Solution Architect - Flutter Functions, Hybrid & Remote

We’re on an exciting journey; as part of the Flutter group we form a key piece of the world’s largest Betting and Gaming company with brands such as FanDuel, Sisal, PokerStars, Paddy Power, and Betfair. We’re expanding our team as we use our technical and online Casino expertise to deliver our best of breed iGaming and Generosity platforms (FSP and CPP). 

Role Overview:

You’ll work on the most critical, strategic projects at the heart of the world’s largest public online gaming business, with funding and opportunities to match our huge ambition 

It’s your chance to build and run new platforms and systems that will ultimately be used by millions around the world, building on your career and learning new tech skills to solve problems that only exist at this scale 

You’ll be part of the award-winning Flutter group tech family, working with the best product and technology professionals, learning new skills and developing yourself in new ways 

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

As Solutions Architect, you will report to the Head of Architecture for iGaming and Generosity. You will be a technical subject matter expert for particular products and services and, via solution designs, be the design authority for new and existing services.

The primary focus of this role will be to work with our Cross Product Promotion platform team and help to build out our Rewards and Generosity capability, while collaborating with and contributing to our iGaming teams and brand partners.

You will communicate the business goals, constraints and risks to the delivery team members, so that they can build and operate the systems and services that support and deliver the tribe’s business goals and address the constraints and risks that are present.  

Together with other technology leaders, you will deliver and communicate an architectural vision and roadmap for the tribe that is understood and supported by the whole business and that provides clear, achievable principles and direction for the technology team to follow.   

You will be part of a team of architects, leading on technical designs and direction. You will peer with Product, Platform, Engineering and Infrastructure teams to deliver sustainable, high-performance products, services and solutions to provide the best possible experience for our customers.  

Our mission is to create the best place our people have ever worked at, leading the way in terms of technology and innovation; We want you to be a part of this mission, helping from within. 

No previous experience with iGaming and Casino platforms? No problem – we have many experts to learn from, and the technical excellence you’ll bring is what we value. Salary and benefits packages reflect the high standard in our tech teams, with excellent training and development opportunities for all engineers.

You will support, and learn from, the people around you, always looking to do things better. We have a strong culture, and we want you to be a part of it.

Architectural Leadership  

• Provide technical leadership to the tribe’s technical teams.

• Keep up-to-date with emerging technologies and architectural approaches and promote alignment between technology and business strategy.

• Maintain a good understanding and awareness of competitors’ products and services.   

• Form effective business relationships.

• Collaborate with other architects within your and other areas of the business to help define our architectural principles, vision, lifecycle and underlying framework.

Solution Architecture  

• Have an awareness of current architectural trends and developments within the market, particularly patterns and technologies being used within the Online Casino domain and within the wider Flutter Group.

• Knowledge of Cloud infrastructure concepts and technologies, particularly AWS and Kubernetes based systems.

• Provide governance and technical leadership to ensure the products and services you are involved with are aligned with the design goals.   

• With your architecture and engineering colleagues help to develop the tribe’s technology road map and to gain commitment for architecture initiatives.  

• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of the tribe’s technologies and architecture and a good understanding of the wider organization's technologies and architectures.  

• Deliver solution designs and impact assessments to support the delivery of business goals and help squads to bring these products to life.  

• Identify architectural risks and propose alternatives and solutions.  

Data Architecture  

• Collaborate with other teams within the group to promote the interoperability of data collected across products and technology teams 

Skills, Capabilities & Experience Required:

While experience with all (or even any) of the items listed in this document is not essential it is clearly beneficial and more senior candidates would typically be able to demonstrate experience in more of the items listed below.   

Key Non-Technical Methodologies  and Experience  

• Agile development culture  

• Working with stakeholders  

• You will be a passionate and data driven individual with a focus on the customer experience.  

• The ability to prioritise high volumes of responsibilities without delays in deliverables.  

• Knowledge of software development lifecycles, multiple development styles and methodologies with a strong aptitude in defining both business and technical requirements.  

• Excellent communication, relationship management and attention to detail skills You’ll have the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines with a can-do attitude.  

• Gaming and Casino industry experience   

 Technology Agnostic Characteristics  

• High volume, highly available, transactional web applications  

• Modelling, measuring and forecasting capacity  

• Event driven and reactive systems  

• Message based architectures  

• Designing for scalability  

• Relational and non-relational datastores  

• Service based approaches (e.g. REST, SOA, Microservices)  

• Network and web application security  

• Automated Testing, Continuous Integration and Deployment (DevOps and GitOps)  

We believe in providing the best career for everyone; your progression begins on the day we first meet.  

Career progression, staff engagement and satisfaction are paramount to us. We want an environment where architects can do their best work and be the best that they can be.   

• Our architects work closely with colleagues in all positions, so communication and interpersonal skills are important for this role  

• Our architects are T-Shaped, we expect deep expertise in one or two areas but an essential knowledge across our architecture - our most senior architects are able to jump in where there may be a gap to help keep work flowing  

• We rely on iterative, incremental development and fast feedback - we expect a good understanding of the mechanics of this including a solid understanding of automation and its role in modern software delivery  

• Our architects have experience of working in a modern agile environment (e.g. Scrum / Kanban)  

• You will be comfortable working independently or collaboratively with good time and prioritisation skills