Technical Architect in City of London
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Job Description
Technical Architect - up to £90K
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12-month FTC with potential to go perm
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You must be immediately available or have maximum 1-month notice period
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You must be based in London as there are 3 days per week in Central London office
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About the role:
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This is a government backed initiative that will enable creators to licence and commercialise their digital content on transparent terms, while giving AI developers and innovators ethical access to high-quality data at scale.
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We are at the very start of building the platform and are bringing together a project team to run a pilot that tests key assumptions, prototypes a technical solution, builds a minimum lovable product, and informs the future shape of the project.
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This is a unique opportunity to shape an initiative with huge scaling potential. We are looking for candidates who are resourceful, thrive in ambiguity, are effective in managing stakeholders, understand how to build solutions that scale, and who take delight in exceeding customers' expectations.
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The Technical Architect works closely with the platform provider to define, govern, and evolve the technical architecture of the platform, with a strong emphasis on data, integrations, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and security. The role is instrumental in ensuring the platform supplier meets all required technical standards and requirements, enabling the delivery of a secure, intuitive, and reliable marketplace for both content providers and buyers.
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This role applies deep technical expertise to lead customer and content owner onboarding, working in partnership with Solutions Architects to ensure content, metadata, and integrations conform to platform and industry standards. It is a hands-on position centred on technical architecture and system design, rather than business development or client relationship management.
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The role plays a key part in shaping the future technical service offering by applying lessons learned from real implementations and early platform usage.
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Key Responsibilities
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\nWork with the platform provider to define and maintain the platform architecture across cloud infrastructure, data platforms, application services, APIs, integration layers, and security. \n
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\nIdentify, define, and maintain content data standards, schemas, and metadata norms with Solutions Architects, driving adoption of scalable and interoperable best practices. \n
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\nChampion best practices for platform architecture, cloud infrastructure, API design, integration patterns, and security, with hands-on involvement in implementation support and complex troubleshooting. \n
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\nContribute to technical governance and architectural standards, ensuring reliability, security, and future adaptability of the platform. \n
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\nDevelop and maintain technical architecture documentation, design artefacts, and technical roadmaps in close collaboration with the Product Manager. \n
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\nWork closely with the Product Manager, project leadership, and platform provider to deliver the minimum lovable product and inform the future evolution of the platform. \n
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Person Specification
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\n10+ years' experience in software engineering, systems design, platform engineering, or technical architecture roles. \n
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\nDemonstrated experience designing and supporting cloud-, distributed systems in production environments. \n
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\nStrong, hands-on expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including compute, networking, storage, and and access management. \n
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\nStrong data architecture skills, including experience with structured and unstructured data, metadata management, and schema design. \n
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\nProven ability to analyse, challenge, and improve technical designs proposed by engineers or third-party vendors. \n
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\nExperience working in environments with meaningful security, compliance, or data governance requirements. \n
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Preferred Experience
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\nDesign and implementation of scalable, data-intensive platforms. \n
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\nExperience integrating multiple internal and external systems. \n
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\nFamiliarity with infrastructure-as-code, automation, and modern DevOps practices. \n
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Sphere is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications regardless of origin, race, religious beliefs, , disability, gender or , and any other protected status as required by applicable law.
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- Location:
- City Of London
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Technical, Technical Architect, Architect
