Data Architect – Waterloo, Hybrid Working, Full Time, Permanent, Grade 4.

At Currys, we are united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK's best‑known retailer of tech, we are proud of the service our customers receive, thanks to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. We work as one team, learning and growing together, celebrating both the big and small moments that make every day amazing.

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 work closely with colleagues across engineering, product, enterprise architecture and transformation to design scalable, secure and cost‑efficient data solutions. You will also collaborate with security, compliance and data governance teams to maintain high standards across all platforms and build trusted relationships across the organisation.

Qualifications

• 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

We know our people are the secret to our success. You'll find a host of benefits designed to work for you. 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 can make a real impact on people and the planet. We are committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do and ensuring that you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process. If you need any additional assistance with your application, apply # and we’ll do our best to help.