Solutions Architect

Ridgeway are seeking a Solutions Architect to lead and drive a technical team as well as define the functional scope and technical approach for ecommerce and CMS projects. We work with high profile clients including hmv, Twinings, De Beers Group and Krispy Kreme.

November 2020: This role is now filled but we welcome speculative applications from excellent candidates.

Responsibilities

The role reports to the Development Manager and involves a range of skills and activities across the project lifecycle, including:

• Partner with a Project Manager to lead and mentor a team of developers within a Ridgeway Project Team
• Interpret project requirements and providing technically robust solutions in-line with Ridgeway’s project delivery approach
• Function as a cross-project consultant, providing advice and making autonomous decisions regarding technical approach
• Be an active participant in client workshops, specification writing, detailed effort estimation and collaboration with key teams to define the solution architecture
• Technical pre-sales and consultancy

Essential skills & experience

• Previously worked in a Solution / Technical Architect or Senior Developer role for at least four years
• Extensive commercial experience of developing mobile first ASP .Net CMS and ecommerce websites
• Demonstrable experience of technically leading such projects successfully to conclusion, on time/budget, to specification
• Previously defined and written detailed functional and technical specifications for medium and large-scale solutions (£200k+)
• Experience providing detailed task breakdowns and accurate estimation for the technical areas of website delivery
• Organised, self-motivated and ambitious with a desire to lead a team of talented developers to create cutting edge websites
• Excellent communication, consulting and client-facing skills, interfacing with both technical and non-technically focused clients

Desirable skills & experience

• Familiarity with the Kentico CMS platform, or another enterprise CMS such as Sitecore Umbraco or EPiServer
• Experience scoping and integrating with 3rd party platforms, e.g. ERP, CRM, PSPs
• Experience of dependency injection and unit testing 
• Demonstrate experience of using version control systems e.g. Git.
• Experience of using JavaScript
• Good awareness of UI Responsive development approaches, and a good understanding of various internet standards
• High-level understanding of Windows Server and hosting environment aspects such as security, caching and CDN’s

Further details

• Salary

  This role offers a salary ranging from circa £50-65k, subject to skills and experience. Please state your salary requirements upon application.

• Location

  We have two offices, located in Oxfordshire and central London. We provide remote and flexible working options in normal times, and all roles are currently remote due to Covid-19, however you need to be able to reasonably attend the Witney office on a regular basis post-Covid.

• Equal opportunities

  We are an equal opportunities employer, and strongly support diversity in our team.

• No agencies

  We only accept direct applications and request agencies are respectful of this.