Hands-On Solutions Architect — AI, Cloud & Code

hedgehog lab; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave plus bank/holiday

5 Impact Days for learning

Flexible working environment

Enhanced parental leave

Annual wellbeing budget + wellbeing/2

Mental health support

Company Mac

Job summary

hedgehog lab is seeking a mid-level Architect to join our architecture function in London. You will stay close to the code, build early versions, and shape technical solutions with AI tooling, while working across varied cloud setups for client projects.

The role offers hybrid working (home/office) with a clear path into senior architecture as you grow, and exposure to pre-sales estimation and diverse client work.

Qualifications

• Broad, hands-on technical background rooted in engineering rather than business.
• AI software engineering experience, since a large part of our work now runs through it.
• Comfort writing and shipping code, increasingly with AI coding tools.
• Cloud and infrastructure experience, defining setups rather than just working within them.
• Strong communication, translating between low-level technical detail and non-technical stakeholders.
• A fast learner who context switches well and stays curious outside their own specialism.

Responsibilities

• Go into discovery, understand the problem, and shape the technical solution
• Translate between engineers and clients, so both sides stay clear on what is being built
• Build the early versions and stay close to the code
• Define the infrastructure and cloud setups behind the solutions you design
• Build awareness of the commercial and scoping side, picking up pre-sales estimation as you go

Skills

AI software engineering

Cloud & infrastructure

Code literacy with AI tools

Strong communication

Hands-on engineering background

Fast learner and adaptable

Tools

AI coding tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

hedgehog lab is seeking a mid-level Architect to join our architecture function in London. You will stay close to the code, build early versions, and shape technical solutions with AI tooling, while working across varied cloud setups for client projects.

The role offers hybrid working (home/office) with a clear path into senior architecture as you grow, and exposure to pre-sales estimation and diverse client work.