About the Team
Our Logistics and Fulfilment teams keep The Very Group moving. From our state‑of‑the‑art automated fulfilment centre to last‑mile delivery partnerships, we make sure millions of parcels reach customers quickly, reliably, and sustainably. It's a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment where innovation and efficiency are key—and where every improvement makes a big difference to customer experience.
About The Role
Working with the Lead Architect, you will be responsible for implementing the policies and standards that guide technology delivery, possessing significant experience in modern, cloud‑based technology standards and practices.
Solution Architects design solutions that are appropriate and fit‑for‑purpose, aligning to both business and technology strategies, delivering pragmatic solutions that provide value for our customers and stakeholders.
As a Solution Architect you will help shape architectural design and technology roadmaps for complex applications supporting high‑volume, mission‑critical products and services.
The role involves contributing to strategic thinking, ensuring technology standards are created and adhered to—including solution designs, strategic alignment, expanding technology capabilities, introducing best practice and leading technology selection. You will work as an integral part of the Solution Architecture team, collaborating with the Lead Architect within a Tribe.
Participation in and contribution to the Performance Unit and TVG‑wide governance processes and forums is a key element of the role.
You will be experienced in actively addressing the most complicated risks, issues and dependencies, including managing dependencies where ownership exists outside the team. You are expected to identify innovative ways to unblock issues while evolving our architecture toward a defined target.
Solution Architects must have hands‑on experience across a broad range of products and services, delivering and managing architecture change throughout the entire product life cycle. Working with the Lead Architect, they are involved in the end‑to‑end technology landscape.
As a practitioner in Agile and Lean practices, you will lead complex technology delivery in a fast‑paced environment that is obsessed with continuously improving customer experiences.
You will work hand in hand with Product Managers, Delivery and Technical Leads to influence and define a technology roadmap that meets commercial and technology aims.
To succeed, you need to mediate between people and explain complex technical concepts to non‑technical audiences, communicate confidently with stakeholders at all levels, and facilitate discussions about high risk and complexity within constrained timescales.
The role also includes promoting and leading the architectural vision both within the architecture team and across wider technology and business teams.
We hope to be known as the best in class for this space, so you will speak and represent the community to large audiences inside and outside the Very Group.
About You
We are heavily focussed on:
* Cloud first – primarily we work with AWS
* Domain driven – systems and solutions aligned to business domains
* RESTful APIs
* Most focus is on integration with 3rd party solutions
Some of Our Benefits
* Flexible, hybrid working model
* Inclusive culture and environment
* £6500 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
* 30 days holiday + bank holidays
* Udemy learning access
* Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk
* Matched pension up to 6%
* More benefits can be found on our career site
Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities
We're building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We do not discriminate on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview, or perform a role, let us know via talentacquisition@theverygroup.com. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine colleague networks, including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very).
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