Tech Lead/Architect - Ecommerce Platforms

Ventula Consulting Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Competitive package and bonus

Job summary

Ventula Consulting Ltd. seeks a Tech Lead/Architect to drive ecommerce platform architecture across web, apps and customer tech. This senior, hands-on role defines strategy, architecture principles and engineering standards while guiding delivery across partners and product teams.

Based in London (Shepherd's Bush), the role is hybrid—4 days onsite with 1 day remote—and offers a salary up to £95K plus package and bonus, reflecting seniority and impact on large-scale consumer platforms.

Qualifications

• Senior hands-on Tech Lead/Architect with enterprise web platforms experience.
• Experience with Sitecore, modern headless implementations.
• Familiar with Azure cloud and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to guide architecture while remaining hands-on.
• Strong stakeholder communication with leadership teams.

Responsibilities

• Define technology strategy and architecture across web, apps and customer platforms.
• Establish engineering principles and standards for scalable, resilient systems.
• Lead architectural decisions and roadmaps with product and engineering teams.
• Collaborate with partners and vendors to shape technology outcomes.
• Communicate complex concepts effectively to senior leadership.

Skills

Digital platform architecture

Stakeholder management

Strategic leadership

Hands-on leadership

Cloud-first mindset

Tools

Sitecore

Azure

.NET

React

Next.js

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Job description

Tech Lead/Architect - Ecommerce Platforms

We are looking for an experienced Tech Lead/Technical Architect to join a leading international entertainment and leisure organisation, taking a key role across its digital and customer technology landscape.

This is a senior, hands-on position spanning technology strategy, architecture and engineering, with responsibility for helping shape the future direction of web, apps, customer and marketing platforms.

You will work closely with product teams, technology leadership and strategic engineering partners to define architecture, establish engineering principles and ensure solutions are scalable, resilient and cloud-first.

Key experience:

• Strong background in digital and customer platform architecture
• Enterprise Sitecore experience, ideally including modern/headless implementations
• Strong understanding of modern web architecture and technologies such as .NET, React, Next.js
• Azure and cloud infrastructure experience
• Strong DevOps, CI/CD and engineering best-practice knowledge
• Experience working with and challenging third-party engineering partners and vendors
• Experience owning technical roadmaps and making architecture decisions
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate across senior leadership, product and engineering teams
• Ability to remain technically hands-on while operating at a strategic level

This is an opportunity to join a highly visible digital environment and influence technology decisions across large-scale, consumer-facing platforms.

Location: Shepherd's Bush, London - 4 days onsite/1 day remote

This role offers a salary up to £95K + package + bonus