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