IT & Software

Strategic Solutions Architect (Principal)

Dunnhumby

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

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
Responsibilities
  • 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
Key requirements
  • 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

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