Senior Data Technical Architect & Solutions Lead

Kainos; Budock Water; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos is seeking a Data Technical Architect (Consultant) to design and deliver complex data components within client solutions. You'll work with Solution Architects and Customer Architects to integrate components into robust data solutions.

You will own designs, set technical standards, and guide a small team while contributing to pre-sales and data analytics capability. This role suits candidates who thrive on challenging problems and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience owning a component or product in data solutions.
• Able to communicate technical decisions to non-technical audiences.
• Experience applying design standards and deployment readiness.
• Experience building production-grade data-intensive applications.
• Proficient in Java, Scala, or Python with functional/OO paradigms.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver functional and non-functional designs.
• Collaborate with customer architects on designs, effort estimates, and implications.
• Set technical standards and ensure adherence.
• Manage and estimate timelines for component delivery.
• Contribute or lead technical solution design in pre-sales.
• Impact data analysis community and analytics capability.
• Provide coaching and leadership for a small team.

Skills

Java

Scala

Python

Data ingestion

Data streaming

Architectural design

Solution design

Data-intensive applications

Distributed systems

Client interaction

Standards & patterns

Data stores (object, document, key‑val

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Data integration (messaging, queues, L

Team leadership / mentoring

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Databricks

Job description

Kainos is seeking a Data Technical Architect (Consultant) to design and deliver complex data components within client solutions. You'll work with Solution Architects and Customer Architects to integrate components into robust data solutions.

You will own designs, set technical standards, and guide a small team while contributing to pre-sales and data analytics capability. This role suits candidates who thrive on challenging problems and collaboration.