Solutions Architect - Ecommerce

Outsource Uk Ltd; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning time 10%

Microsoft certifications

Vendor training

Career progression

Job summary

Outsource UK Ltd is seeking a Solution Architect to shape scalable eCommerce solutions within a large enterprise. Based in Leeds with a hybrid pattern (3 days onsite), you will collaborate with product, engineering and senior leadership to drive digital transformation.

Responsibilities include translating business needs into robust architectures, governing major initiatives, and reviewing designs for scalability, resilience and observability across complex platforms.

Qualifications

• Proven solution architecture experience within a large enterprise environment.
• Experience designing customer-facing digital or eCommerce solutions.
• Experience working across complex, integrated technology landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, enterprise-level eCommerce and digital solutions.
• Translate business requirements into effective technology architectures.
• Work closely with senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Make architectural decisions and provide governance across major initiatives.
• Reviewing technical designs produced by engineering teams.
• Work across complex applications, platforms and integrations.
• Ensure solutions consider scalability, resilience, performance and observability.

Skills

eCommerce architecture

Stakeholder management

Architecture governance

Bridging business and tech

Job description

Solution Architect – eCommerce Leeds | Hybrid – 3 days per week onsite £75,000 + £5,700 car allowance + bonus and excellent benefits.

We are working with a leading UK retailer that is investing heavily in its technology landscape and is looking for a Solution Architect to join an established architecture practice. This is a genuine business led Solution Architecture position. You’ll work closely with business stakeholders, product teams, engineering teams, architects and senior leadership to shape solutions that support significant digital and eCommerce transformation.

The Role You’ll play a key role in designing and governing scalable, resilient solutions across a complex enterprise technology environment, with a particular focus on growing the organisation’s online presence.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing scalable, enterprise-level eCommerce and digital solutions.
• Translating business requirements into effective technology architectures.
• Working closely with senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Making architectural decisions and providing governance across major initiatives.
• Reviewing technical designs produced by engineering teams.
• Working across complex applications, platforms and integrations.
• Ensuring solutions consider scalability, resilience, performance, observability and operational requirements.
• Supporting major technology transformation programmes.

You’ll ideally have:

• Proven Solution Architecture experience within a large enterprise environment.
• Experience designing customer-facing digital or eCommerce solutions.
• Experience working across complex, integrated technology landscapes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience making architectural decisions and influencing technical direction.
• A good understanding of scalability, resilience, observability and operational considerations.
• The ability to bridge the gap between business requirements and technology solutions.

Why Join?

You’ll be joining a mature architecture function with significant investment in professional development and technology transformation. You'll have access to:

• A large and supportive architecture community.
• Clear opportunities for career progression and internal promotion.
• 10% protected Learning & Development time.
• Microsoft training and certification opportunities.Vendor training and professional architecture certifications.