Client-Facing Solution Architect (Pre-Sales)

STATE STREET CORPORATION; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits

Career growth

Flexible work-life

Volunteer days

Employee networks

Job summary

STATE STREET CORPORATION is seeking a Solution Architect to partner with Sales, Product, and Delivery teams to design end-to-end solutions for clients. You will translate client requirements into scalable, secure architectures while engaging in fast-paced, consultative sales environments.

The role emphasizes collaboration across Sales Engineers, Product Managers, and Professional Services, with a focus on architecture translation, deployment planning, and enabling delivery handoffs to ensure

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a technical field.
• Strong understanding of enterprise software architectures, APIs, integrations, and data models.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Comfortable working across multiple stakeholders and geographies.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales to support the full sales lifecycle from discovery through deal close.
• Lead technical discovery sessions to understand client goals, workflows, and constraints.
• Design and present solution architectures, demos, and proofs-of-concepts aligned to client needs.
• Clearly articulate value propositions, differentiators, and trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Respond to RFPs, RFIs, and due diligence questionnaires with accurate and compelling technical content.

Skills

Enterprise architectures

APIs & integrations

Data modeling

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

STATE STREET CORPORATION is seeking a Solution Architect to partner with Sales, Product, and Delivery teams to design end-to-end solutions for clients. You will translate client requirements into scalable, secure architectures while engaging in fast-paced, consultative sales environments.

The role emphasizes collaboration across Sales Engineers, Product Managers, and Professional Services, with a focus on architecture translation, deployment planning, and enabling delivery handoffs to ensure