Solution Architect (Supply Chain)

Manchester - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Life at UiPath

The people at UiPath believe in the transformative power of automation to change how the world works. Were committed to creating category-leading enterprise software that unleashes that power.

To make that happen we need people who are curious self-propelled generous and genuine. People who love being part of a fast-moving fast-thinking growth company. And people who careabout each other about UiPath and about our larger purpose.

Could that be you

Your Mission

Step into the role as Solution Architect for Peak now part of UiPath where were building a world-class agentic AI platform together. Following a decade of successful AI deployments Peaks AI now optimizes inventories and pricing for global industry leaders including Nike The Body Shop and PepsiCo. Our mission is simple: to help organizations make exceptional commercial decisions through AI.

In this role youll be the senior technical authority bridging Peaks product capabilities with the realities of our customers enterprise environments. Youll own the solution architecture from first technical engagement through to delivery handover. You wont be the one running demos or building the commercial case; youll be the one making sure everything is architected correctly before and during delivery.

About the Role

This role sits within the Engineering organisation. The Solution Architect is responsible for mapping Peaks agentic automation and predictive AI products onto customer enterprise IT landscapes ensuring Peaks ML-powered Inventory and Pricing solutions can be deployed at scale without requiring modification of Peaks core product.

The Solution Architect works directly with customer Enterprise Architects IT leadership and technical decision-makers and internally with Peak Product Sales and Delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Solution Design

Ensure all customer implementations do not require material modification of Peaks core product while still meeting enterprise requirements for scale security and operability.

Lead architectural assessments of customer enterprise environments evaluating integration constraints data flows security requirements and deployment topology to produce validated target-state solution designs.

Translate technical requirements gathered from Enterprise Architects and IT leadership into production-ready solution designs that maximise Peaks product capabilities.

Articulate clear and defensible boundaries between supported product configuration approved customisation and out-of-scope bespoke development ensuring long-term scalability and upgradeability.

Create and maintain reusable architecture artefacts including reference architectures integration patterns deployment models and visual diagrams for use by Solution Engineers Product Managers and internal teams.

Develop and maintain solution design documentation and processes to support consistent repeatable delivery across engagements.

Technical Customer Engagement

Serve as the senior technical authority in architecture-focused customer engagements working directly with Enterprise Architects IT leads and technical decision-makers to validate feasibility and confirm integration approach.

Engage during pre-sales at the point where deep technical architecture validation is required.

Present and explain architecture options through structured diagrams and visual models tailored to technical audiences including CIOs and CDOs.

Proactively identify and resolve architectural blockers in pre-sales and early implementation phases before they escalate into delivery risks.

Own the structured handover of validated solution designs to Forward Deployed Engineer teams with complete documentation design rationale and decision logs.

Internal Collaboration & Enablement

Work closely with Product and Engineering teams to surface and articulate product gaps identified during customer engagements providing structured feedback on configuration limits pro-code customisation needs and architectural constraints.

Drive best practices for solution architecture implementation governance and product boundary management across Peak and UiPath teams.

Develop enhance and maintain established solution design documentation and processes.

Qualifications for the Role

Multiple years of experience in enterprise solution architecture or a related senior technical leadership role with a demonstrable track record of owning architecture for large complex organisations.

Experience working within SaaS ERP or enterprise ML/AI product companies in customer-facing architecture contexts not pre-sales or sales engineering.

Strong ability to define and govern solution boundaries: distinguishing between configurable product use and bespoke customisation and holding that line with customers and internal teams.

Proven ability to produce high-quality technical artefacts including architecture diagrams integration patterns deployment models and reference architectures.

Credible communicator with senior technical stakeholders (Enterprise Architects CIOs IT leadership) as well as the ability to explain architectural decisions to non-technical business audiences.

Demonstrated experience with architectural evaluation design patterns integration approaches and enterprise governance frameworks.

Nice to Have

Experience with agentic solutions orchestration platforms or automation technologies.

Domain experience in pricing inventory supply chain or ERP.

Familiarity with modelling languages (UML ArchiMate) and associated tooling.

Experience advising on product boundaries avoiding bespoke customisation and promoting scalable architectural patterns.

Maybe you dont tick all the boxes abovebut still think youd be great for the job Go ahead apply anyway. Please. Because we know that experience comes in all shapes and sizesand passion cant be learned.

Many of our roles allow for flexibility in when and where work gets done. Depending on the needs of the business and the role the number of hybrid office-based and remote workers will vary from team to team. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis and there is no fixed deadline for this requisition. The application window may change depending on the volume of applications received or may close immediately if a qualified candidate is selected.

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Life at UiPathThe people at UiPath believe in the transformative power of automation to change how the world works. Were committed to creating category-leading enterprise software that unleashes that power.To make that happen we need people who are curious self-propelled generous and genuine. People...