Solution Architect

Aveni; City of Edinburgh; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking technology company as a Solution Architect, where you will lead the architectural vision in a dynamic, AI-driven environment. This high-impact role involves designing robust, cloud-based systems and guiding engineering teams to implement innovative AI solutions. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with strategic business goals, while promoting engineering excellence and compliance with industry regulations. If you're passionate about leveraging technology to drive productivity in financial services, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

34 days holiday plus birthday off

Share options

Skills development

Remote and flexible working

Life insurance

Private health care

Cycle to work scheme

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in solution architecture with a strong AWS focus.
• Proven expertise with AWS native services like Lambda and DynamoDB.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end solution architecture across cloud infrastructure.
• Architect scalable, secure solutions using AWS aligned with best practices.

Skills

Solution Architecture

AWS

AI/ML Infrastructure Design

Event-Driven Systems

Collaboration Skills

Education

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

CI/CD Pipelines

Job description

Are you a cloud-native architecture expert who thrives in fast-moving, AI-driven environments?

Aveni is an award-winning technology company. We use advanced AI to enable scalable efficiency for financial services companies, combining world-leading Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Model (LLM) expertise with deep financial services domain experience to drive enterprise-wide productivity. Aveni harnesses the power of voice to drive unprecedented efficiency and oversight. We’re using the latest in AI to automate and innovate, empowering businesses to achieve exceptional productivity and compliance outcomes.

Summary

As a Solution Architect, you'll operate at a senior level, reporting directly to the CTO and working closely with the Head of Engineering, Product Managers, and Infrastructure Leads. You’ll guide the architectural vision and execution across multiple engineering squads, providing hands-on leadership to design and implement robust, cloud-based, event-driven systems and AI solutions.

This is a high-impact role requiring deep technical expertise and strong leadership. You'll be central to aligning architectural decisions with strategic business goals while mentoring engineers and driving adoption of best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end solution architecture across cloud infrastructure, integrations, and APIs.
• Architect scalable, secure, and cost-optimised solutions using AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, EventBridge, etc.) aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Design high-performance AI architectures supporting large-scale LLM usage and AI model deployment.
• Promote engineering excellence, reusability, and consistency across squads.
• Define and document architecture standards and drive adherence to them.
• Collaborate with delivery, engineering, product, and AI teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Ensure platform and infrastructure design complies with industry regulations (e.g., FCA, GDPR).
• Identify opportunities to embed AI in development practices and core platforms.
• Influence cross-functional teams to adopt modern cloud practices and continuous improvement.
  
  

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

• Extensive experience in solution architecture with a strong cloud (AWS) focus.
• Proven expertise with AWS native services: Lambda, EventBridge, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, VPC, and WAF.
• In-depth experience applying the AWS Well-Architected Framework in real-world environments.
• Demonstrated success building event-driven, microservices-based systems.
• Experience designing scalable AI/ML infrastructure with cost and performance in mind.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to influence technical direction across teams.
• Prior work in highly regulated industries, ideally financial services.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or higher).
  
  

Desirable Extras

• Experience with DevSecOps practices and tools (Terraform, AWS CDK, CI/CD pipelines).
• Familiarity with multi-cloud strategies (e.g., Azure, GCP).
• Strong knowledge of financial compliance, risk, and governance frameworks.
• Understanding of the AI/ML model lifecycle from development to deployment.
  
  

Benefits

What We Offer

• A collaborative and innovative work environment with awesome career growth opportunities
• 34 days holiday plus your birthday off (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Share options – we believe in shared success
• Skills development – continuous learning is at our core, expect the development to be front and centre of everything you do
• Remote and flexible working – remote, co-working spaces, or a mix of both
• Life insurance, income protection and private health care
• Freebies and discounts at a range of retailers
• Emotional wellbeing (Employee assistance programme provides access to 24/7 employee counselling and emotional support)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension scheme (employer contribution matched up to 5%)
  
  

Join Us in Making a Difference

At Aveni, we believe that diversity drives innovation. We're committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best work. If you're passionate about leveraging technology to drive positive change and want to be part of a team that's shaping the future of financial services, we'd love to hear from you. We know that some people are likely to only apply where they meet 100% of requirements, but we’d like to hear from you anyway. Apply now to join us on our mission to transform the financial services industry through AI!