Solutions Architect

Mind Foundry; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EMI options

25 days annual leave

Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme

Private Healthcare (including dental)

Group Life Cover

Parental and Sickness Leave

Workplace Nursery Scheme

Volunteering days

Pet friendly office

Professional and personal development

Job summary

Mind Foundry is seeking a Solutions Architect in Oxford to bridge advanced AI/ML capabilities with real-world customer challenges. You will lead technical engagements, explain Mind Foundry’s products, and build trusted relationships with stakeholders on site or in hybrid settings.

You will work with Product, Technical Services and Mission Systems to shape solutions, contribute to bids and proposals, and help shape the product roadmap while staying close to customer problems.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable understanding of AI/ML concepts and their application to real-world problems.
• Experience explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience using Python.
• Strong presentation, public speaking, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to translate customer needs into technical requirements and solution designs, working in an agile and collaborative way with customers.
• Strong systems-thinking and problem-solving skills, balancing technical, operational, and commercial considerations.
• Strong aptitude for learning new technical and scientific concepts, and rapidly understanding customer domain, context and challenges.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and assimilating contributions from a wide variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal, networking and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical AI/ML lead in customer engagements, clearly communicating Mind Foundry’s technology and its application to real-world complex operational challenges.
• Work directly with customers to identify and understand their pain points and priorities, collaboratively scoping opportunities face to face.
• Define technical solutions that align customer needs with Mind Foundry’s products, capabilities, and roadmap.
• Partner with Product, Technical Services, and Mission Systems teams to develop compelling technical solutions that support new business, renewals, and customer success; contribute to bids and proposals.
• Work closely with the Mission Systems team to prioritise opportunities with technical and commercial value.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of customer problem domains and operational challenges from a scientific and product point of view.

Skills

AI/ML concepts

Python

Stakeholder engagement

Public speaking

Systems thinking

Agile methodologies

Translating requirements

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Problem-solving

Job description

We’relooking for a Solutions Architect to join a supportive, multidisciplinary team delivering real-world AI/ML systems into operational environments.This role sits at the intersection of technology, customer need, and business value, bridging the gap between advanced machine learning capabilities and the practical challenges faced by our customers. As a key technical lead in customer-facing engagements, you will explain the capabilities of Mind Foundry’s products, build trusted relationships with stakeholders, and work collaboratively toidentifyhigh-impact opportunities where our technology can deliver meaningful outcomes.

Working closely with our Technical and Mission Systems teams, you will help shape new opportunities byidentifyingwhere existing technologies can be applied and where new capabilities are needed. You will contribute to internal business cases, customer proposals, bids, and technical marketing content, clearly articulating how Mind Foundry’s products address complex operational challenges.

From an internal perspective,you willact as the voice ofour customer, ensuring customer priorities and operational realities are reflectedinproductroadmappinganddeliveryplanning. You willworkcloselywithourproduct,engineeringand scienceteamstohelp shapesolutionsthat are technically robust, commercially valuable, and aligned to customer needs.

To be successful, we are seeking a candidate who likes to move quickly, build things to test ideas, prove feasibility, and create new value. We are looking for someone who is comfortable trying new things and learns from successes and failures.

Because of the nature of this work:

• You willbe requiredto travel to and work from client sites and partner locations. When not working onsite, this role can be office-based or hybrid from our Summertown, Oxford office.
• You willneed toholdexistingorbe eligible for UKSecurityCheckedVetting (SC), details of which can be found on Gov UKwebsite.

Key day-to-day activities

• Act asthe technicalAI/MLleadin customerengagements,clearly communicatingMind Foundry’s technology andits application to real-worldcomplexoperationalchallenges
• Workdirectly with customerstoidentifyand understandtheirpain points and priorities, collaboratively scoping opportunities with them face to face
• Definetechnicalsolutionsthat align customer needs with Mind Foundry’s products, capabilities, and roadmap
• Partner with Product, Technical Services, and Mission Systems teams to develop compelling technical solutions that support new business, renewals, and customer success.Contribute to bids, proposals, business cases, and technical marketing material, articulating the value of our technology to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Workcloselywith theMission Systemsteam toprioritiseopportunities that have technical and commercial value to us and the customer
• Develop andmaintaina deep understanding ofcustomer problem domainsand operational challengesfrom a scientific and product point of view, allowing identification of innovative ways to deliver value.
• Build andmaintainstrongrelationships with technicalstakeholdersacrosscustomerand partner organisations
• Collaborate with internal product,deliveryand strategy teams to ensure our internal work and investment will deliver value to customers
• Explore and prototypenew approachesthatshowcasethe potential of Mind Foundry’s technology and inspire customers, partners, and colleagues.

Core skills & experience

• Experience explainingcomplextechnical concepts tonon-technical audiences
• Demonstrable understanding of AI/ML concepts and their application to real-world problems.
• ExperienceusingPython
• Strong presentation, public speaking, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to translate customer needs into technical requirements and solution designs, working in an agile and collaborative waywith customers.
• Strong systems-thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance technical, operational, and commercial considerations.
• Strongaptitudeforlearningnew technical and scientific concepts, andtorapidlyunderstand customer domain,contextandchallenges
• Experience workingwithmultidisciplinary teamsand assimilatingcontributions from a wide variety oftechnical and non-technicalstakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal,networkingand relationship-buildingskills

Nice to have

• AI and SaaS knowledge,understandingor experience
• Enterprise sales experience
• Experience working in technology forDefenceand/orNational Security.
• Experience working in the UKDefenceLand Domain.
• Data Science experience

While we think the above experience is important, we’re keen to hear from people who believe they have valuable skills, ideas, or perspectives that will make an impact in this role. If our team and mission resonate with you, but you do not necessarily meet all of our requirements, we still encourage you to apply.

Why Mind Foundry?

At Mind Foundry, peoplehave the opportunity towork on problems that are technically challenging, operationallyimportantand genuinely meaningful. We are a close-knit, multidisciplinary team working on complex problems where advanced AI has the potential to make a meaningful difference in the real world. Our work sits at the intersection of research, engineering, product, customerneedand operational impact, which means everyone can contribute beyond their job title.

What makes Mind Foundry different is the way we combine technical excellence with pragmatism,responsibilityand partnership. We are ambitious about what AI can achieve, but thoughtful about how it should be designed,deployedand trusted. Our teams work closely together, challenging ideas constructively, learning quickly and staying focused on building capability that is useful,credibleand operationally relevant.

As a growing business, we offer the opportunity to have visible impact. You will be close to the customers, the technology and the decisions that shape our direction. We value people who ask good questions, bring others with them, and take ownership.

This is an exciting time to join Mind Foundry. Demand for trusted, deployable AI capability is increasing, our products and partnerships are maturing, and our work is helping to shape how advanced machine learning can support Defence and National Security in challenging operational environments. If you are motivated by meaningful work, collaborativeteamsand the chance to help build something with real-world importance, Mind Foundry is a place where you can make a genuine contribution.

What do we offer?

We believe in investing in our people by encouraging career and personal development that aligns with your goals and ambitions. We make sure all staff have the tools,timeand support they need to shape their own professional development. We want to help you excel at what you do and support your growth within the company.

You’llenjoy a competitive compensation package and great benefits such as:

• EMI options scheme
• 25 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme
• Private Healthcare (including dental and optical cover)
• Group Life Cover at three times your annual salary
• Enhanced Parental and Sickness Leave
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• Volunteering days
• Pet friendly office
• Professional and personal development

For more information, please visit our websitewww.mindfoundry.aior [e-mail]

**Interview Process:**

• Initialdiscussion with the People team
• TestDomecoding exercise
• 30 minuteinterview with the Head ofScience & Engineering
• 60minuteinterview, including a10 minutepresentation
• In person meet the team at our Summertown, Oxfordoffice