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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Solution Architect (h/f) - **Company:** Emagine Consulting - **Location:** London, UK - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Cloud Engineering, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Warehousing, Metadata, Power BI, Search Technologies, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Google Cloud, Enterprise Software Applications, Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, Multi-Cloud, Generative AI, Event Driven Architecture, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lakes, AI Platforms, Pyspark, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Databricks - **Published:** August 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-0C201BF7443F0993C3/ ## About the Role * 15+ years' experience within software engineering, solution architecture, or enterprise technology environments. * Proven experience delivering end-to-end architecture for data, API, integration, and AI platforms. * Strong experience designing target-state architectures and enterprise technology roadmaps. * Extensive experience with Azure and/or AWS cloud platforms. * Expertise in modern data architectures including Data Lakes, Lakehouse patterns, and enterprise analytics platforms. * Strong understanding of data modelling, data warehousing, and large-scale data platform design. * Experience with Databricks, Azure Data Factory, dbt, Airflow, PySpark, and SQL. * Knowledge of streaming and event-driven architectures using technologies such as Kafka and Event Hub. * Experience defining governance, security, compliance, and non-functional requirements. * Outstanding stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels. * Experience working within Agile delivery environments and distributed global teams. Desirable Skills * Experience with Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI. * Knowledge of vector databases, embeddings, semantic search, and modern AI architecture patterns. * Exposure to Generative AI and agentic AI solutions. * Databricks or cloud architecture certifications. * Experience working within multi-cloud environments, including Azure, AWS, and GCP. ## Description This is a strategic architecture role where you will shape solution options, define target-state architectures, and drive architectural decisions across multiple delivery teams. You'll be responsible for ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, governed, and aligned with long-term technology roadmaps while enabling advanced analytics, AI, and digital transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise across data platforms, APIs, cloud architecture, and AI capabilities, combined with a proven ability to translate complex business requirements into practical enterprise solutions. What You'll Be Doing * Define and own end-to-end solution architecture for enterprise data, integration, API, and AI platforms. * Shape solution options and target-state architectures aligned to strategic business objectives. * Design scalable cloud-native solutions across Azure and AWS environments. * Establish architecture standards, governance processes, and delivery guardrails. * Define integration, data, and event-driven architecture patterns. * Lead architectural reviews and provide technical leadership across multiple teams. * Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, resilience, performance, and scalability requirements. * Drive data governance, data quality, metadata, and lineage best practices. * Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate requirements into sustainable architecture solutions. * Define technology roadmaps and evaluate emerging technologies, including AI and agentic capabilities. * Produce and maintain architecture documentation, standards, decision records, and reference models. * Mentor engineering teams and promote architecture best practices across the organisation. ## Related Videos - [PySpark - Combining Machine Learning & Big Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/44-pyspark-combining-machine-learning-big-data) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [AI Model Management Life Circles: ML Ops For Generative AI Models From Research to Deployment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1152-ai-model-management-life-circles-ml-ops-for-generative-ai-models-from-research-to-deployment) ## Related Articles - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market)