Senior AWS Solution Architect - Cambridge

Senior AWS Solution Architect

Location: Cambridge, UK (Hybrid – 2 days/week onsite)

Type: Contract, 3 months initially - £300-350 per day

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on Solution Architect to drive the design and delivery of distributed microservices and event-driven systems on AWS. In this role, you will bridge technical and business teams to shape architecture standards, enforce cloud-native best practices, and deliver resilient, production-grade solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end system architectures, design principles, and technical roadmaps.
• Lead microservices decomposition using Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and establish clean API standards (REST, GraphQL, gRPC).
• Design asynchronous messaging and event-streaming pipelines utilizing Apache Kafka, SQS/SNS, and EventBridge.
• Architect robust AWS cloud infrastructure (EKS, Lambda, RDS, VPC) using Terraform or AWS CDK.
• Partner with engineering leads and stakeholders to align technical strategy and provide architectural governance.

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years in a dedicated Architecture role with deep hands-on expertise in core AWS services.
• Proven experience designing event-driven systems with Apache Kafka.
• Strong execution of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).
• Production mastery of Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.