Principal Solution Architect

Waracle; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Bank holidays

Retirement plan

Job summary

Waracle is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to lead end-to-end mobile architecture across iOS, Android, APIs, and cloud services. This hybrid role blends strategic leadership with hands-on architectural influence, guiding senior stakeholders and cross-functional squads toward scalable, secure digital transformations.

You will shape platform governance, drive security and performance standards, and mentor teams to foster a high-performing engineering culture across multiple squads.

Qualifications

• Architectural mastery across end-to-end mobile platform solutions (iOS/Android) and APIs.
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and guide cross-functional teams.
• Strong emphasis on secure-by-design principles, threat modelling, and resilient platforms.

Responsibilities

• Shape and lead end-to-end mobile architecture across iOS, Android, APIs, and cloud services.
• Define security, resilience, and performance standards for the organization.
• Lead and mentor multiple squads, fostering an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture.
• Translate complex technical strategies into clear, impactful business recommendations for senior leaders.
• Champion secure design principles and platform controls to protect customers and services.

Skills

Architectural Mastery

Strategic & Inclusive Leadership

Security & Resilience Focus

Modern Engineering Mindset

Collaborative Coaching

Domain Exposure (Desirable)

Job description

Waracle are looking for a Principal Solution Architect for an exciting new role joining our world-class digital technology consultancy and home to a diverse, smart, curious and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation. We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We help our clients to innovate and create intelligent digital products and services. We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design and delivery to operations.

This is a Hybrid role, offering the flexibility to balance your professional and personal life, with 2 days a week spent connecting with colleagues in our London office or on client site.

The Role

Are you a visionary technical leader who thrives on bringing clarity to complex engineering challenges?

• Strategic Architecture & Vision: Shape and lead end-to-end mobile architecture across iOS, Android, APIs, and cloud services, aligning technical roadmaps with long-term business goals.
• Platform Governance & Innovation: Define organisation-wide security, resilience, and performance standards while leading proof-of-concepts for emerging technologies.
• Executive & Stakeholder Influence: Act as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders and client steering boards, effectively translating complex technical strategies into clear, impactful choices.
• Engineering & Practice Leadership: Drive practice-wide capability growth, build playbooks, and foster an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture by mentoring and empowering teams across multiple squads.
• Secure & Resilient Design: Champion "secure by design" principles, threat modeling, and robust platform controls to protect customers and maintain platform integrity at scale.

Research shows that underrepresented groups tend to only apply for roles that they believe they meet 100% of the criteria for. At Waracle, we want to buck that trend! We hire for passion, potential and mindset as much as credentials.

What you'll bring

• Architectural Mastery: Strong expertise designing end-to-end mobile platform solutions, mobile SDKs, shared libraries, and modularised codebases across iOS and Android.
• Strategic & Inclusive Leadership: Proven ability to influence executive-level stakeholders, resolve organisational challenges, and guide cross-functional teams with clarity and empathy.
• Security & Resilience Focus: Deep appreciation for secure design principles, threat modelling, authentication, tamper detection, and operational reliability in enterprise environments.
• Modern Engineering Mindset: Experience in agile delivery, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, and continuous improvement practices.
• Collaborative Coaching: Passion for nurturing talent, designing upskilling initiatives, building communities of practice, and establishing reusable organisational accelerators.
• Domain Exposure (Desirable): Experience within regulated financial services, high-control enterprise environments, or evaluating vendor SDKs and cloud-native services.

What to expect from our hiring process

1. First Hello: An informal chat with your dedicated Talent Attraction Partner to talk about Waracle, what you want out of your next move, salary, benefits, and office hybrid working model.
2. Craft Showcase: A chance to demonstrate your real-world expertise. Depending on the role, this will be a focused take-home task (capped at 2-3 hours to respect your time) or a practical presentation.
3. Talking Impact: A collaborative deep dive into how you solve problems, work with others, and raise the bar, guided by our core values and competency framework. Your Talent Attraction Partner will be in your corner through every step right up to your Welcome Ritual on day one!

Benefits

We believe in supporting our team, inside and outside of work. Here's a glimpse of what you can expect:

• Rest & Recharge: You’ll receive 27 days of annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays, totaling 35 days of holiday to unwind and pursue your passions.
• Financial Future & Security: Plan for retirement with our company.