46 lead architect jobs found in London

Outside IR35, Lead Architect, Enterprise Architect, Martech, Dynamics CRM My leading client is looking for a Lead Architect / Enterprise Architect to define and drive the enterprise-wide architecture for a fast‑growing digital organisation expanding across the international markets. This role shapes our future-state architecture, unifies our platforms, and ensures we can scale safely, efficiently, and compliantly. What You'll Do Define and evolve a modular, scalable target architecture for multi‑market digital platforms. Guide build vs. buy decisions, platform reuse, and third‑party integrations. Partner with technology, product, and delivery teams to bridge strategy and execution. Drive adoption of modern engineering practices (CI/CD, observability, IaC, modular design). Oversee architectural governance for new features, migrations, and multi‑market deployments. Ensure architectures meet regulatory, data residency, and compliance requirements. What You...

Outside IR35, Lead Architect, Enterprise Architect, Martech, Dynamics CRM My leading client is looking for a Lead Architect / Enterprise Architect to define and drive the enterprise-wide architecture for a fast‑growing digital organisation expanding across the international markets. This role shapes our future-state architecture, unifies our platforms, and ensures we can scale safely, efficiently, and compliantly. What You’ll Do Define and evolve a modular, scalable target architecture for multi‑market digital platforms. Guide build vs. buy decisions, platform reuse, and third‑party integrations. Partner with technology, product, and delivery teams to bridge strategy and execution. Drive adoption of modern engineering practices (CI/CD, observability, IaC, modular design). Oversee architectural governance for new features, migrations, and multi‑market deployments. Ensure architectures meet regulatory, data residency, and compliance requirements. What You...

D365BC Functional Lead/Architect - 6 months - Outside IR35 - 500p/d An established end-user organisation is delivering a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC) implementation and requires a senior Functional Lead/Solution Architect to own solution design, configuration and delivery across core finance and operational workstreams. This is a hands on role, bridging business stakeholders and the SI, ensuring the system is fit-for-purpose and aligned to operational goals. Key Responsibilities: Lead functional design across D365 BC implementation Own end-to-end configuration, build, testing and deployment of new solutions and fixes Act as internal solution authority across Finance and Projects Translate business requirements into scalable BC designs Oversee UAT, manage defects and support go-live readiness Provide governance across P2P, R2R, OTC and Projects (Jobs module) Partner with technical resources on integrations and data migration Develop...

Outside IR35, Lead Architect, Enterprise Architect, Martech, Dynamics CRM My leading client is looking for a Lead Architect/Enterprise Architect to define and drive the enterprise-wide architecture for a fast-growing digital organisation expanding across the international markets. This role shapes our future-state architecture, unifies our platforms, and ensures we can scale safely, efficiently, and compliantly. What You'll Do Define and evolve a modular, scalable target architecture for multi-market digital platforms. Guide build vs. buy decisions, platform reuse, and third-party integrations. Partner with technology, product, and delivery teams to bridge strategy and execution. Drive adoption of modern engineering practices (CI/CD, observability, IaC, modular design). Oversee architectural governance for new features, migrations, and multi-market deployments. Ensure architectures meet regulatory, data residency, and compliance requirements. What You Bring...

D365BC Functional Lead/Architect - 6 months - Outside IR35 - 500p/d An established end-user organisation is delivering a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC) implementation and requires a senior Functional Lead/Solution Architect to own solution design, configuration and delivery across core finance and operational workstreams. This is a hands on role, bridging business stakeholders and the SI, ensuring the system is fit-for-purpose and aligned to operational goals. Key Responsibilities: Lead functional design across D365 BC implementation Own end-to-end configuration, build, testing and deployment of new solutions and fixes Act as internal solution authority across Finance and Projects Translate business requirements into scalable BC designs Oversee UAT, manage defects and support go-live readiness Provide governance across P2P, R2R, OTC and Projects (Jobs module) Partner with technical resources on integrations and data migration Develop...

D365BC Functional Lead/Architect - 6 months - Outside IR35 - 500p/d An established end-user organisation is delivering a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC) implementation and requires a senior Functional Lead/Solution Architect to own solution design, configuration and delivery across core finance and operational workstreams. This is a hands on role, bridging business stakeholders and the SI, ensuring the system is fit-for-purpose and aligned to operational goals. Key Responsibilities: Lead functional design across D365 BC implementation Own end-to-end configuration, build, testing and deployment of new solutions and fixes Act as internal solution authority across Finance and Projects Translate business requirements into scalable BC designs Oversee UAT, manage defects and support go-live readiness Provide governance across P2P, R2R, OTC and Projects (Jobs module) Partner with technical resources on integrations and data migration Develop...

D365BC Functional Lead/Architect - 6 months - Outside IR35 - 500p/d An established end-user organisation is delivering a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC) implementation and requires a senior Functional Lead/Solution Architect to own solution design, configuration and delivery across core finance and operational workstreams. This is a hands on role, bridging business stakeholders and the SI, ensuring the system is fit-for-purpose and aligned to operational goals. Key Responsibilities: Lead functional design across D365 BC implementation Own end-to-end configuration, build, testing and deployment of new solutions and fixes Act as internal solution authority across Finance and Projects Translate business requirements into scalable BC designs Oversee UAT, manage defects and support go-live readiness Provide governance across P2P, R2R, OTC and Projects (Jobs module) Partner with technical resources on integrations and data migration Develop...

D365BC Functional Lead/Architect - 6 months - Outside IR35 - 500p/d An established end-user organisation is delivering a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC) implementation and requires a senior Functional Lead/Solution Architect to own solution design, configuration and delivery across core finance and operational workstreams. This is a hands on role, bridging business stakeholders and the SI, ensuring the system is fit-for-purpose and aligned to operational goals. Key Responsibilities: Lead functional design across D365 BC implementation Own end-to-end configuration, build, testing and deployment of new solutions and fixes Act as internal solution authority across Finance and Projects Translate business requirements into scalable BC designs Oversee UAT, manage defects and support go-live readiness Provide governance across P2P, R2R, OTC and Projects (Jobs module) Partner with technical resources on integrations and data migration Develop...

Lead Technical Architect l Oracle Cloud l Fusion SaaS l OCI l VBCS l OIC l DV Cleared l Hybrid Competitive PD l Outside IR35 l London Method Resourcing is working with a partnering consultancy that is seeking a Lead Technical Architect to own the technical design and delivery of significant change across a complex Oracle Cloud ecosystem click apply for full job details

AI Platform Leadership – Director / Architect / Tech Lead (LLM / RAG) 🚀 Building the Leadership Layer – AI Platform (LLM / RAG / Agentic Systems) Global Investment Bank | Capital Markets / Quant Platform 📍 London (Hybrid) | 💰 £800–£1,300/day Depending on role (Outside IR35) 1-2 days a week in the office Contract to permanent available We’re building a new AI capability inside a global investment bank , focused on deploying LLM systems into large-scale, production environments . We’ve already kicked off hiring for the engineering team. Now we’re hiring the leadership layer to define and drive the build. Roles we’re hiring Director (Technical AI / RAG) - Not hands on → Leading the function, setting direction, overseeing delivery Technical Lead (Agentic AI) Hands on → Driving hands-on design of LLM workflows and systems Architect (LLM / RAG Platforms) Hands on → Designing end-to-end architecture across data, models, and...

Data Architect (Contract) - Lakehouse, Azure, AWS. Rate - £700 per day. Status - Outside IR35. Duration - 6 Months (Initial). Locations - London, Manchester, or Leeds. Security Clearance - Must be SC Cleared or able to be cleared We have recently partnered with a leading consultancy seeking contract Data Architects for several migration projects from legacy platforms to modern cloud data platforms. We are hiring for senior-level Data Architects for high-profile public-sector projects. This is an opportunity to lead technical strategy for large-scale legacy-to-new migrations, moving from on-premises environments to modern cloud architectures. Platform & Technical Focus You will be responsible for designing and implementing architectures across diverse cloud-native stacks: AWS Ecosystem: Implementing solutions using Redshift Spectrum, S3, Glue, and EMR. Azure Ecosystem: Leading migrations and deliveries using Databricks and...

We’re Hiring: 3x Software/Solution Architects (Contract | Outside IR35) Central London (3 days onsite mandatory) Contract Roles | Competitive Market Rates We’re looking for experienced Full Stack Architects , Integration Architects , and a Database Architect to help shape a modern, scalable, and cloud-first technology landscape within a complex enterprise environment. These are high-impact roles driving application, integration, and data platform strategy. Full Stack Architect - Key Responsibilities Define and evolve full-stack technology strategy across front-end, back-end, and platforms Design scalable applications using React, Python, Node.js, Java, and C# Establish best practices for APIs, microservices, and RESTful services Collaborate across cloud, integration, data, and security architecture domains Guide engineering teams on tooling, frameworks, and standards Drive adoption of cloud-native, modular application ecosystems Full Stack Architect -...

🚀 Building a Senior AI Engineering Team (LLM + Distributed Systems) Global Investment Bank | Capital Markets Platform 📍 London (1–2 days onsite) 💰 £700–£1,200/day (Outside IR35) Contract to permanent available 📅 12-month contracts The Mandate We are building a production-grade AI platform inside a global investment bank. This is not a research team or a chatbot project. This is engineering-heavy , focused on integrating LLM systems into large-scale, distributed environments used by trading and quant teams. We are hiring across multiple levels: Lead Engineer (Agentic / RAG focus) Architect (end-to-end platform design- Agentic / RAG focus) Senior Engineers (x3) Agentic / RAG focus Potential Director-level hire to oversee the function What This Role Requires (Read Before Applying) You must have: Experience building distributed systems at scale Strong background in backend or data engineering Proven experience working on...

Databricks Architect/Engineer (Salesforce) Contract Role Up to £650/day (Outside IR35) Initial 8 weeks (likely extensions) We're looking for a Databricks Architect/Engineer to lead the design and delivery of a Single Source of Truth data platform. This role will focus on building a GOLD data product , centred around a sophisticated customer matching engine , enabling high-quality, unified customer insights across systems. Key Responsibilities Architect and build scalable data solutions using Databricks Design and implement star schema data models for analytics and reporting Develop a customer matching engine to unify and deduplicate customer records Integrate and model data from Salesforce as the core data source Deliver a high-quality GOLD layer data product for downstream consumption Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and governance across the platform Collaborate with stakeholders to align data models with business needs...

We're working with a leading global specialist recruitment consultancy on this exciting opportunity. We are looking for a high-impact Integration Delivery Lead to spearhead a major IT transformation programme, driving the technical and operational alignment of complex enterprise systems. In this high-visibility role, you will be the glue between technical architects and senior business leaders, ensuring that large-scale data migrations and platform consolidations are delivered on time and within budget. This is a hands-on opportunity to shape the future digital landscape of a major organisation using Agile and Waterfall methodologies. The Role Lead the delivery of a unified IT integration plan, managing complex interdependencies across various technical and operational workstreams. Partner with the Digital PMO to provide high-level reporting on milestones, risks, and resource pressures using Jira and MS Project. Architect risk mitigation strategies for...

Microsoft Technology AI Architect - 3 months contract - onsite London Based Position Overview We are looking for a Microsoft Technology AI Architect to design and implement an enterprise‑grade AI Solution Development & Governance Framework that enables over 100 AI and data use cases. You’ll embed with a single UK financial services client, shaping a scalable, secure, and auditable approach across Copilot Studio (Power Platform) and Azure AI Foundry (with scope to extend to non‑Microsoft AI where appropriate). The role balances innovation with proportional governance and clear SDLC practices to support future ISO/IEC 42001 accreditation and alignment to ISO/IEC 27001 . Salary & Benefits The budgeted day rate for this role is up to £735 per day - experience dependent Outside of IR35 Responsibilities Define the AI Solution Development Strategy & Governance Framework , aligning AI adoption to business outcomes, risk appetite, and...

Security Architect (Azure | Dynamics 365 | Dataverse) London - 9 month Outside IR35 Contract We're working with a leading organisation to appoint an experienced Azure Security Architect to help shape and govern secure, scalable, and future-ready digital services. This role is ideal for a seasoned architect who can confidently balance security, risk, and delivery across complex cloud and enterprise platforms. The Azure Security Architect will take ownership of security architecture across Microsoft Azure and business-critical applications, ensuring solutions are designed with security by design principles and aligned to organisational risk and compliance requirements. The role will require 1 day per week onsite at the clients London offices. Key Responsibilities: Lead the design and governance of secure Azure landing zones, identity models, and network controls Define and implement security standards (Conditional Access, PIM, segmentation, private endpoints, key...

Department: Technology Team: AI Foundry Location: London, Hybrid or Remote Position type: Contractor (umbrella – inside IR35) until 24th December 2026; Full Time What the hiring manager says The Africa AI Language Initiative is one of our most strategically important efforts — aiming to build Africa-first, open, locally representative AI models across the continent’s most widely spoken languages. As our Subject Matter Expert, you will play a pivotal role in shaping model design, guiding technical execution, and ensuring high-quality delivery across multiple partners. Director of AI Initiatives About the team The Africa AI Language Initiative brings together mobile operators, African researchers, startups, academia, and GSMA to build and deploy open, representative language models for Africa. The team is multidisciplinary — spanning AI research, data governance, telco engagement, technical programme delivery, and community development. About the role...

Microsoft AI Architect – Strategy & Governance (Copilot Studio, Power Platform) | £700/day | Outside IR35 | 10 Weeks | London Hybrid A Microsoft AI Architect is required for a high-impact financial services programme, leading the strategy and governance of enterprise AI and Power Platform adoption. This Microsoft AI Architect role is focused on building scalable governance frameworks across Copilot Studio, Power Platform, and Azure AI—supporting 100+ applications and AI agents. What you’ll need: Proven experience defining Power Platform strategy and governance in enterprise environments Strong delivery of Copilot Studio / AI strategy & governance Deep expertise in Power Platform governance (environments, pipelines, provisioning, licensing, compliance) Experience enabling Citizen vs Pro Developer models Strong understanding of data governance and regulatory controls (Financial Services ideal) As a Microsoft AI Architect, you’ll shape how AI and...

Company Description For over 28 years, Version 1 has partnered with leading global brands to deliver digital, cloud, and enterprise application solutions that drive business success. We are proud to be recognised as: Oracle Innovation Partner of the Year 2023 (EMEA) Microsoft Global Partner of the Year (Modernising Applications) AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year (EMEA) One of the Best Workplaces for Women in the UK & Ireland (2023) With 3,700+ people and revenues exceeding €347m/£302m , Version 1 is a market leader in Oracle, Microsoft, and AWS consulting services – and one of the fastest-growing digital consultancies in Europe. Job Description Senior Oracle Fusion Technical Consultant (Cloud Extension Focussed) (Outside IR35 Contract) You must be eligible for CTC Clearance. To be eligible for CTC clearance you need to have lived in the UK for the last 3 years. You must be immediately available or on a very short notice period. Build....