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Solutions Architect
Ridgeway Digital
- England, United Kingdom
- England, United Kingdom
À propos
We're growing our team and are looking for an additional Solutions Architect to lead their own client projects.
About the role As a Solutions Architect at Ridgeway, you'll own projects end-to-end—from leading discovery workshops and scoping, through architecting the solution, to implementing critical components alongside a talented, highly-skilled team.
You'll provide the technical voice in client conversations, architect solutions that are performant, resilient, secure and scalable, and provide technical oversight throughout the development lifecycle, from pitch to production and beyond.
Responsibilities
Technical leadership:
Drive architectural decisions across your projects and provide technical leadership across the company. Critically evaluate client briefs and proposed solutions in context of the entire solution. Conduct design reviews to ensure delivery aligns with approved architecture.
Solution design and delivery:
Create robust, scalable architectures for headless commerce and CMS projects. Lead requirements gathering workshops and translate business needs into technical solutions.
Meaningful documentation:
Write detailed technical specifications, cost estimations, and integration strategies, that provide clarity and help the team and our clients understand the solution we’re building.
Client and partner engagement:
Lead technical discussions with clients, technology partners and third-party vendors. There will also be opportunities to pitch to prospective clients.
Hands‑on implementation:
Stay close to the code, taking an active role in building critical technical components and mentoring the team to build their own skills. Stay ahead on the development landscape and bring new thinking to the team.
Collaboration:
Work closely with Delivery Managers as a technical partner. Support and mentor senior developers in translating high‑level designs into component‑level implementations. Facilitate design workshops to ensure shared understanding.
Risk and quality management:
Identify technical risks early. Manage design changes during development, assessing impact on scope and timeline. Ensure solutions meet production requirements—performance, security, resilience, scalability.
Skills and experience Don't tick every box?
If you have similar experience or transferable skills, we encourage you to apply. We're looking for curious, proactive problem solvers with an innovative mindset, if that sounds like you, we want to hear from you.
Essential Skills and Experience
Previous experience as a Solutions Architect, Technical Architect, System Architect or Solution Consultant with responsibility for project ownership and delivery
Strong commercial experience with modern application stacks and architectures—particularly headless CMS, composable commerce, and API‑first design
Experience integrating multiple third‑party services into a single secure, scalable solution.
Infrastructure and DevOps knowledge: hosting, networking, security, CI/CD—you understand how solutions perform in production
A track record of leading technical discussions with clients and stakeholders, translating business requirements into robust technical solutions
Strong business acumen and a client‑centric approach—you balance technical excellence with commercial reality
Strong communication skills across technical levels—from senior developers to non‑technical clients
A delivery‑focused mindset with the ability to manage priorities and make autonomous decisions
Desirable Skills and Experience
Strong background with JavaScript‑based development frameworks such as React and Next.js or back‑end frameworks such as .NET.
Hands‑on experience with DXP/CMS platforms (Storyblok, Kentico, Kontent) and commerce platforms (BigCommerce, Shopify Plus, commercetools)
Knowledge of Azure infrastructure, DevOps pipelines, and cloud architecture patterns
Previous experience with any of our current technologies: ridgeway.com/technologies
Why Ridgeway? Working as part of a collaborative, highly-skilled team, you'll lead technical direction on genuinely bespoke projects—composable, headless architectures built around client needs, not preexisting templates.
We're based in a beautiful Cotswolds setting with excellent connectivity. Our Hanborough office has been designed with modern working life in mind and is just a two‑minute walk from direct trains to Oxford, Reading, and London, taking the stress out of your commute.
Learning budgets, conference attendance, and paid certifications are standard—we're active in the Oxford tech community and support all our team members to learn and grow their skillset.
How to apply If you’re a creative problem solver, who enjoys getting into the details while also taking a high‑level view, we would love to hear from you. We’re looking for the right person for the role, not necessarily the one that ticks the most boxes.
To apply, please use the Apply link above and provide your CV and a cover letter with a summary of a previous solution you worked on, the key decisions you took as part of the delivery and a short explanation of the rationale behind them.
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Compétences linguistiques
- English
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