Data Architect

currysplc.com; City of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology retailer in London is seeking a Data Architect to design and implement scalable data architectures supporting AI products. The role involves creating technical blueprints and optimising architectures for efficiency and resilience. Candidates should have experience with modern data platforms and a degree in a related field. This position offers a hybrid working model and multiple benefits.

Benefits

Company Bonus

Private Medical

Company Pension

Hybrid Working

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale data architectures in a complex environment.
• Strong understanding of event-driven architectures and real-time data processing.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data architectures for new products and capabilities.
• Create technical blueprints for data flows and processing pipelines.
• Evaluate technology choices that balance performance and cost.
• Optimise existing architectures to improve efficiency.

Skills

Designing enterprise-scale data architectures

Modern data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks)

Event-driven architectures

Real-time data processing

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

Cloud architecture certifications (Azure or GCP)

Certifications in modern data platforms

Job description

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At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.

As the Data Architect you will design and implement scalable data architectures that support our AI products and analytics capabilities, ensuring optimal performance, reliability and cost-efficiency across all platforms.

Role overview:

• Design and implement data architectures for new products and capabilities, ensuring scalability, reliability and performance
• Create technical blueprints for data flows, storage patterns and processing pipelines that meet business needs
• Evaluate and recommend technology choices that balance performance, cost and future scalability
• Establish and embed data modelling standards and best practices across engineering teams
• Optimise existing architectures to improve efficiency, cost effectiveness and resilience
• Partner with product teams to translate requirements into clear architectural solutions
• Document architectural decisions and maintain an up-to-date technical design repository
• Provide architectural guidance and support to engineering teams during implementation
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture and platform teams to agree hand-offs and ensure alignment

You will work closely with colleagues across engineering, product, enterprise architecture and transformation to design scalable, secure and cost-efficient data solutions. Partnering with product managers and business stakeholders, you will translate requirements into architectures that unlock value and drive innovation. You will also collaborate with security, compliance and data governance teams to maintain high standards across all platforms and build trusted relationships across the organisation.

You will need:

• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale data architectures in a complex environment
• Expertise in modern data platforms including Snowflake, Databricks and leading cloud services
• Strong understanding of event-driven architectures and real-time data processing
• Experience applying data modelling techniques to both analytical and operational systems
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• Cloud architecture certifications (Azure or GCP) are beneficial
• Certifications in modern data platforms are desirable

Benefits

• Company Bonus
• Private Medical
• Company Pension
• Hybrid Working

Why join us:

Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life.

Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.

Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email [e-mail] and we'll do our best to help.