Senior Retail Cloud Solutions Architect

Retail Limited; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, hybrid working model

£6,500 flexible benefits allowance

30 days holiday + bank holidays

Bonus potential (performance)

Matched pension up to 6%

Discount on Very.co.uk

Job summary

Very is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to provide architectural leadership across complex technology initiatives. You will shape roadmaps, design scalable cloud-native solutions and lead large-scale programmes partnering with Product, Engineering and Delivery teams.

Bring strong leadership, exceptional communication, and a proven track record in Agile environments to influence senior stakeholders and drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale solutions.
• Strong architectural leadership balancing vision with delivery.
• Experience defining technology roadmaps and influencing senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Shape architecture roadmaps aligning technology with business objectives.
• Design scalable, secure solutions across a modern cloud-based ecosystem.
• Lead architecture for large-scale programmes and products.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering and Delivery teams on technology direction.
• Provide leadership on risks, dependencies, and architectural challenges.
• Govern architecture to standards and target architecture.

Skills

Java

AWS

Cloud-native

API design

Agile

Leadership

Tools

Spring Boot

Oracle Database

Terraform

React

AWS API Gateway

AWS RDS

Job description

Very is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to provide architectural leadership across complex technology initiatives. You will shape roadmaps, design scalable cloud-native solutions and lead large-scale programmes partnering with Product, Engineering and Delivery teams.

Bring strong leadership, exceptional communication, and a proven track record in Agile environments to influence senior stakeholders and drive continuous improvement.