Senior Solutions Architect: Cloud & Digital Transformation Leader

eFinancialCareers; Manchester; On-site; GBP 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

eFinancialCareers is seeking a Software Solutions Architect in Manchester to lead agile teams in designing and delivering scalable digital solutions. The role combines technical leadership with mentorship and architectural oversight across cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.

You will collaborate with stakeholders and enterprise architects to balance functional and non-functional requirements, shaping the technical strategy while guiding engineers through delivery challenges.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering designs for scalable, multi-tiered apps.
• Ability to negotiate with enterprise stakeholders and translate requirements.
• Experience integrating security, performance and scalability into designs.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-performing, agile development teams to design and deliver innovative digital solutions.
• Provide strategic guidance across the full development lifecycle.
• Mentor engineers and drive career development within the team.
• Contribute to architectural standards and modern tooling decisions.

Skills

Software architecture

AWS/Azure

Stakeholder comms

Mentoring

Agile delivery

NFR integration

Team leadership

Public speaking

Job description

eFinancialCareers is seeking a Software Solutions Architect in Manchester to lead agile teams in designing and delivering scalable digital solutions. The role combines technical leadership with mentorship and architectural oversight across cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.

You will collaborate with stakeholders and enterprise architects to balance functional and non-functional requirements, shaping the technical strategy while guiding engineers through delivery challenges.