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We work alongside organisations such as PayPal, adidas, NatWest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, building digital products and services that make a difference while always putting people first.\nWe’re a team of creators. We write code, shape delivery, build go-to-market strategies, develop AI solutions and create the practices that support our people. We work side by side with our clients, challenging what’s not working and helping them to build the future. Our commitment to craft, quality, and culture has helped us scale to over 600 people in just a few years.\nOur UK Benefits \n35 days leave (including bank holidays). \nPrivate medical insurance.\nEnhanced parental and adoption leave. \nFinancial coaching + 5% pension match.\n40 hours of paid learning and development.\n View our full list of UK benefits. \n CreateFuture is aGreat Place to Work-Certified™ company and has won Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row.\nJoin us on our journey. Let’s create tomorrow, together, today.\n\nAbout the role and team:\nOur Solutions Architects work pragmatically and efficiently, developing scalable, robust systems and solutions. Working closely with our clients and engineering teams, you will play an integral role in influencing technology choices, balancing customer requirements, off-the-shelf tools, and timelines to design unique solutions and MVPs. As an expert in your field, you will guide clients across the full project lifecycle from discovery to delivery, applying architectural best practices. You will also provide leadership, mentoring, and support to engineering team members while establishing strong senior-level stakeholder relationships.\nWhat you’ll be doing:\nTranslate business requirements and strategic objectives into pragmatic, scalable technical solutions.\nEmbrace and embed AI into day-to-day architecture practices, engineering workflows and solution delivery.\nUse AI tools to accelerate solution design, documentation, prototyping, code generation, analysis and technical decision-making.\nIdentify opportunities to incorporate AI into client solutions, translating business problems into viable AI-enabled architectures.\nAssess technology options, evaluate trade-offs and make informed architectural recommendations.\nWork collaboratively with engineering teams, product owners, delivery managers and business stakeholders in an agile delivery environment.\nWork across multiple clients, industries and technology domains, adapting to different organisational contexts.\nTake a proactive approach to identifying opportunities for technical improvement, innovation and modernisation.\nWe’d love to talk to you if you: \nHave proven experience as a Solution Architect within a consultancy or client-facing technology environment.\nHave a strong understanding of modern solution architecture principles, patterns and practices.\nUnderstand generative AI, LLMs, RAG, AI agents, orchestration patterns and associated architectural considerations.\nUnderstand responsible AI, data privacy, security, model governance and the operational considerations of deploying AI solutions.\nHave curiosity and willingness to experiment with emerging AI capabilities, continuously evolving personal practices and helping clients realise the benefits of AI.\nHave experience designing and delivering solutions across cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure and/or AWS.\nPossess broad technical knowledge spanning application architecture, integration, data, infrastructure and security.\nUnderstand cloud-native technologies, containerisation and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).\nHave knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, messaging platforms and API management.\nUnderstand security architecture, identity management, data protection and regulatory considerations.\nDemonstrate strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.\nHave excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly.\nAre comfortable operating in an agile delivery environment, balancing architectural governance with delivery pragmatism.\nPossess commercial awareness, with an understanding of project economics, estimation, risk and client value.\nWhat we’ll offer you:\nWe trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do.\nWe offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed.\nWe trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look.\nOur hiring process\nWe try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. 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