-on experience with data modelling.

Nice to have

* Knowledge of Airflow, Azure Data Factory, or similar orchestration tools.

* Understanding of model performance monitoring and observability best practice. xjnqpsq

Interested in shaping next‑generation customer data solutions?

We’d love to hear from you. Please apply ASAP to be considered

Ad ID: 5417981663