Strategic Solutions Architect (Principal)
Dunnhumby
In this role you will own and evolve the dna architecture across platform, data, integration, and security, guiding partner-driven deployments. You’ll translate business and partner needs into end-to-end designs and lead retailer/publisher onboarding. You will define reusable patterns to scale integration and drive cost-to-serve improvements, while representing the technical voice in client conversations. Your work shapes practical, productizable solutions that align with our data-driven, cross-retailer ambitions.
Pay / Benefits- comprehensive rewards package
- flexible working hours
- birthday off
- investment in cutting-edge technology
- nimble, small-business feel with freedom to experiment
- commitment to diversity and inclusion networks
- Own target-state architecture across platform, data, integration and security with guardrails as partners are added
- Turn business, product and partner requirements into end-to-end solution designs covering integration patterns, data flows, deployment models and non-functional requirements
- Lead the technical side of retailer and publisher onboarding from discovery to working integration
- Define reusable platform patterns to reduce bespoke builds and improve scalability, consistency and cost-to-serve
- Act as senior technical voice in partner and client conversations, including with Kevel, explaining trade-offs
- Feed delivery realities back into product/engineering to identify opportunities for productization or standardization
- Strong enterprise, solution or platform architecture background across cloud, data and integration environments
- AdTech and MarTech fluency: ad servers, SSPs and DSPs, identity, bidding, event pipelines, tagging and closed-loop measurement
- Proven experience integrating third-party platforms and partner ecosystems at scale, including API and data-contract design
- Experience with clean rooms, privacy-enhancing technologies and data collaboration across organizational boundaries
- Customer-facing solutioning, technical pre-sales or proof-of-concept experience with strong communication to commercial and leadership audiences
- Judgement to balance long-term architectural intent with delivery constraints
- Strong communication to commercial and leadership audiences
- Strategic and pragmatic decision-making
- Collaborative stakeholder management
- Enterprise, solution or platform architecture across cloud, data and integration
- AdTech/MarTech fluency (ad servers, SSPs, DSPs, identity, bidding, event pipelines, tagging, closed-loop measurement)
- API and data-contract design for third-party integrations
Reference: WJ-747_30151505