Senior Solution Architect

Cognite; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading industrial digital transformation company is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to join their team in Greater London. You will play a pivotal role in delivering customer-facing projects, leveraging your expertise in solution architecture, data modeling, and cloud platforms. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of relevant experience and will be responsible for leading integrations and defining technical solutions in the energy and manufacturing sectors. This position offers a vibrant working environment and significant growth potential.

Benefits

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion focus

Modern working environment

Direct access to decision-makers

Opportunity to work on ambitious projects

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years relevant experience as Solution Architect or 7+ years as Software/Machine Learning Engineer.
• Experience in Manufacturing, Energy, O&G, Pharma, or Life Sciences preferred.
• Hands-on expertise with software development best practices is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture and solution design.
• Provide strategic and technical expertise for customer-facing project teams.
• Define enterprise and solution architecture, including data models and pipelines.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Python

SQL

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google)

Data Modeling

Job description

About Cognite

Cognite is gearing up for an exciting year of growth in 2026. As we expand our global footprint and scale our impact across industries, we're building our team with talented, forward-thinking individuals who want to make a difference. Even if you don't see a role that matches your experience today, we encourage you to apply and join our talent community. As immediate opportunities open up, our recruiting team will reach out to connect and explore how your skills align with our growing needs. Join us as we continue to innovate and transform how industrial data drives the world forward.

E In the realm of industrial digital transformation, we stand at the forefront, reshaping the future of Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Pharma and other Manufacturing and Energy sectors. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

Our values

Impact: Cogniters strive to make an impact in all that they do. We are result-oriented, always asking ourselves.

Ownership: Cogniters embrace a culture of ownership. We go beyond our comfort zones to contribute to the greater good, fostering inclusivity and sharing responsibilities for challenges and success.

Relentless: Cogniters are relentless in their pursuit of innovation. We are determined and deliverable (never ruthless or reckless), facing challenges head‑on and viewing setbacks as opportunities for growth.

As Cognite's clientele expands, so does our demand for a talented Senior Solution Architect. We are actively seeking an individual with expertise to join our dynamic team and contribute to customer‑facing projects.

About the role

As a Senior Solution Architect at Cognite, you will play a pivotal role in the Technology department within our Global Value Delivery organisation. Our global reach includes offices in Austin, Houston & Phoenix, Oslo, Stavanger, Tokyo & India. We are a good mix of Project Managers, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and Solution Architects with some domain expertise in Oil and Gas, Power, and Manufacturing. This specific role is part of the EMEA Delivery organisation.

In this customer‑facing position, you will work directly with key customers, field sales, delivery teams, and product development. You will use your seniority and technical competencies to help to lead Norwegian and international industrial customers to increase productivity, profitability, reduce environmental impact and reduce costs. Our customers are large international process and energy industries, with challenges in asset performance and maintenance, production efficiency, and sustainability. Together with the team, you will define solutions and support each integration through to a successful finish.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end architecture and solution design leadership.
• Providing strategic and technical expertise to support customers and the customer‑facing project teams.
• Defining enterprise and solution architecture, including integration and data models and data ingestion pipelines, as well as user‑facing solutions
• Expressing complex technical solutions through architecture modeling tools
• Ensure operational responsibility and support agreements for the delivered solutions
• Building strong relationships with key stakeholders, C‑level executives, and IT and Business Data Managers to drive long‑term adoption of Cognite's products and services
• Training internal teams and partners in your area of specialization
• Collaborating with Sales, Engineering, and Product Management teams to translate customer needs into product offerings
• Independently work with managing integration, data modeling, and related activities using Cognite data connectors and extractors, SQL, Python/Java, Rest APIs and Cloud platform providers like Azure, AWS & Google
• Collaborate with our Sales, Engineering and Product Management teams to turn customer needs into a prioritised pipeline of product offerings
• Develop and maintain technical and business expertise for Cognite's products

Success Factor to thrive in this role

• A minimum of 3 years relevant experience as Solution Architect OR 7+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer/Machine Learning Engineer.
• Experience from domains like Manufacturing, Energy, O&G, Pharma, Life sciences is preferred
• We expect all our solutions architects to be hands‑on in python as well as a good hands‑on expertise with software development best practices.
• Open to travel.
• Technical background, willing and able to dive in and contribute code for advanced topics when needed
• You must be highly organised, thorough, and communicate well with all stakeholders.
• Take ownership and drive tasks independently
• You will be required to collaborate, lead, and coach, as well as work independently.

Don't meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter

• Join an organization of 70 different nationalities with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus
• A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata to know more
• Flat structure with direct access to decision‑makers, with minimal amount of bureaucracy
• Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries
• Join our HUB to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.

Why choose Cognite?

Join us in making a real and lasting impact in one of the most exciting and fastest-growing new software companies in the world. We have repeatedly demonstrated that digital transformation, when anchored on strong DataOps, drives business value and sustainabilityfor clients and allows front‑line workers, as well as domain experts, to make better decisions every single day. We were recognized as one of CNBC's top global enterprise technology startups powering digital transformation! And just recently, Frost & Sullivan named Cognite a Technology Innovation Leader! Most recently Cognite Data Fusion® Achieved Industry First DNV Compliance for Digital Twins

Apply today!

If you're excited about the opportunity to work at Cognite and make a difference in the tech industry, we encourage you to apply today! We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and identities to join our team. Please do not hesitate to contact our Talent Acquisition team with any questions -

We encourage you to follow us on Cognite LinkedIn; we post all our openings there.

Equal Opportunity

Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment; everyone we hire will receive the same level of consideration for training, compensation, and promotion.

We ask for gender as part of our application because we want to ensure equal assessment in the recruitment process. Your answer will help us reach this commitment! However, the question about gender is optional and your choice not to answer will not affect the assessment of your application in any way.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.