Solution Architect

What we’re all about. 

It isn’t often you get to be part of a tech company that, since 2016, has been innovating the data analytics market in ways no-one else can. Our technology started out in FinTech, helping tackle serious criminal activity. Now, its potential is virtually limitless. Working at Quantexa isn't just intellectually stimulating. We’re a real team. Collaborating and constantly engineering better and better solutions. We’re ambitious, we think things through and we’re on a mission to discover just how far we go. 41% of our colleagues come from an ethnic or religious minority background. We speak over 20 languages across our 47 nationalities, creating a sense of belonging for all. 

If our incredible culture sounds like you, we’d love you to join us. 

The opportunity. 

Our Solution Architecture team plays a pivotal role in our mission to deliver unparalleled solutions to our clients. They lead the way in crafting technical designs and providing expert guidance for all customer implementations. 

A Solution Architect role at Quantexa is extremely wide ranging which we think is what makes it such an interesting and enjoyable position. You will engage in a multitude of customer projects, collaborating closely with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders. From crafting systems that meet intricate functional and non-functional prerequisites to delving into intricate technical project matters, this role calls upon your extensive skills and experience to guarantee our commitment to delivering top-tier service to our clients. 

Quantexa is a global company, meaning our Solution Architects may have the opportunity to work on international projects, collaborating with colleagues and clients from diverse cultural backgrounds. 

What you’ll be doing. 

Our Solution Architects play a crucial role in securing the success of our customer delivery projects. You’ll be responsible for the whole technical solution and its quality throughout customer implementations, this includes:  

• Producing creative solution and environment designs to meet complex competing requirements 
• Serving as the go-to person for challenging technical situations and using your problem-solving skills, technical knowledge and bigger picture view to solve them  
• Acting as a trusted advisor to our customers to help them make the right decisions and get the most value out of their Quantexa implementation  
• Using your knowledge and experience to make improvements to business-wide best practices 

You’ll be working across multiple customer projects at any given time with the autonomy to prioritise your workload as you see fit, to maximise the value that our customers get from their Quantexa platform.    

At Quantexa, we place a strong emphasis on the growth of our people. Our Solution Architects play a significant role in this by actively participating in mentoring and coaching initiatives to up-skill our employees. Rest assured, your own development is equally important to us, and we are committed to providing similar opportunities for your professional growth! 

Requirements

What you’ll bring. 

• A determination to build systems which maximise customer value 
• Extensive experience in hands-on technical deliveries, with a proven track record of leading technical teams through the end-to-end process, from initial design to successful implementation of production systems. 
• Excellent technical skills including hands-on coding experience of at least one of the following Spark, Scala, Java or production grade Python and comprehensive grasp of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) principles, encompassing proficiency in unit testing, version control using Git, and the establishment of engineering best practices. 
• Proven expertise in technical and solution design, encompassing the development of systems tailored to address complex data focussed functional requirements and non-functional requirements such as performance, maintainability, security, and seamless systems integration. 
• Extensive experience in working with data and successfully navigating common challenges, including data quality assurance, updates, adaptability to data structure changes, and effective rollback strategies. 
• Excellent client facing, communication and presentation skills. 

Benefits

Our perks and quirks.  

What makes you Q will help you to realize your full potential, flourish and enjoy what you do, while being recognized and rewarded with our broad range of benefits.  

We offer: 

• Competitive salary and Company Bonus 💰 
• Competitive holiday allowance + compensation days + birthday off! 🌴 
• Work from Anywhere Scheme: Spend up to 2 months working outside of your country of employment over a rolling 12-month period 
• Health & Wellbeing: Private Healthcare, Meal Vouchers, Eco Vouchers 🧘 
• Team's Social Budget & Company-wide Summer & Winter Parties 
• Volunteer Day Off

Our mission. 

We have one mission. To help businesses grow. To make data easier. And to make the world a better place. We’re not a start-up. Not anymore. But we’ve not been around that long either. What we are is a collection of bright, passionate minds harnessing complexities and helping our clients and their communities. One culture, made of many. Heading in one direction – the future.  

It’s all about you. 

It’s important to us that you feel welcome, valued, and respected. After all, it’s your individuality and passion for what you do that will make you Q. We see that – which is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’ve created and will continue to improve our inclusive and diverse work environment. Regardless of your race, beliefs, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity or ableness – whoever you are – if you are a passionate, curious, and caring human being who wants to push the boundaries of what’s possible, then we want to hear from you. 

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