Solution Architect

In this role, you'll be responsible for the design and delivery of solution and technical architectures across key digital initiatives, with a primary focus on:

• Digital Gym
• AEM Website Re-platforming

You will ensure that all designs align with our architectural principles, technology standards, and long-term digital strategy.

As our Solution Architect, you will:

• Own and develop technology roadmaps and architectures supporting our website, mobile apps, and wider customer-facing digital services
• Provide architectural guidance and support to technology squads and business stakeholders, ensuring strategic alignment
• Champion the digital platform, supporting governance processes and collaborating with architects and stakeholders to ensure consistency and quality
• Work closely with other architects to align strategic direction and drive cohesive, joined-up digital services
• Support the Architecture function in shaping strategic digital approaches that deliver exceptional customer and patient experiences
• Create and contribute to high-level solution designs and architecture artefacts, including platform, solution, technical, and service documentation
• Partner with delivery and development teams to ensure architecture is pragmatic, deliverable, and drives real business value

You'll bring strong technical leadership, strategic thinking, and a passion for improving digital customer experiences.

• Proven experience designing, building, and integrating scalable, customer-focused digital platforms (web, mobile, e-commerce)
• Hands-on experience delivering digital transformation and service modernisation
• Experience working with third-party solution providers and vendors
• A strong background in application development or delivery within the fitness or leisure sector
• Experience working with commercial digital application portfolios, particularly Adobe (preferable AEM as a Cloud Service)
• A track record of using architecture principles to improve both frontend user experience and backend capability
• Understanding of cloud-based architectures and modern deployment approaches, including Azure-based PaaS and serverless services, and when to use each appropriately
• Solid knowledge of API-centric architectures and integration strategies
• Ability to balance competing priorities and time-to-market pressures
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• A strategic mindset, able to see the bigger picture, anticipate challenges, and guide delivery towards long-term business objectives
• Knowledge of headless architectures, including headless and hybrid CMS implementations, preferably using GraphQL (ideally within AEM Headless)

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options.