Overview

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Location: Waterloo - Hybrid Working. Employment type: Full Time, Permanent. Grade 4.

At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.

Role summary

As the Data Architect you will design and implement scalable data architectures that support our AI products and analytics capabilities, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency across all platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data architectures for new products and capabilities, ensuring scalability, reliability and performance
• Create technical blueprints for data flows, storage patterns and processing pipelines that meet business needs
• Evaluate and recommend technology choices that balance performance, cost and future scalability
• Establish and embed data modelling standards and best practices across engineering teams
• Optimise existing architectures to improve efficiency, cost effectiveness and resilience
• Partner with product teams to translate requirements into clear architectural solutions
• Document architectural decisions and maintain an up-to-date technical design repository
• Provide architectural guidance and support to engineering teams during implementation
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture and platform teams to agree hand-offs and ensure alignment

You will need

• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale data architectures in a complex environment
• Expertise in modern data platforms including Snowflake, Databricks and leading cloud services
• Strong understanding of event-driven architectures and real-time data processing
• Experience applying data modelling techniques to both analytical and operational systems
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• Cloud architecture certifications (Azure or GCP) are beneficial
• Certifications in modern data platforms are desirable

Benefits

• Company Bonus
• Private Medical
• Company Pension
• Hybrid Working

Why join us

Join our team and we’ll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, ongoing training and skills for life. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet. We’re committed to inclusion and diversity and provide fair opportunities during our application process. If you need any additional assistance, please email careers@currys.co.uk.

Contact

For any accessibility needs or application assistance, please email careers@currys.co.uk.

Job specifics

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: General Business and Information Technology
• Industries: Retail

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