Senior Technical Architect

VML/WPP Enterprise Solutions; Faro, Lisboa, Porto; Híbrido; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Meal cards

Retail discounts

Resumo da oferta

WPP Enterprise Solutions is seeking a permanent Principal Technical Architect to lead enterprise cloud architectures on AWS, focusing on agentic AI platforms, orchestration, memory, guardrails, and observability. You will partner with clients, run workshops, and guide governance and technical strategy.

This role combines hands-on delivery with strategic direction, mentoring engineers, reviewing code, and promoting IaC, CI/CD, and automation to raise the quality bar across the practice.

Qualificações

• Senior/Principal architect with experience in digital agencies or consultancies.
• Strong leadership and client workshop facilitation.
• Hands-on AWS serverless design and delivery.
• Experience with IaC, CI/CD, and automation.
• Excellent communication with senior stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Lead cloud architecture and governance on AWS.
• Design agentic AI platform components.
• Engage clients and drive opportunity growth.
• Provide hands-on delivery and code reviews.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical standards.

Conhecimentos

Leadership

AWS & Serverless

Agentic AI

DevOps & Automation

Communication

Ferramentas

Terraform

CDK

CloudFormation

Diagrams‑as‑code

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Faro, Portugal; Lisbon, Portugal; Porto, Portugal

Who We Are

WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernization, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients’ businesses. VML, part of WPP, supports WPP Enterprise Solutions by helping brands activate transformation through creativity and experience.

We are looking for a permanent Principal Technical Architect.

Our Commerce & Technology division helps leading global brands deliver digital experiences. As clients transition from AI experimentation to production-grade, autonomous agentic platforms (systems that plan, reason, act, and transact), we are seeking a Principal Technical Architect. Serving as the senior technical authority on our AWS and cloud engagements, you will own the design and quality of robust, scalable applications.

In this outward-facing, energetic leadership role, you will architect enterprise-grade cloud applications with a strong focus on agentic AI platform components—including orchestration, memory, tool integration, identity, guardrails, and observability as well as emerging Agentic Commerce. Alongside driving technical strategy, you will actively partner with clients, lead dynamic workshops, participate in governance, and collaborate with commercial teams to identify and shape new growth opportunities. Balancing strategic vision with hands‑on delivery, you will stay close to the code, prove technical solutions through rigorous code reviews, and mentor engineering teams to establish a high bar for quality, automation, and operational best practices.

What you’ll be doing

• Technical Leadership & Governance:Act as the account's senior authority on complex cloud architectures (esp. AWS serverless). Establish technical governance, design standards, and manage risk, non‑functional requirements (NFRs), and technical debt.
• Agentic AI & Commerce Innovation:Design AWS-based agentic AI platforms (orchestration, RAG, memory, guardrails, and MCP). Establish reusable patterns and advise clients on emerging Agentic Commerce standards (ACP, AP2, A2A, and secure payment models).
• Client Engagement & Account Growth:Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, translate complex concepts, and facilitate technical discovery workshops. Proactively identify, shape, and pitch technical solutions to drive account growth.
• Hands‑on Engineering & Delivery:Provide hands‑on technical ownership by proving solutions, reviewing code, and designing robust API/integration patterns. Champion a quality‑first mindset using Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC), CI/CD, and automation.
• Capability Building:Mentor engineers and architects, share knowledge on emerging technologies, and raise the overall technical bar across the account and practice.

What we want from you

• Leadership & Consulting:Senior/Principal architect with experience in digital agencies or consultancies, skilled at leading development teams, guiding clients through workshops, and identifying business growth opportunities.
• AWS & Serverless Architecture:Deep hands‑on expertise in designing, documenting, and delivering resilient, high‑availability enterprise applications on AWS (including serverless patterns and appropriate integration components).
• Agentic AI & Commerce:Strong understanding of building agentic AI platforms on AWS (e.g., Bedrock, orchestrations, RAG, gateways/MCP) and awareness of emerging Agentic Commerce concepts and standards (ACP, AP2, A2A).
• DevOps & Quality Automation:Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform/CDK/CloudFormation), CI/CD pipelines, and a strict quality‑first mindset (unit testing, automated tooling).
• Communication & Collaboration:Proactive, energetic collaborator with excellent written, verbal, and diagrammatic skills capable of translating complex technical concepts for senior stakeholders.

If you know some of this, even better

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional(or Associate as a minimum)
• AWS Specialty certifications(e.g., Security, Data/ML)
• Familiarity with:
• The C4 model
• Diagrams-as-code
• DevOps practices
• Headless architectures
• Practical application of LLMs within enterprises

What we can offer you

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Permanent only
We offer a great benefits package including training opportunities, medical insurance, Dental insurance, Meal cards, social events, family friendly policies, discounts with hundreds of retailers and much more.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact‑driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead withHeart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human‑centric work flourish.
We empower yourBrainsfor innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we championCourage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

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About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence and world‑class partnerships – all united by our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com .

WPP (VML/WPP Enterprise Solutions) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.