Senior Solutions Architect (Data & AI) - Leeds based

Highlights

• Lead architecture for complex enterprise data and AI platforms at scale.
• Drive consumption strategy influencing platform adoption and revenue growth.
• Own executive relationships as trusted advisor on enterprise AI strategy.

Ideal candidate

Senior technical leader who thrives at executive level, connecting architecture to business outcomes. You mentor others, love complex enterprise challenges, and bring deep Retail/CPG credibility and competitive drive.

Requirements

• 8+ years in solutions architecture, principal engineering, technical pre-sales or senior customer-facing technical role
• Expert-level coding proficiency in Python, SQL and ideally Spark/PySpark
• Deep expertise in enterprise data architecture including distributed systems, streaming and lakehouse design
• Expert-level Databricks platform knowledge or equivalent depth in competing platforms
• Declared technical specialisation such as real-time architectures, ML/AI platforms, governance or migrations
• Proven track record driving consumption growth and platform adoption in large accounts
• Executive presence influencing Directors, VPs and C-level stakeholders
• Experience leading competitive displacements and complex enterprise evaluations
• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering or quantitative discipline