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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Solution Architect - **Company:** Codal - **Location:** Lincolnshire, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £135,000.0 - £155,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Business Analytics Applications, Applications Architecture, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, BigQuery, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Data Infrastructure, DevOps, Machine Learning, NoSQL, SQL Databases, Cloud Platform System, Containerization, Kubernetes, Data Management, Docker - **Published:** August 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5844305124 ## About the Role * 9+ years of hands-on software or systems engineering experience, including experience designing and owning architecture for complex, client-facing solutions. * Understanding and ability to solve complex client problems that will impact client business. * Proven ability to evaluate an existing technology landscape and make a clear, defensible recommendation, including build-vs-buy and platform trade-offs. * Strong grounding across at least two of the following: application architecture, systems/infrastructure design, data architecture, AI/ML solutioning, and DevOps. * Comfort learning a new domain or stack quickly (just-in-time), with enough hands-on ability to validate an approach yourself rather than only directing others. * Experience presenting technical recommendations directly to clients, including non-technical and executive stakeholders. * Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and modern CI/CD practices. * Solid understanding of databases and data platforms (SQL, NoSQL, and analytics platforms such as BigQuery). * Clear, confident communication skills, and the judgment to know when to hold a position and when to adapt it. * The drive to learn, adapt, and apply to the ever changing technology landscape. * Experience in a consulting or professional services environment, including supporting pre-sales, proposals, or client discovery. * Experience architecting solutions that incorporate AI/ML capabilities into existing products or platforms. * Experience leading architecture review boards or similar governance processes. * A track record of guiding teams through complex technical challenges and ambiguous requirements to a shipped outcome. * Certifications in a cloud platform or AI such as AWS Solution Architect or Claude Certified Architect ## Description You'll work alongside client stakeholders, from engineering leads to executive sponsors, as well as Codal's project managers, designers, and delivery teams. You'll be involved from early discovery and pre-sales conversations through hands-on implementation and post-launch support. * Assess a client's existing technology landscape (software, systems, data, and infrastructure) and rationalize the pros, cons, and risks of what's in place versus what's proposed. * Design end-to-end solution architectures spanning application, data, AI/ML, and DevOps concerns, and document them clearly enough for both engineers and executives to act on. * Present and defend architecture recommendations to client stakeholders, including technical leads and executive sponsors, with support from Codal's delivery and account teams. * Support discovery, technical planning, and pre-sales conversations, translating client goals and constraints into a scoped, deliverable technical approach. * Create and maintain architecture decision records that capture the trade-offs considered and the reasoning behind each major decision. * Guide engineering teams through implementation, staying hands-on where needed (prototyping, code review, unblocking hard technical problems) without holding up delivery. * Evaluate emerging tools, platforms, and AI capabilities, and bring forward recommendations that would meaningfully improve a client's solution or delivery speed. * Partner with DevOps, data, and engineering leads to align architecture with CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and data platform realities on the ground. * Mentor engineers and technical leads on architectural thinking, not just implementation, helping the broader team reason about systems, not just code. * Support planning, estimation, and risk management across the project lifecycle, flagging architectural risk early. ## Related Videos - [Leveraging Real time data in FSIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/806-leveraging-real-time-data-in-fsis) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [The Software Engineer 2030: From Coder To AI Orchestrator? - Patrick Schnell](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1825-the-software-engineer-2030-from-coder-to-ai-orchestrator-patrick-schnell) - [NoSQL Data Modeling for Front-end Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/297-nosql-data-modeling-for-front-end-developers) - [Reference Architecture of AI in the Cloud](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1613-reference-architecture-of-ai-in-the-cloud) ## Related Articles - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [Transforming Software Development: The Role of AI and Developer Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/527-transforming-software-development-the-role-of-ai-and-developer-tools) - [From Prototype to Production: Build AI Agents with This Free 4-Course Learning Path](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/655-from-prototype-to-production-build-ai-agents-with-this-free-4-course-learning-path)