Senior Solutions Architect - Data & ML Platforms (Hybrid)

Simple Machines; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Simple Machines in London seeks an experienced Solutions Architect to design large-scale, data-intensive platforms for enterprise clients. You will own end-to-end designs, produce clear documentation, and work with engineers, product managers, and client stakeholders to deliver production-ready solutions.

You will thrive in a fast-paced, client-facing environment, balancing long-term architecture with pragmatic delivery, contributing to the architecture practice, and guiding teams through

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Solutions Architect on large-scale enterprise platforms.
• A consultancy background, or experience that closely resembles one: client-facing delivery, multiple engagements or programmes, and comfort operating inside someone else’s organisation.
• A proven track record of managing complex stakeholder landscapes, aligning technical and business audiences with competing priorities.
• Strong grounding in distributed systems, API design, and integration architecture.
• Strong grounding in data processing, data warehousing, sql, no sql, data pipelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including clear and well-structured design documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design solutions across large-scale enterprise platforms: APIs, integrations, data flows, and the supporting cloud infrastructure
• Translate ambiguous business requirements into well-documented architectures that engineering teams can build from
• Present and defend designs with senior client stakeholders, including enterprise architects, programme leadership, and business owners
• Work within client governance processes such as architecture review boards, security reviews, and integration standards
• Collaborate day to day with engineers, data scientists, and product managers in an Agile delivery model
• Balance strategic direction with pragmatic delivery, judging when to invest in long-term design and when to ship
• Contribute to the wider architecture practice at Simple Machines through standards, reusable patterns, and ways of working

Skills

Enterprise platforms

Client-facing delivery

Stakeholder management

Distributed systems

API design

Data processing

Data warehousing

Communication

Software engineering

Cloud computing

Agile delivery

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Simple Machines in London seeks an experienced Solutions Architect to design large-scale, data-intensive platforms for enterprise clients. You will own end-to-end designs, produce clear documentation, and work with engineers, product managers, and client stakeholders to deliver production-ready solutions.

You will thrive in a fast-paced, client-facing environment, balancing long-term architecture with pragmatic delivery, contributing to the architecture practice, and guiding teams through