Developer Velocity - Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Solution Architect

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG is looking for a Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Solution Architect to help modernize software delivery for prestigious UK organizations. This role combines technology strategy, architecture, and delivery, enhancing developer productivity through innovative solutions.

The position involves leading customer engagements, designing internal developer platforms, and mentoring consultants while working closely with engineering and product teams to ensure quality and efficiency in software development.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Platform Engineering and Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).
• Expertise in DevEx and DevOps transformations.
• Proficient in CI/CD tooling and Infrastructure as Code.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer engagements focused on Developer Experience and Platform Engineering.
• Design and architect Internal Developer Platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native engineering platforms.
• Facilitate workshops to define target architectures and delivery roadmaps.

Skills

Platform Engineering and Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)

Developer Experience (DevEx) and DevOps transformation

CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)

Backstage or similar developer portal technologies

Observability and monitoring platforms

Secrets management and identity solutions

Job description

Location: UK - London, UK - Birmingham, UK - Cardiff, UK - Edinburgh, UK - Hatfield, UK - Manchester, UK - Milton Keynes, UK - Nottingham, UK - Reading | Job-ID: 218987 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: IT Consulting

Developer Velocity - Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Solution Architect

Are you passionate about transforming how developers build, deploy and operate software?

Computacenter is looking for a Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Solution Architect to join our growing Cloud & Apps Practice, helping some of the UK's largest public and private sector organisations modernise software delivery through Platform Engineering, Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), DevOps and Developer Experience (DevEx) best practices.

As a senior member of our Cloud & Apps Practice, you'll work at the intersection of technology strategy, architecture and delivery, partnering with customers to design and implement modern engineering platforms that improve developer productivity, accelerate delivery and enhance operational resilience.

What you'll do

• Lead customer engagements focused on Developer Experience, Platform Engineering and enterprise software delivery transformation
• Design and architect Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native engineering platforms at scale
• Facilitate workshops with engineering leaders, product teams and platform stakeholders to define target architectures, operating models and delivery roadmaps
• Translate complex business and technical challenges into clear, implementable platform and DevEx solutions
• Provide end-to-end technical leadership across pre-sales and delivery engagements, from discovery through to implementation assurance
• Support sales teams with opportunity shaping, bid responses, solution design and commercial proposal development
• Define reusable patterns, reference architectures and engineering standards across the Cloud & Apps Practice
• Research and experiment with emerging tools, technologies and practices to evolve our Platform Engineering and DevEx offerings
• Lead and mentor consultants and architects, ensuring high-quality delivery across multiple customer engagements
• Ensure solution quality through design assurance, technical governance and risk identification across multi-technology environments

What you'll bring

• Platform Engineering and Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)
• Developer Experience (DevEx) and DevOps transformation
• CI/CD tooling including GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or Harness
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)
• Backstage or similar developer portal technologies
• Observability, monitoring and developer feedback platforms
• Secrets management and identity solutions such as HashiCorp Vault
• Progressive delivery, release orchestration and modern deployment practices
• You'll be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, leading technical teams and translating business challenges into practical, scalable engineering solutions