Senior Technical Architect

Vml Enterprise Solutions; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 120 000 - 180 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Training opportunities

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Meal cards

Social events

Family friendly policies

Retail discounts

Resumo da oferta

WPP Enterprise Solutions is seeking a Principal Technical Architect to lead enterprise-grade cloud architectures with a focus on agentic AI components and AWS serverless patterns. You will own design quality, governance, and high-availability delivery while partnering with clients and cross-functional teams.

In this outward-facing role, you will mentor engineers, shape technical strategy, drive workshops, and champion automation, IaC, CI/CD, and scalable patterns across the practice.

Qualificações

• Leadership & consulting experience guiding client workshops and growth.
• Deep hands-on AWS/serverless design, docs, and delivery.
• Agentic AI & commerce platforms, patterns, and standards.
• DevOps practices with IaC, CI/CD, and automation.
• Strong written and verbal communication for senior stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• 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 patterns and advise on Agentic Commerce standards.
• Client Engagement & Account Growth: Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, translate complex concepts, and facilitate workshops to drive growth.
• Hands-on Engineering & Delivery: Provide ownership by proving solutions, code reviews, and designing robust API/integration patterns; promote IaC, CI/CD, automation.
• Capability Building: Mentor engineers and architects, share knowledge on emerging tech, raise the technical bar across the practice.

Conhecimentos

Leadership

AWS

Serverless Architecture

Agentic AI

DevOps

Communication

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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. Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges. Courage, 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.