Solutions Architect
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Job description
We're looking for a hands-on Solutions Architect to join Dizplai at an exciting stage of growth.
This isn't a traditional architecture role. You'll work across Product and Engineering to explore new ideas, solve complex technical challenges and turn ambitious concepts into scalable, production-ready solutions.
You'll be equally comfortable discussing strategy with senior stakeholders, building proof of concepts, writing code and helping engineering teams solve difficult technical problems.
If you enjoy working in ambiguity, love experimenting with emerging technology and want to play a key role in an AI-first business, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll do
- Shape technical solutions from early product discovery through to delivery
- Build proof of concepts, prototypes and production experiments to validate ideas
- Work alongside engineering teams to solve complex technical challenges in our Manchester office
- Design scalable, secure and maintainable cloud architectures
- Champion AI-first thinking across products and internal engineering practices
- Advise stakeholders on technical options, trade-offs and business impact
- Support estimation, planning and technical decision-making across multiple initiatives
- Help define the architectural direction of our platform as we continue to scale, We believe in a transparent process designed to put you at ease so you can show us your best work. Here is how we get to know each other:
- Mutual Fit Chat - A conversation to ensure our expectations align. This is a two-way introduction to the role, the company's direction, and what you're looking for in your next career move.
- Manager Deep Dive - A focused session with your potential lead. We'll explore your experience, your technical approach, and how you tackle the types of challenges we face daily.
- F2F Practical Exercise & Culture Peer Session - An in-person visit to our office where you'll work through a real-world task. This is followed by a session with your potential peers focused purely on cultural alignment, ensuring our values and working styles mesh.
- Next Steps - Following these stages, we aim to provide clear, honest feedback. In some cases, if specific questions arise from the peer session, we may invite you for a final follow-up to ensure we've covered everything before making a decision.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering background with experience delivering production systems
- Deep knowledge of modern software architecture and cloud-native design
- Hands-on AWS experience
- Experience building APIs, integrations and distributed systems
- Ability to build prototypes and technical proof of concepts
- Experience working closely with Product teams during discovery
- Excellent stakeholder communication skills
- Commercial mindset with the ability to balance technical excellence against business value
- Curiosity about AI and practical experience using AI within software delivery
Bonus points
- Java and JavaScript
- Serverless and event-driven architectures
- SaaS, media, martech or digital products
- Product experimentation and A/B testing
- AI-enabled products and engineering workflows
You'll thrive if you:
- Enjoys solving difficult technical problems
- Are hands-on and enjoys writing code
- Thrives in fast-moving environments
- Thinks commercially as well as technically
- Collaborates naturally across engineering, product and commercial teams
- Loves learning and exploring new technologies
- Can influence through expertise rather than authority
We're a creative, ambitious technology business embracing an AI-first future, giving you the opportunity to influence both the products we build and the way we build them.
If you're looking for a role where you'll have genuine technical influence, solve meaningful problems and help shape the next generation of our platform, we'd love to hear from you.