Lead Solutions Architect

Rate: Competitive, depending on experience

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Lead Solution Architect to join a growing Solution Architecture team and lead the end-to-end solution design for a strategic transformation programme within the Airline Operations domain.

This is a pivotal role where you will shape how multiple product teams, platforms and technology domains come together to deliver a coherent, scalable and high-value solution.

You’ll work at the intersection of architecture, product and delivery , providing clear solution direction, establishing architectural guardrails and ensuring technical integrity while enabling teams to move quickly and deliver meaningful business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture for a strategic product mission, defining the architecture vision, scope and evolution roadmap.
• Shape end-to-end solutions across multiple product teams, platforms and technology domains.
• Establish architecture principles, guardrails, reference architectures and reusable patterns.
• Partner closely with Product Leads, Tech Leads and Delivery Leads to ensure cohesive solution design and delivery.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise strategy, architecture principles and technology standards.
• Design cross-team integrations, shared components, APIs and data flows while identifying dependencies and architectural risks.
• Lead architecture governance and solution assurance activities, ensuring appropriate standards for security, scalability, reliability and operability.
• Communicate architecture decisions, trade-offs, risks and recommendations clearly to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Coach engineering and technical teams on architecture principles, design patterns and effective solution approaches.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement and maturity of the wider Solution Architecture practice.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a Lead Solution Architect who is comfortable operating across complex programmes and influencing stakeholders at all levels.

You should have:

• 6–8+ years of Solution Architecture experience , ideally at Senior, Lead or Principal level.
• Proven experience leading large-scale, complex technology programmes.
• Strong experience designing end-to-end solutions across multiple teams or domains .
• Strong knowledge of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Event-Driven Architecture .
• Experience working within agile, product-led or mission-based environments .
• Strong understanding of modern cloud-native architecture, with AWS experience preferred .
• Strong knowledge of microservices, APIs, event-driven systems and canonical data models .
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to influence engineers, architects, product leaders and senior business stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, including the ability to balance time, cost, risk, scalability and technical debt.
• Experience coaching and developing technical teams in architectural thinking and best practices.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into practical, scalable technology solutions.