Solutions Architect

Smartedge’s Client is looking for an individual to help with their Solution Architect position in London, UK (Hybrid Working).

We are looking for Solution Architects to join a high performing architecture function supporting a portfolio of strategic initiatives across Hospitality and Retail.

The Solution Architect will play a hands on design and assurance role, owning core architecture artefacts and working closely with Engineering, Product, Delivery, and Architecture peers across multiple towers.

The role requires strong domain understanding, excellent design communication skills, and the ability to operate across multiple initiatives in parallel throughout the year.

• Group Bookings
• Digital Keys
• Online Check in (CIOL)
• Customer Identity, Payments, and Integrations, Account Services
• Distribution

• Key Design Decisions (KDDs)
• Identify architectural options, constraints, and trade offs
• Clearly articulate decisions, rationale, risks, and implications
• Maintain decision traceability across initiatives
• Outline Solution Designs (OSDs)
• Define early stage solution direction to support discovery, estimation, and planning
• Establish scope boundaries, assumptions, and dependencies
• High Level Designs (HLDs)
• Produce clear, structured HLDs covering:
• Architecture overview and context
• Logical and physical views
• Integration patterns and data flows
• Security, resilience, scalability, and operability considerations
• Ensure designs align with enterprise architecture principles and target state
• These artefacts will be reviewed and approved through Architecture Governance forums.

• Work closely with Technical Leads and Engineering Teams to:
• Explain and walk through designs in detail
• Ensure architectural intent is clearly understood
• Enable effective translation of HLDs and OSDs into Low Level Designs (LLDs)
• Act as the architectural bridge between strategy and delivery, supporting teams through build and implementation
• Review and assure LLDs produced by delivery teams and partners to ensure alignment with approved designs

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect delivering customer facing digital solutions
• Strong experience in Hospitality and/or Retail domains
• Demonstrable experience producing:
• KDDs
• OSDs
• HLDs
• Experience working closely with engineering teams to support LLD creation and delivery
• Comfortable operating across multiple initiatives in parallel
• Strong understanding of modern digital architectures (APIs, cloud, SaaS, integrations)
• Experience working within formal architecture governance frameworks
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex designs clearly

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