Contract

Solution Architect

Ref: BBBH67817_1786457401

London

Solution Architect

Whitehall Resources currently require an experienced Solution Architect to work with a key client based in London.

*Please note this role falls INSIDE IR35*

Job Description:
Your focus will be architecting solutions across both sides of our international operating model:
* B2C (Business-to-Consumer): Direct-to-customer digital commerce channels, market-specific customer experiences, and the product, price and availability flow that underpin them.
* B2B (Business-to-Business): Partner, franchise and marketplace integration, wholesale propositions, and the fulfilment, warehouse and logistics integration that connect with commercial partners.
Working with Engineering, Product, Architecture, Delivery and partner teams, you’ll design robust, scalable and secure solutions that connect business ambition with pragmatic architecture choices delivered at pace.

What You’ll Do
* Define end-to-end solution architectures for B2C and B2B systems, covering technology, data, integration, security, resilience and operational supportability.
* B2C: Shape scalable architectures for direct-to-consumer digital commerce, market-specific customer experiences, and the product, price and availability flows that underpin them.
* B2B: Shape scalable integration patterns for partner, franchise and marketplace onboarding, wholesale propositions, and fulfilment, warehouse and logistics integration.
* Translate business goals and product roadmaps into target and transition-state architectures that are practical, secure and aligned to enterprise standards.
* Work across squads, product areas, platforms and partner teams to join up dependencies, risks, design decisions and delivery plans.
* Provide architecture guidance to engineering and product teams, helping them make clear, pragmatic decisions without slowing delivery.
* Support supplier, partner and procurement conversations by assessing options, constraints, technical fit and trade-offs.
* Contribute to the Architecture Community by sharing knowledge, improving guardrails and promoting reusable patterns.
What you’ll bring
* Proven experience as a Solution Architect or senior technology leader designing complex, enterprise-scale solutions.
* Experience designing B2C and/or B2B systems for example direct-to-consumer digital commerce, and partner, franchise, marketplace, wholesale and/or logistic integration.
* Strong understanding of integration, data, cloud, security, resilience, compliance and operational architecture.
* Experience shaping target and transition-state architectures across multiple products, platforms, squads and partner teams.
* Ability to turn complex business and technology challenges into clear, actionable designs that teams can deliver.
* Commercial awareness, with the ability to assess supplier options, challenge trade-offs and support investment decisions.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior technical and non-technical audiences.
* Experience in retail, international commerce, supply chain, logistics, fulfilment, marketplace or partner integration environments would be a real advantage.

Technology landscape
You’ll work across a broad and evolving technology landscape, including modern engineering platforms, enterprise systems, cloud services, integration patterns and operational tooling.
* Java, Spring Boot, Micronaut, TypeScript and Angular
* Azure Cloud, Kubernetes, container platforms and infrastructure as code
* APIs, Kafka, IBM MQ, managed file transfer, event streaming and batch integration
* SQL Server, MongoDB, Redis, operational data flows, reporting and Power BI
* CI/CD, secure engineering practices, OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace and observability

Key Responsibilities
* Define end-to-end solution architectures.
* Drive high-level solution design across multiple systems.
* Support marketplace expansion initiatives.
* Architect integrations between internal and third-party platforms.
* Support B2C and future B2B commerce solutions.
* Work across international delivery environments and multiple territories.

Required Skills & Experience
* Solution Architecture experience.
* Cloud architecture expertise.
* Strong Azure exposure or experience in similar cloud ecosystems.
* Systems and API integration experience.
* Retail sector experience.
* Marketplace integration knowledge.
* Experience supporting international commerce environments.
* Ability to lead end-to-end architectural design.

Highly Desirable
* Exposure to European and Asian market expansion.
* Experience working with integration partners/intermediaries.
* E-commerce and fulfilment architecture experience.
* Marketplace platform experience.
* B2C solution architecture background.

Nice-to-Haves
* B2B commerce solution experience.
* Experience with organisations scaling internationally.
* Previous work within complex retail ecosystems.

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.